Several startups and larger players are racing to help kirana stores digitise their operations. Will the market see consolidation going forward?
Jumbotail COO Ashish Jhina (left) and CEO Karthik Venkateswaran (right) with a kirana store owner in Bengaluru
It’s 8 pm and Ramesh Sirvee has just wrapped up his day’s work. Normally, he would shut shop at 10 pm, he says, but because of the lockdown he’s had to restrict working hours at his neighbourhood grocery store in Bengaluru’s Hirandahalli area.(This story appears in the 05 June, 2020 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)