Key Points
- Burger King joins many McDonald’s and Subway stores that have removed tomatoes from menus due to food inflation.
- Tomato prices reach 450 per cent tafter monsoon rains disrupted crop and supply chains.
- Vegetable prices have risen by 37 per cent in the past year.
Burger King has scrapped tomatoes from its wraps and burgers in many Indian outlets after prices more than quadrupled, the latest symptom of surging food inflation that is hitting consumers hard across the world’s most populous nation.
“Even tomatoes need a vacation … we are unable to add tomatoes to our food,” read notices…
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