Saravana Stores


Saravana Stores founded in 1969 is a chain of retail stores in India. It is the largest family owned business retail chain in India. According to Kishore Biyani of BigBazaar, it is India's No.1 retail store in one locality.

Locations

Saravana Stores operates seven stores in Chennai, at T Nagar, Purasawalkam, Chrompet, Porur, Padi, Sholinganallur and Usman Road. The company has mega stores in Madurai, Tirunelveli and Coimbatore. The company is growing rapidly and plans to open stores in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. The company also operates the Saravana Selvarathinam stores, in Tirunelveli and Madurai.

Revenue

In 2008, the company reported an annual turnover of about 6.50 billion rupees.

Foray into 100 % Milk based Ice cream

In 2004, Saravana Stores Group launched a new ice cream brand named Jamaai. It is a 100% milk based ice-cream brand made in Chennai and sold across Tamil Nadu. It has a capacity of 10000-liter per day ice cream production and expected to expand to 30000 liters per day.

Fire

On 2 September 2008 a fire inside the building led to death of two of its employees and damages worth Crores of rupees. Unauthorized construction and ignoring safety measures are believed to be the reason.