India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace Flipkart has launched its first grocery fulfillment center in Assam, Guwahati. This facility will create more than 300 direct and indirect jobs and bring market access to thousands of local sellers, MSMEs, and farmers from Assam and the northeast region, and also offer customers a wide variety of more than 7,000 regional grocery products across 200 categories.
This is Flipkart’s second facility in India, after Coimbatore, which is almost entirely run by women. The center is spread over 1.23 lakh square feet and will cater to the grocery needs of customers in over 800 PIN codes across Guwahati and the neighboring cities and towns. Flipkart Grocery currently serves more than 1,800 cities and 10,000+ PIN code areas across all 28 Indian states. It has ramped up its operations in the past two years by establishing 28 fulfillment centers spread over an area of 27 lakh square feet to meet growing nationwide demand. Flipkart has made its app available in 11 Indian languages so far.
The Senior Vice-President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Flipkart Rajneesh Kumar said, “As a homegrown company, Flipkart has played a pivotal role in ensuring we provide customers with the best experience paired with easy accessibility and convenience to meet their requirements for daily essentials.”