India's ready-to-cook food sales rise since the onset of pandemic

India's ready-to-cook segment saw brisk sales every month since the pandemic-led lockdowns last year as people ordered in a variety of foods—from iD Fresh Food’s malabar parotas to ITC’s rajmah galouti kebab and Mumbai vada pops—to bring the dining-out experience home.In fact, the ready-to-cook segment (RTC) is one of the rare categories which saw surging sales during the peak of lockdown when sales of most other segments declined.About half a