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Retail on Wheels

Business of Food Bureau — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:31:37 +0000

Retail on Wheels captures how India has turned e-commerce into an art form — powered by proximity, purpose, and a bit of chaos management. It’s not just a market report; it’s a mirror of how the world’s most complex retail ecosystem learned to move faster than traffic on the Western Express Highway.

Across its three sections, Retail on Wheels tracks how a trillion-dollar consumption economy is being re-engineered — from defining the difference between e-commerce and quick commerce, to decoding how ONDC, UPI, and AI are quietly creating the world’s most inclusive, intelligent retail grid.

Foundations: Demand, Definitions & the Digital Flywheel

- 1.1 Defining E-Commerce and Quick Commerce in the Indian Context
1.2 How India Built a $60B E-Commerce Flywheel
1.3 Why Every Brand Needs an E-Commerce Strategy
1.4 India’s E-Commerce Acceleration: A Market in Motion
1.5 How India Shops & Eats Online: Inside the $345 Billion E- & Q-Commerce Revolution

Speed & Proximity: Building the Instant-Commerce Stack

2.1 How AI, Data, and Dark Stores are Reinventing Fulillment for the Speed-First Shopper
2.2 Innovation in Q-Commerce: When Speed Meets Scale — and Reliance Gets its Move On
2.3 Quick Commerce Changing the FMCG Retail Landscape in India
2.4 Quick Commerce: The Fast Lane Redefining India’s Retail Future
2.5 How India’s E-Commerce Supply Chain is Solving for Speed and Scale
2.6 Speed, Scale, and the New Shape of Indian E-Commerce
2.7 India’s Digital Food Economy: The E-Commerce and Q-Commerce Surge

E-Commerce 2030: Growth, Profitability & the New Rules of Engagement

3.2 The Future of E-Commerce: The Decade of Intelligent Commerce
3.3 Regulation, Safety & Compliance in India’s E-Commerce Food Ecosystem

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India Food Report 2016

Shubham Deopa — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:52:45 +0000

The Report offers extensive mapping, sizing of the food manufacturing, marketing and retailing sectors in India, insights, analyses and research on the Indian food & grocery retail and foodservice businesses and features insightful commentary and analyses by a slew of illustrious names – category and industry experts from some of the world’s most respected consulting and/or market study organisations, retail business heads, brand analysts and consumer research companies, among others. Organisations/ industry experts who have contributed to the making of the Report include Nielsen, A T Kearney, Accenture, PWC, Technopak, IMRB, GS1, Institute for Competitiveness, IFC, Troika, PRICE, Wazir, Maple Capital Advisors, D’Essence Hospitality Advisory, IBEF, NRAI, IMT, IIM, Rama Bijapurkar, Dr. Rajesh Shukla and Harish Bijoor to name a few.This Report highlights the potential of India’s Food sector – both Food & Grocery and Food Service – and addresses some of the key interventions that are necessary to ensure a sustained impetus forthe sector’s growth. Both these sectors are evolving and maturing, offering lots of opportunities for business and growth. What is fuelling the growth of these two sectors and what are the opportunities for investment? While the chapters later on in the book offer a detailed perspective and analysis of food business segments – food retail, food processing, food logistics & support, food services, supply chain and technology – the India Food Report underatkes an informed analysis of the market dynamics shaping India’s F&G retail and food-service business.

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India Food Report 2018

Shubham Deopa — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:35:02 +0000

The India Food Report 2018 -19

India Food Report 2018 is the most authoritative guide to Food Retail Market in India. The Report has been compiled with inputs from some of the world’s most respected consulting and/or market study organizations, retail business heads, brand analysts and consumer research companies, among others. It offers extensive mapping, sizing of the food manufacturing, marketing and retailing sectors, benchmark figures on consumer spends and retail market size across key food categories and segments, opportunities for business and growth in key areas of Food Retail, along with observations by industry experts on key consumption trends, new concepts in F&G, FMCG, and F&B. Organizations and industry experts who have contributed to the making of the Report include Mintel, Euromonitor, Technopak, GS1, Deloitte, Wazir, Maple Capital Advisors, CBRE, FIFI, to name a few.

Presenting insightful data and analyses on Food Retail and FMCG markets in India, in particular:

Food & Grocery Sector: market sizing, overview, trends, opportunities .
Food Services Sector: market sizing, overview, trends, opportunities.
New Concepts in F&G, FMCG, and F&B: business models for driving the way forward.
Food Processing Sector in India: business opportunities in processed foods.
Food Safety: key regulatory issues, bottlenecks and ensuring the ease of doing business.
International Foods: high growth segments and ways to make the market more vibrant .
Food Retailing in India: market dynamics and future outlook.
Consumption Trends: gaining higher wallet share by tapping emerging shopping habits and consumer behavior.
‘Make in India’ for Food Sector: scope of manufacturing and marketing for scaling up India’s contribution to world food trade

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India Food Report 2024-25

Shubham Deopa — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:34:35 +0000

The India Food Report 2024-25, created by IMAGES Group in collaboration with consultancies, think tanks, and food industry experts, is a result of thorough research and hard work. Just like in the earlier editions of the Report, we’ve gathered loads of data, conducted research, and analyzed everything. Our goal is simple: We want this Report to give you a comprehensive picture of India’s food retail sector. This Report talks about the possibilities in both Food & Grocery and Foodservice sectors, suggesting things that are needed for steady growth. It talks about business chances, possible investments, and points out challenges that needattention.

Understanding and figuring out any industry is all about having the right information that’s easy to get. I’m happy because the info and research packed into The India Food Report 2024-25 will help everyone really get what’s going on in India’s food retail world. Huge thanks to the leading consultants, think tanks, and experts in India’s diverse food industry who pitched in to bring together this Report. Your help has been priceless, and I’m truly grateful for it.

So, as you dive into this Report, remember, it’s not just about facts and figures. It’s about getting a closer look at the heartbeat of India’s food retail scene, understanding the trends, and exploring the opportunities that lie ahead.

What we found in the IMAGES Research for The India Food Report 2024-25 is that Covid 19 really shook things up big time. But, after a bit of a slow-down in 2020-21, guess what? In 2022, things bounced back strong, with a growth rate of 10.9 percent compared to the year before. The market size hit a whopping INR 57,21,593 crore (USD 689.35 billion). With things going well and a cheerful festival season just behind us, we’re hopeful of 2023 being on track to see a big 12.3 percent expansion. That could shoot up the whole food and grocery market in India to a whopping INR 64,25,349 crore (USD 774.14 billion). Looking ahead, we’re picturing a steady growth path with a projected Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.9 percent from 2020 to 2023. If things keep rolling like this, we could be looking at a massive size of INR 132.84 billion (USD 1.6 trillion) by the year 2030.

In this edition of The India Food Report, here’s another bit of good news from IMAGES Research: People’s spending on household stuff, or just regular shopping, hit a whopping INR 1,43,44,336 crore (USD 1,728.23 billion) in 2022. It grew at a cool 11.3 percent from 2012 to 2022. But the years 2020 to 2022 had a bit of a slowdown, with a CAGR of 8.2 percent. That’s because of the pandemic throwing a curveball into how much everyone was buying.

Even with the pandemic slowing things down, the fact that people kept spending more on household stuff shows that we’ve got a strong base of shoppers. It means, even when times get tough, there’s a real and lasting need for things like food and other stuff.

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