Flipkart, Amazon ramp up grocery business

BENGALURU : E-grocery is fast emerging as the next battleground as e-commerce majors Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon India ramp up their grocery business with faster expansion to more cities and satellite towns, fresh investments and more warehousing space.

As the pandemic pushed customers to go digital, online grocery firm and market leader BigBasket saw a spurt in business even as new entrant JioMart only made the space more competitive.

Flipkart Supermart, the homegrown e-commerce firm’s grocery business, which is currently in five cities and satellite towns will expand to another 4-5 cities in the coming months. It will also scale up its presence to 15-16 satellite towns.