NEW DELHI : India’s large and small grocery stores, and e-grocers saw a sharp dent in business, as the first phase of the lockdown cut off supplies from distributors, caused acute shortage of workers, and led to a paucity of otherwise popular brands in the market in the last few days of March, researcher Nielsen said in it analysis of sales fast moving consumer products.
Nielsen said that in the weeks preceding the lockdown, modern trade channels—including e-commerce retailers had a strong run with “unprecedented growths" as shoppers rushed to stock up on essentials. "Consumers did some big of pantry loading in that period," Prasun Basu, president, South Asia Zone, Nielsen Global Connect said.