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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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NEW DELHI: The ten-day shutdown of Ghazipur s poultry market and ban on interstate movement of live birds due to concerns of bird flu in Delhi has not brought down prices of chicken and eggs in the branded retail market though the sales has shrunk, said companies like FreshToHome, Lucious and Green Chick Chop.
Bird Flu outbreak brings down chicken sales by 40% across India
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Last Updated: Jan 07, 2021, 08:03 PM IST
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Bird flu has been confirmed among migratory birds and crows in Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. In the south, Kerala is the only state to have reported bird flu – among ducks.
Chicken prices have fallen about 20% across the country, industry officials said.
Sale of chicken dropped by half in north and west India and by a third in the south even as five states have reported an outbreak of bird flu mostly in non-poultry birds.
Chicken prices have fallen about 20% across the country, industry officials said.