KOZHIKODE: Kerala State Co-operatives Consumers’ Federation Ltd (Consumerfed) has clocked record sales during this Onam season with total sales touching Rs 150 crore with liquor sales alone accounting for Rs 60 crore.
According to Consumerfed, the Onam liquor sales during 10 days till Uthradam through its outlets had increased from Rs 36 crore last year to Rs 60 crore this season.
Consumerfed has 39 IMFL (Indian-made foreign liquor) outlets in the state and among them, the outlet at Kunnamkulam recorded the highest Uthradam day sale of Rs 60 lakh followed by the outlet at Njarackal that accounted for sales worth Rs 58 lakh and the outlet at Kozhikode recording sales worth Rs 56 lakh.
Consumerfed chairman M Mehaboob said that the sales of 13 essential items through Triveni supermarkets at an average 50% price discount fetched Rs 45 crore while sales of other essential items at 10-30% discount clocked sales of another Rs 45 crore.
He said that Consumerfed had been able to provide coconut oil which had a market price of Rs 225 per litre at Rs 92. Also sugar was sold at Rs 22 per kg instead of market price of Rs 42 and rice at Rs 25 per kg through government subsidies.
