E-commerce sales surge for food & grocery retailers in April-June quarter

Kolkata/Mumbai: The contribution of e-commerce and home delivery of orders has surged to a record 15-20% for India’s top food and grocery retail chains during the April-June quarter as compared to 3-5% earlier, indicating a distinct shift in shopping habits due to the Covid-19 pandemic in India.

Leading brick-and-mortar chains such as Reliance Retail, Spencer’s Retail, More, Nature’s Basket, Tata-owned StarNSE 2.76 %, Big Bazaar and Easy Day strengthened their e-commerce, home delivery or launched store-on-wheels visiting apartment complexes last quarter after consumers visiting stores reduced drastically due to lockdown and restrictions on movement.