Not quite a meaty affair
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April 05, 2021 00:51 IST
With the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram unanimously deciding in its House meeting to keep all meat establishments shut on Tuesdays, shop owners at Jama Masjid market stare at losses
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With the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram unanimously deciding in its House meeting to keep all meat establishments shut on Tuesdays, shop owners at Jama Masjid market stare at losses
Mohammad Yusuf, 69, running “New Pakija Hotel” at Jama Masjid meat market on Old Railway Road here, earns barely enough to make both ends meet. He cannot afford to shut his shop even for a single day. But, with the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram officials visiting the market every Tuesday for the past two weeks, asking the shopkeepers to shut their establishments, he is left with no choice.
Retail, wholesale prices of chicken crash 10-35%
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Wholesale prices have crashed 60% for chicken and 27% for eggs as companies and suppliers grapple with a reduction in demand.Online food and grocery operators such as Grofers and BigBasket as well as meat delivery companies have been extending larger discounts on chicken-based products since the weekend.
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Egg prices have fallen as retailers cut their margins to check the drop in sales.
NEW DELHI: The bird flu outbreak across 10 states has triggered a 10-35% drop in prices of chicken and chicken-based products and a 10% fall in prices of eggs at the retail level.
Wholesale prices have crashed 60% for chicken and 27% for eggs as companies and suppliers grapple with a reduction in demand.Online food and grocery operators such as Grofers and BigBasket as well as meat delivery companies have been extending larger discounts on chicken-based products since the weekend.
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Currently we have not changed the prices and are watching the situation,” said Ravinder Singh, owner of Green Chick Chop which daily sells close to 1.5 tonne of chicken in the Delhi market.
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