A resident washes dishes. (Photographer: Geric Cruz/Bloomberg)
The more people cooked during the Covid-19 lockdown, the bigger was the pile of dishes. For Jyothy Laboratories Ltd., that has driven growth in a year when consumption tumbled.The maker of Pril Dishwash expects its overall revenue to grow 8.5-9% in the ongoing financial year, aided by a recovery in rural spending, according to K Ullas Kamath, joint managing director at Jyothy Labs. He sees double-digit volume growth for the full year...