Flipkart, Tata Consumer tie up to distribute, deliver essentials

BENGALURU: E-commerce firm Flipkart and Tata Consumer Products Ltd have partnered to enable access to essential food and beverage products to Indians through a system where the latter’s distributors will list as marketplace sellers on the former’s platform.

Consumers can use the Flipkart platform to buy different combo packs of essential products such as beverages (Tata Tea and Coffee) and food (Tata Sampann Spices, pulses and others) offered by Tata Consumer Products.

Tata Consumer’s distributors listed online with Flipkart marketplace will undergo training for packaging and order fulfillment and will process orders as per the standard operating procedures set by Flipkart, the companies said on Saturday.