About Us
Anilkumar Sureshkumar & Co. started the business under the brand name “Kumbh” that offers the wide range of Spices with over 49 years of experience. Here at Kumbh we maintain the best standard of quality and authentic taste of India. Over here we have established the great network for sourcing that help us to procure the finest and the best quality of Raw Material from the market so that we could supply the best assured quality products to our customers. Our quality and packaging has been appreciated from our customers throughout the globe, which encourage us to work more efficiently.
As we have a huge facility Located in Vasai, Maharashtra that is well equipped with the high class and modern machinery with the In-House Laboratory which has the quality management practices at every stage of production right from selecting and handling the raw material to final packing. We also have the in house facility of ETO Chamber, Fumigation Chamber, Metal Detector, Multi Head FSS Packing Machine, and Batch Coding & Printing Machine. The reason we have one of the best production facility equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure to manufacture and process premium quality products. Due to this our quality has been accepted worldwide and we are associated with more than 60 + Brands Globally, which products have been selling throughout the world.
Our Founder & Chairman
Shri LalitKumar Thakkar
The story of Kumbh Masala begins back in the year 1972 when Lalitbhai Thakkar was just in 9th standard and all of a sudden he has to take the whole responsibility of his family. Then he started the Part time job in a small spice manufacturing unit in Vasai, Maharashtra. He use to attend his school in the morning and then go for the part time job where he gains the knowledge of Spice’s and also developed his interest towards spices.
All of sudden the unit which Lalitbhai used to work got shifted to Mumbai in the year 1973 but due to the interest and responsibility on Lalitbhai he tried to work in the same unit through travelling to Mumbai every day, but as it was the early stage of Development in the state it was not easy to travel everyday to Mumbai from Vasai. After facing so many difficulties he thought of starting his Own Spice Manufacturing in the year 1974.
Here’s where Lalit Thakkar’s story of being the Spice Manufacture started. In the begin he uses to make the spices at home every day in the small quantities and then sell it into Weekly Markets in Vasai with his brother. Lalitbhai started with four spices i.e.
As in the year 1974 Vasai was not so developed city to get all household and necessities near your doorstep. Hence in Vasai the local people come with an idea of Weekly Markets in different places once a week where everyone can buy and sell the things they want. Here was the Selling Platform for Lalitbhai Thakkar and his brother.
They use to put a tent near the roadside to sell their Spices in the Loose packing as per the customers requirement, where the market starts from the morning 8 a.m. and it continues non-stop till the afternoon around 2 p.m. This was the only source to sell the products for the Thakkar brothers.
After receiving some response from the market they launch their own spice brand under the name of “Kumbh Masala” in 1975 and rented out the commercial unit for grinding the spices under the Legal Trade name of “Anilkumar Sureshkumar & Co”. And in the future they purchased the same unit. And selling into the weekly market continues.
In the year 1978 the brand “Kumbh Masala” becomes the popular spice brand in Vasai and nearby areas too. After this Lalitbhai gains the confident and trust on their quality and launched few more products in their lineup.
Same in the year 1978 Lalitbhai purchased the Pre -owned jeep to sell their products in the weekly market in more efficient way and start reaching out to the different markets to increase their sale.
With the mindset of “SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE” Lalitbhai manages to fulfill his dream in the year 2004 as it was very special year for him.
With the strong mindset and the support of his family, especially from his Son’s, Mr. Tushar Thakkar & Mr. Ronak Thakkar they manage to setup their Own Spice Manufacturing factory for a large scale production in Vasai.
Here after Anilkumar Sureshkumar & Co. never saw back and Lalitbhai with Tushar Thakkar & Ronak Thakkar launched the Blended Spices, Whole Spices and many other products in their lineup under the Brand “Kumbh” and focus towards the Quality production and Sales.