Adani Wilmar has cut production of its Fortune brand cooking oil by 40 per cent after a countrywide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disrupted labour.
"Sales of cooking oils too have fallen 25 per cent with the closure of all hotels, restaurants and cafeterias because of the national lockdown to control Covid-19," said Angshu Mallick, deputy CEO of Adani Wilmar.
In the packaged edible oil segment, Adani Wilmar is a market leader with over 20 per cent share.
"We used to process and produce around 8,000 tonnes of edible oil per day. The production level has come