ahmedabad wondering where you spent all your money halfway through the month despite not splurging on shopping or recreation rising prices of food grains edible oil vegetables fuel and milk have upset household budgets people are now cutting corners across the board to make ends meet estimates by the federation of gujarat fmcg distributors suggest that demand for fmcg products and staples across gujarat has fallen by 20 procurement of fmcg products by grocery stores and supermarkets has fallen significantly over the past two months this is clearly the fallout of inflation as people are spending more on necessities such as food and fuel uptake of branded food products has declined and volumes have taken a hit said rajat diwan gujarat convener of all india distributors association advt people have become much more frugal on essentials and spending capacities have weakened most fmcg companies selling personal care products oral care products household cleaning products among others have increased prices by between 3 and 5 said diwan with the russiaukraine war situation aggravated prices of foodgrains and edible oils have risen industry sources say overall demand for food has remained unchanged this is due to increased consumption during the wedding season rising prices of essential commodities is a continuous process and prices of branded wheat flour sugar edible oils rice and other food grains are also expected to go up by 1012 in the coming days said the promoter of an fmcg food company here industry sources said to cope with inflation people have moved to smaller packages for food and other fmcg products uptake of smaller packs of fmcg products has risen people are controlling their monthly spends and cutting corners wherever they can incomes have not changed but prices of essentials have gone up people are regulating even consumption of staples and fmcg products said an industry source transport industry sources say there has been a decline in demand for transporting food and fmcg products over the past two months leaving many truckers out of business by niyati parikh tnn published on apr 27 2022 at 0807 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app fmcg gujarat federation of gujarat fmcg distributors ukraine fmcg sales inflation grocery food company homenewsinflation fmcg staples demand dips by 20