An app to help locate neighbourhood grocery stores
The Hindu
Former colleagues join hands to take local businesses online
In April 2020, when lockdown forced stores to down shutters temporarily, A Prasad’s in-laws in Chennai did not have an enjoyable time sourcing a brand of diaper and skin cream for the youngest member of the family.
What eCommerce and hypermarkets could not do, a neighbourhood store in Abhiramapuram did for them.
Witnessing such cases, former colleagues of an IT major have come together to start InStock, an application for small businesses that encourages neighbourhood shops to digitise for better reach of their customer base.

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