McDonald’s Removes Tomato From Burger Amid Price Surge, Netizens Are Not Loving It

The Tomato price hike has quite literally left Indians in tears!

Yes, a kg of tomato is being sold in the range of Rs 200 to Rs 250 in Uttarakhand. The kitchen staple is priced at Rs 250 in Gangotri Dham and Rs 180 to Rs 200 per kg in Uttarkashi district.

In light of this crisis, a post shared by SEBI Registered Investment Adviser, Aditya Saha on Tomatoes missing from McDonald's food products is going viral on social media.

"We are ever committed to serve you the best food with the best of ingredients. Despite our best efforts, we are not able to get adequate quantities of tomatoes that pass our world-class stringent quality checks," the notice said.

"Hence for the time being we are forced to serve you products without tomatoes. Rest assured; we are working to get the tomato supplies back," it added.

Additionally, the crisis is so bad that many restaurants are going out of their way to reduce the usage of tomatoes so as to keep the prices of the dishes moderate.

Since being shared, the tweet has garnered more than 53,000 views.

"That's a tomato Supremacy, Itna toh Onion k time Pe Bhi Nhi Kiya tha," commented a Twitter user.

"Jokes apart, this is standard for McDonald's to not serve tomatoes during the rainy season since tomatoes quality is not upto the mark," commented another.

"Wow! Never seen this before," a third user commented.

The rise in the price is attributed to the prevailing heatwave in key tomato-growing areas and heavy rains, leading to a disruption in supply chains. More importantly, tomatoes have a lower shelf life, which is also believed to be having a bearing on their prices.

Not Just in Uttarakhand, the people across the country are facing the brunt of the price rise.