5 min readNew DelhiApr 12, 2026 04:34 AM IST With the West Asia war disrupting supply chains, Nestlé India is facing a shortage of packaging material and this is learnt to have resulted in a pile-up of Maggi, the best-selling instant noodles brand, in at least one of its multiple production units in the country.  A leading multinational corporation dealing in food processing and packaging has reduced its energy usage at one of its key plants in western India following an official advisory requiring energy optimisation by industrial units. Even though the company is learnt to be dealing with higher costs for inputs such as aluminium and paperboard, it has kept its packaging plant operational but directed all extra employees at the worksite to work from home to sustain the packaging activity essentially running on gas.  Bisleri, the country’s leading mineral water brand, has already increased the price of its 1-litre bottle to Rs 20 from Rs 18 amid a rise in packaging costs, while one of the largest bottling franchisee of Coca-Cola has indicated that …