The cost of the veg thali increased due to a surge of 40 per cent, 36 per cent and 22 per cent on-year in prices of onion, tomato and potato, respectively, due to lower arrivals of onion and potato and low base of last fiscal for tomatoes, Crisil said.
The cost of the non-veg thali declined faster due to an 8-10 per cent month-on-month dip in prices of broilers, which account for 50 per cent of the cost, report added.
The rise in prices of ingredients like pulses, rice, onion and tomato made home-cooked veg thali costlier in January, while decline in poultry rates helped in the fall in non-veg thali rates
The CRISIL division report says that the cost of the vegetarian meal thali increased by 12 per cent while that of a non-vegetarian thali dropped by four per cent. - Veg Thali Vs Non-veg Thali Cost In December 2023 Makes For Interesting Study, Courtesy, CRISIL