Chennai, Aug. 7 -- In July 2025, the cost of home-cooked vegetarian thali and non-vegetarian thali went down by 14% and 13% respectively as compared to same period in 2024 owing to benign commodity prices, as per CRISIL Market Intelligence report.
However the cost of home cooked vegetarian thali in July showed a 4% increase over June 2025 while the non-vegetarian food showed a 2% decline for the same period.
The decline in vegetarian thali cost year-on-year was led by a sharp drop in the prices of vegetables-primarily tomato, onion and potato (TOP)-on a high base.
The prices of tomato fell 36% on-year to Rs.42 per kg in July from Rs.66/kg driven by a high base effect as the prices typically surge around July/August due to seasonality, ev...