fmcg sector

Daily groceries and essentials consumers bought in the quarter ended June fell 0.6% in India, led by a steep fall in the urban markets even as demand in villages recovered. The performance also signalled consistent price hikes forcing…

will continue to take up prices by 6-7% to cover commodity inflation, the company’s managing director Varun Berry said at a post earnings analyst call on Thursday. The biscuit maker said a “substantial” portion of price increases will…

NEW DELHI: on Thursday reported a 13.37 per cent year-on-year (YoY) drop in consolidated net profit at Rs 337.44 crore for the June quarter compared with Rs 389.55 crore in the same quater last year. The profit figure missed Rs 366…

Advancing monsoon and decline in rain deficiency over the past one week will help accelerate revival of rural demand, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry executives and analysts have said. "It's clear that the good monsoon trend…

Nearly two-thirds of the fast-moving consumer goods segment, including biscuits, snacks, shampoo and bottled soft drinks, expanded by double-digit percentage in volumes in the February-April period. Yet, the overall market fell 1% year…