Cost of home-cooked thali dips 14pc in July

The cost of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis declined 14 per cent and 13 per cent, respectively, in July this year compared to the same month of the previous year, amid benign commodity prices, according to Crisil's monthly indicator of food plate cost.

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The decline in vegetarian thali cost year-on-year was led by a sharp drop in the prices of vegetables—primarily tomato, onion, and potato (TOP)—on a high base: Tomato prices fell 36 per cent on-year to Rs 42 per kg in July from Rs 66 per kg, driven by a high base effect as the prices typically surge around July/August due to seasonality, even breaching Rs 100 per kg in 2023.