Overview

• Parle and Dabur temporarily cut sticker prices on fixed-price packs, with Parle G moving from Rs 5 to about Rs 4.45 and some shampoo sachets from Rs 2 to around Rs 1.75.
• Hindustan Unilever is keeping Re 1 to Rs 20 packs at their usual prices by increasing weight or volume to pass on the tax savings.
• Parle’s Mayank Shah said wrapper and mould changes need roughly 1.5–2 months, after which companies plan to restore the familiar price points with higher grammage.
• Analyst Abneesh Roy expects the non-standard MRPs to be short-lived and forecasts a return to Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 20 packs with extra quantity.
• Dabur detailed lower MRPs on low-unit packs—Re 1 to about 90–94 paise, Rs 10 to Rs 9, and Rs 20 to Rs 18—while noting rising UPI usage eases coinage constraints for some buyers.