JULY 8, 2020 THE TIMES OF INDIA: As people begin moving out for work,smaller packs of biscuits and snacks are witnessing growth. Biscuit makers including Unibic are saying that their Rs 10 pack is witnessing a spike in demand. The lower SKUs (stock keeping units) have seen their share go up by 10% by volume and the…
JULY 7, 2020 THE HINDU: Meenakshi Senthamizh is a third-generation owner of New Mahalakshmi Stores in Dasanaickenpatti, a village in Salem, Tamil Nadu. When her grandfather started the shop about 60 years ago, she says, it was one of the district’s biggest shops. “Supermarkets didn’t exist back then. So, even the people from the town…
JUNE 15, 2020 FINANCIAL EXPRESS: Bengaluru-based Snapbizz has been a discovery enabler for local kirana stores for quite sometime now. The recent Covid-19 lockdown has now given the startup an opportunity to expand its footprint, all the while enabling the supply of groceries in a hyperlocal setup, ensuring people do not have to travel long…
MAY 21, 2020 THE TIMES OF INDIA: Grocery bills have ballooned as home consumption rises and consumers buy larger packs of FMCG products. The bill sizes had almost doubled in March, when the lockdown started, but they remain significantly higher than in the pre-coronavirus days. Industry executives say they may remain high for some time…
MAY 6, 2020 ET RETAIL: As per the report, there was a major spike in sales in mid-March as an indication of panic buying that took place followed by a low spell till Easter weekend, post which, sales have improved. The study also found a decline in the number of kirana stores operating ever since…
MAY 5, 2020 HINDU BUSINESSLINE:: There has been a steep increase in sales of essentials from kirana stores. It was as high as 30 per cent per of consumers in mid-March onwards, and then further rose by another 30 per cent by March end. But in the past few weeks, it recorded a slight dip…
MAY 5, 2020 HINDU BUSINESSLINE: Until the Covid-19 lockdown, Chitra Cariappa, a senior citizen, had a fixed monthly routine that involved going to the bank to withdraw money, the medical store to stock up on medicines, picking up groceries and doing the rounds of Airtel, BESCOM, BWSSB offices to make payments. Forty days into the…
April 22, 2020 DECCAN HERALD: A report by retail-tech start-up Snapbizz on the impact of Kirana shopping has revealed a spike in the number of bills generated in the beginning and middle of March. This number, the report states, saw a drop during the lockdown initially, but picked up over the Easter weekend. This…
May 14, 2019 YOURSTORY.COM: As marketing gurus and industry analysts cry themselves hoarse about ‘capturing’ the ‘next 500 million’ customers, startups are quietly targeting yet another demographic. These ‘customers’ have weathered many storms – from the entry of large format stores with their huge discounts, to ecommerce players offering even deeper discounts. And despite being…