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Canada’s online stores for Indian grocery seek to cash in on growing demand


Besides online ordering and delivery of Indian groceries covering a large swath of the GTA and the province of Ontario, apniroots.com also sends products via post to customers outside the delivery region. Gurmeet Singh, apniroots co-founder, saw a business opportunity after noticing that Indian stores selling groceries were “overpopulated” and owners “often didn’t seem to care” about service. (Image courtesy: apniroots.com)The resident of the Toronto suburb of Brampton noticed that Indian stores selling groceries were “overpopulated” and owners “often didn’t seem to care” about service. Also, mainstream chains like WalMart, Metro or NoFrills have seen “increasing shelving” of Indian groceries, a pointer to the growing demand, as the Indo-Canadian population in the country nears 1.8 million, of which two-thirds live in Ontario. Gurpreet Singh, apniroots co-founder, at the online outlet’s warehouse in a suburb of Toronto.


Source: Hindustan Times February 03, 2018 14:48 UTC



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