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Nestle India has resumed operations at all its manufacturing locations and distribution centres as well as its warehouses over two months into India’s lockdown that is finally seeing relaxations.
‘The company has resumed operations at all of its manufacturing locations and distribution centres and warehouses and scaling up continues in all area of operations while adopting stringent safety practices and following standard operating procedures for social distancing to ensure the well-being of its employees and other staff in accordance with the directions of the Central and State Governments and authorities,’ the company said in an update to the BSE on Thursday.
Nestle India has eight manufacturing units in the country. The maker of KitKat chocolates and Maggi noodles, however, said uncertainty over when covid-19 infections will abate has rendered it difficult for the company to assess any future impact of the pandemic on its business operations.
‘Due to unpredictable and fast-changing COVID-19 situation, it is very difficult to assess the future impact of COVID-19 on business operations and it is expected to evolve over a period of time.’ Several fast moving consumer goods companies witnessed supply chain disruptions in the initial phase of India’s protracted lockdown, that commenced in March, as they temporarily suspended operations and distributors of their goods remained largely immobile.
On 24 March, Nestle India said operations at some of its locations across manufacturing, distribution centres, warehouses and suppliers were either scaled down or suspended in view of the lockdown. However, most FMCG companies have continued to scale-up production and also proceeded to improve their supplies in the market. Moreover, as Indians have continued to stay-at-home, demand for packaged foods has witnessed an uptick.
