WE THE PETHE FOODS HAS BEEN STARTED BY EX ARMY CAPTAIN LATE SHRI.YASHVANTJI PETHE, A BRILLIANT VISIONARY AND ENTREPRENEUR ,HCE LEFT ARMY CAREER FOR THE BUSINESS CAREER WHICH HE HAD CHERISHED AS DREAM SINCE CHILDHOOD DAYS BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH DUE TO INITIALLY SHORT OF MONEY FOR BUSINESS WORKING CAPITAL. LATER ON BY THE SAVINGS WHICH HAD ACCUMULATED BY SAVING HALF ARMY SALARY THE RETAIL STORE NAMED LOKMANYA TEA STORE STARTED. INITIALLY LATE SHRI.YASHVANTJI PETHE UNDER THE BRAND OF “LOKMANYA TEA STORES” STARTED SELLING BRANDED TEAS WHICH WAS NOVELTY AT THAT TIME IN SOLAPUR, VERY SOON THE “LOKMANYA TEA STORE” BECAME TRULY LOKMANYA I.E. REVERED AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE.

LOKMANYA TEA STORES BECAME NO1 TEA STORE IN SOLAPUR CITY & DISTRICT. AT THAT POINT OF TIME THE LAXMI VEGETABLES MARKET WAS A WHOLESALE VEGETABLES DEPOT, SO THERE WERE LOTS OF DAILY WAGE EARNERS LIKE MAZDOOR & HAMMALS WHO USED THEIR DAILY WAGES TO BUY DAILY CHORES SUCH AS VEGETABLES , SPICES & PICKLES, IN THAT PERIOD EVERYONE USE TO MAKE THEIR OWN VERSIONS OF SPICES AND PICKLES AT THEIR OWN HOMES , BUT BY SEEING PLIGHT OF THE MAZDOORS AND HAMMALS ,SHRI YASHVANTJI PETHE DECIDED TO START SELLING SPICES AND PICKLES AT THE COST OF 1 ANA AND 2 ANAS FOR THE HELP OF NEEDY MAZDOORS AND HAMMALS ,EVERYDAY THESE MAZDOORS AND HAMMALS TAKE PICKLE OF 1 ANA AND SPICES OF 2 ANAS FOR THEIR LUNCH. DUE TO HIS CARE FOR CUSTOMER AND BEST QUALITY PRODUCTS , CITIZENS FROM ALL OVER THE SOLAPUR STARTED TO BUY PICKLES AND SPICES FROM PETHE ONLY AND THIS TRADITION STILL GOES ON , EVEN TODAY ANY PERSON WHO LIVES IN SOLAPUR OR USE TO LIVE IN SOLAPUR HEARDS THE NAME CHATNEYS, OR SPICES OR PICKLES IMMEDIATELY HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT PETHE PICKLES PETHE SPICES AND PETHE CHATANEYS AT THAT POINT OF TIME THE PETHE BANDHU WAS BORN, BECAUSE GROWING CUSTOMER BASE REQUIRED NEW SHOP WHICH CATERED EXCLUSIVELY TO CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASED PICKLES AND SPICES.  HENCE LATER ALONG WITH THE VARIETY OF TEAS WE STARTED SELLING LOTS OF SPICES AND PICKLES IN TWO SEPARATE SHOPS.

TODAY SOLAPUR IS FAMOUS FOR ITS SHENGADANA CHATNEY BUT THE CREDIT TO MAKE IT FAMOUS GOEST TO PETHE BANDHU AS WE ARE THE FIRST MANUFACURERES AND RETAILERS WHO MANUFACTURED AND SOLD SHENGADANA CHATNEY TO CUSTOMERS. TODAY PETHE SHEGA CHATNEY IS FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR ITS GREAT TASTE AND QUALITY.

ALL THE PICKLES AND SPICES WHICH WERE SOLD AT PETHE BANDHU WERE  HOME MADE BY LATE NIRMALATAI YASVANTJI PETHE  AND THIS TRADITION IS STILL IN PRACTISE AS PETHE FOODS MANUFACTURES AND RETAILS ITS OWN PRODUCTS WITH UTMOST CARE AND AUTHENTIC TASTE  , LATE MRS NIRMALA TAI PETHE GAVE A MUCH NEEDED MOTHERLY SUPPORT FOR THE EVOLVING PETHE BANDHU STORES. LATER ON THE SON OF SHRI YASVANTJI PETHE, SHRI.DILIPJI PETHE TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS ON HIS SHOULDERS WITH HIS WIFE SAU.SUVARNA TAI DILIPJI PETHE, BOTH WITH THEIR HARD WORK TOOK THE PETHE BANDHU STORE TO NEW HEIGHTS AND SUCCESS, BOTH SHRI.DILIPJI PETHE AND SAU SUAVRNATAI DILIPJI PETHE HAVE BEEN HONOURED WITH NUMEROUS AWARDS.

AS THE PETHE BANDHU STORES STARTED TO GROW, IN ORDER TO ORGANISE THE NEW STORES THE COMMON BRAND NAME WAS NECESSARY HENCE THE PETHE BANDHU IS REBORN AS PETHE FOODS TO DENOTE A STRONG AND TRUSTWORTHY BRAND NAME, NOW ALL THE NEW STORES ARE OPENED UNDER THE BRAND OF PETHE FOODS YET THE ORIGINAL PETHE BANDHU STILL HAS THE OLD NAME WHICH SHOWS ITS HUMBLE BEGINNING AND RAPID GROWTH.

DUE TO HARD WORK OF SHRI DILIPJI YASHAVNT PETHE & MRS SUVARNA TAI  PETHE THE PETHE FOODS STORES IS REACHING NEWER AND NEWER HORIZONS .NOW PETHE FOODS STORES SELLS MORE THAN 60+ PRODUCTS ACROSS PETHE FOODS RETAIL STORES THROUGHOUT SOLAPUR. PETHE FOODS HAS CREATED A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEART OF CUSTOMERS; IT COULD BE APTLY TO SAY THAT “CHATAKDAR KHAANAR TYALA PETHE FOODS DENAR “ONLY PETHE FOODS CAN SATISFY THE CRAVING OF THAT SPECIAL CHATPATA FOOD ITEMS WHICH ARE HYGIENICALLY MADE WITH UTMOST CARE AND AUTHENTIC TASTE.