Fresh hike in commercial LPG price puts Mumbai eateries, tea stalls in a tight spot
The recent increase in commercial LPG prices has significantly impacted small food vendors in Mumbai, forcing some to raise prices or reduce their menu offerings. Baban Yadav, a vada pav vendor, raised prices by ₹3 and stopped selling samosas due to rising costs. Customers, especially low-income groups and migrant workers, are likely to be affected as street food becomes more expensive.
- ▪The Union government increased the price of commercial LPG cylinders, affecting small food businesses in Mumbai.
- ▪Baban Yadav raised the price of vada pav by ₹3 and discontinued samosas due to higher operational costs.
- ▪Many roadside eateries, tea stalls, and cloud kitchens are reconsidering their pricing and menu options.
- ▪Vada pav is considered affordable food for the common man, and price hikes could impact low-income consumers.
- ▪The price increase has reduced the turnaround time for some small food businesses.
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The Union government’s move to increase the price of commercial LPG cylinder on Friday has sent shock waves through roadside eateries, tea shops, caterers, bakeries, and cloud kitchens in Mumbai, with several of them planning to raise the price of food items or cut short the menu.Baban Yadav, who runs a vada pav outlet in a Mumbai suburb, said he will raise the price of the iconic Maharashtrian street food by ₹3 because the cost of pav (bread roll) has shot up. He stopped frying samosas too. He has only vada pav and pakodas on his menu. Mr. Yadav said that the turnaround time for his business has reduced. Some of his customers said the spiked price will affect the poor and migrant workers, since vada pav is a common man’s food.
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