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Bengaluru Man Slams Swiggy Instamart for Delivering Free Tomatoes, Here’s Why

14 Oct 2024

Chandra Ramanujan, a product designer based in Bengaluru, recently voiced his concerns on social media about Swiggy Instamart automatically adding free tomatoes to his order without providing an option to remove them. He expressed his frustration on X (formerly Twitter), emphasizing that while the tomatoes were complimentary, he couldn't opt...

Freshly acquired tomatoes arrive in Delhi, to be sold at Rs 90/kg starting today

14 Jul 2023

The government organization National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) will begin selling recently procured tomatoes in the local retail markets today after arriving in the capital overnight. The kitchen staple will be sold at Rs 90 per kg, the consumer affairs department said. Amid a sharp spurt in tomato...

Price hike makes tomatoes more pricey than gasoline in India

07 Jul 2023

Due to bad weather, tomato prices in India are skyrocketing, sparking a flood of social media memes linking the cost of the crucial ingredient to anything from petrol to political influence. Heavy rains in some growing areas and hotter-than-normal temperatures last month reduced crop output, prompting prices to rise fivefold...