Ambika Super Market

About Us

The founder, Mr.K.A.Velayudham's father had started his business in a very small-scale level at his residence in the year 1920 for a livelihood. In the year 1945, Mr.K.A.Velayudham commercialized his business by opening a shop first at Mylapore and then in T.Nagar. The name and style became "AMBIKA APPALAM DEPOT"

In the year 1963, Ambika Appalam Depot had registered as a proprietory commercial establishment. Other food products like snacks, instant food powders, vadaams, vathals etc were also sold in addition to appalam business in Mylapore picked up at faster rate due to the quality of products. Ambika Appalam Depot attracted so many customers because of the delicious south Indian food products.

As the business gained momentum, customers from various places of Madras city started plowing to buy the appalams from Mylapore. The business picked up steadily and the brand name "AMBIKA APPALAM" became familiar among the citizens of Madras city, this was how appalam was established in Madras as a reputed appalam manufacturer. Until this period the appalams were being sold only in retail, but very soon the business transformed to be wholesale due to the active participation of the youngsters and the penetration of business into the neighboring cities.

Simultaneously, our other products, which are sold in our outlets also gained momentum and the business expanded and a partnership came into existence and the partners being Mr.K.A.Velayudham himself and his sons Mr.K.V.Sukumar and Mr.K.A.Vijayaraghavan. This day Ambika appalam in marketing its products in India on a nation-wide well organized distribution system.