Kerala restaurateurs drop chicken from platter
By IANS - KOCHI
04th February 2013 09:10 AM
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Restaurateurs in Kerala Sunday announced they would not sell food items made from chicken as it was not profitable. PTI file photo
Restaurateurs in Kerala Sunday announced they would not sell food items made from chicken as it was not profitable, a claim rejected by the suppliers who described the move as a ploy to raise prices.
From Thursday, restaurants in the state would not be selling chicken-based food items due to high-cost of raw chicken, Jose Mohan, general secretary of Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association, told reporters here.
"Four months back the price of chicken was Rs.40 a kg and today it stands at Rs.130 a kg and we have no other option than to boycott chicken," Mohan claimed.
Kerala as a consumer state gets a lion's share of chickens from Tamil Nadu through agents and middle-men.
Rejecting their claim, V.T. Babu, office bearer of the Poultry Growers Association in the state, said this is nothing but a "ploy on the part of the hoteliers to increase the price of their products by blaming us".
"Today the cost for us for a kilogram of chicken is Rs.85 and we take a margin of just Rs.10 per kg of chicken...The wholesale price of chicken which we supply is around Rs.92 to Rs.95. They are taking the people for a ride," said Babu.
Most of the Kerala poultry farms get their supply of chicks from Tamil Nadu at around Rs.36 per bird and they sell these after around 40 days, a poultry farm owner said.
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The price of chicken for the past 3 months its up like a shooting star. Our government has nothing to do for their people because they are equally fed by the central government of India. Although if the price comes down, the price will be down for a week after a week it will again come back to the same price. The government doesn't keep a tab on these field but keep on changing their rules and the sellers take a hefty amount in chicken. This is one side story, Imagine the price of goat meat...it has come to 500/rs per kilo. and beef has come to 200/rupees/kilo. Wonder where this will go and end up. Every parts of the world if the salary is high the price of commodities are less. Where as a Nation where population is more the price is to the peak value. Thank you very much. If said anything wrong please accept my deepest apology.
Posted by Yogesh at 02/05/2013 11:10 Reply to this Report abuse