Post offices to sell tea also

Coimbatore, Apr 27 (UNI) After selling insurance products recharge coupons for mobile companies, the Indian Postal Department is now selling tea packets through 20 of its postal outlets.

Postal department sources told UNI here that the department has signed an MOU with United Nilgiris Tea Estates Company to sell their Chamaraj Tea and Korakundah Organic Tea. Ten varieties of teas, including organic, dip tea, herbal teas like sugar balace tea and cold tea will be sold through these outlets.

The sale of tea has been arranged in the head post offices of Dharmapuri, Erode, Hosur, Namakkal, Salem, Tirupur, Mettupalayam, Thirupathur and all the postal outlets in Coimbatore, including the central post office.

The sale has touched over 1000 kgs of packaged tea in some of the branches in the city in the last two days. This novel way of selling is expected to bring more revenue to the department, the sources said.

There would be no difference in price compared with the market outlets. The price of the tea will be on MRP rate printed in the packet.

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