{"id":97577,"date":"2017-07-11T14:33:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T09:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=97577"},"modified":"2017-07-11T14:33:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T09:03:47","slug":"amazon-sell-groceries-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/amazon-sell-groceries-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to sell groceries and food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc has secured approval to stock and sell food and groceries in India, potentially expanding its business in the fast-growing economy where it is in a pitched battle with home-grown rival Flipkart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amazon confirmed winning government approval for its plan to sell food products, but it declined to provide further details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97579\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1x-1.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon to sell groceries and food\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1x-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1x-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amazon planned to invest $500 million in the food segment, over and above the $5 billion it had already committed to investing in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cheaper smartphones, increasing internet penetration and steep discounts have led to a surge in domestic online shopping for everything from gadgets to clothes and food items in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of now mom-and-pop stores account for the biggest share of grocery sales, offering organised players huge growth potential.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97580\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grocery-store-2.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon to sell groceries and food\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grocery-store-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grocery-store-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At present Amazon offers food products in India via Amazon Pantry, where retailers including joint venture Cloudtail sell various products. It also offers same-day grocery delivery on its Amazon Now app through a tie-up with Indian retailers Big Bazaar, Star Bazaar and Hypercity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amazon did not comment on whether its new investments would affect any of its existing tie-ups, or its Cloudtail joint venture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc has secured approval to stock and sell food and groceries in India, potentially expanding its business in the fast-growing economy where it is in a pitched battle with home-grown rival Flipkart. Amazon confirmed winning government approval for its plan to sell food products, but it declined to provide further details. 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