Reliance Retail hires ex-Amul chief Sodhi to build grocery business

Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL), the retail arm of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (RIL), has roped in R S Sodhi, dairy industry veteran and former MD of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells milk and value-added milk products under the Amul brand.

While Sodhi and Reliance did not comment, sources told TOI that Sodhi may help the Isha Ambani-steered retail business to build on the growth of its grocery vertical, especially in the fruits and vegetable space besides helping the firm strengthen its presence in the consumer brands segment.