Pune: Chitale Bandhu Expands with Rs 250 Crore Ranje Vision Park, Inauguration on April 16

Pune, 13th April 2026: City based Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale, the iconic name in the Indian savouries, sweets and the snacks segment and the makers of the immensely popular Bakarwadi have set up a new state-of the-art production facility and a customer experience centre at the Ranje Village in Bhor Taluka near Pune.

The facility named as the ‘Ranje Vision Park’ will be formally inaugurated by Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on April 16th. This was announced during a Press Conference held in the city today by Indraneel Chitale and Kedar Chitale, Partners of Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale who represent the fourth generation in the Chitale family.

Indraneel Chitale said, “This new state-of-the-art production facility will cater to the production requirements of our expansion plan in India and the overseas markets. The plant has been designed and set up by keeping in mind the global standards in packaged food segment. It is audited and certified with the global food safety standards like FSSC 22000, a globally recognized, GFSI-benchmarked food safety certification, US food and drug administration and the British Retail Consortium (BRC).”

“As of now two independent production units have been set up for sweets (Mithai) and savouries (Namkeen) at the Ranje Vision Park that has come up on a land parcel of 25 acres. The installed capacity of these production units is to produce 40 ton sweets and savouries per day. Investments worth Rs.250 Cr has been made so far in the development of Ranje Vision Park”, he added.

Kedar Chitale said, “Ranje Vision Park will be open to the customers and this is one the most important highlights of the park. Created on the concept of an experience center with the product testing facility and a café planned in near future, the production units here have viewing galleries for the customers from where they can see the fully automated production process and the way global standards are followed by maintaining the hygiene.”

“A 100 meter long specially created wall depicting the journey of Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale will surely be of interest to our customers. This initiative of encouraging the customers to see the production process will not only provide reassurance to our customers but will also strengthen the deep bond of trust that generations of customers have shared with us. Very soon customers will be able to register through the company website for the visit to this Ranje Vision Park”, he added.

While commenting on the expansion plan, Indraneel Chitale stated that the company has about 450 products in its portfolio and intends to grow its presence through physical retail, quick service restaurants, and casual dining restaurants by providing solutions that suit their requirements.

As on today, Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale products are available at about 1.25 lakh touch points in about 10 major states of India and the plan is to take it to more states and increase the touch points to 5 lakhs in the next 3 years. Today, about 8% of sales revenues come through exports and the target it to increase it to 20% in the next 3 years.