With gig workers at quick commerce platforms and food delivery companies planning to go on strike on December 31, makers of packaged snacks, soft drinks, ice-cream, confectionery and other impulse goods including PepsiCo, Parle, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Britannia are increasing stocks in kirana stores, supermarkets such as D’Mart and Modern Bazaar and modern trade stores. Over the last few years, New Year’s...