Price of onion breached the Rs 100-mark recently in some markets in India, making people shed tears before chopping them, but a website came to their rescue by offering the bulbs at prices as low as Rs 9 per kilogram.
Price of onion breached the Rs 100-mark recently in some markets in India, making people shed tears before chopping them, but a website came to their rescue by offering the bulbs at prices as low as Rs 9 per kilogram.
As reported by PTI, Groupon India, a shopping website, which offers a daily deal on best local goods, services and events, has tied up with a Delhi-based wholesaler to deliver onions for the next seven days to customers in 78 cities across the country.
CEO of Groupon India, Ankur Warikoo, said it is a very simple deal. We are a deal site and in current situation where onions prices are skyrocketing we are offering onions at Rs 9 per kg. The onions will be home delivered to buyers.”
The sale began with effect from today and is scheduled to be online for the next seven days. The customers would be able to get their onions within 10 days of placing their orders.
As told to PTI, Warikoo said that they plan to sell 3,000 kilograms of fresh onions per day. This is so that they can ensure the quality of the products. They have tied up with a large onion distributor in Delhi and will be using multiple logistic partners to deliver the onions to customers.
Onions would be packaged in special moisture free wraps and would be couriered to buyers. But, only registered users of the site would be able to avail the benefit of this deal with only one deal available per user and the offer will last till the onions last.
While the political and economic community is worrying mainly about the country’s growth, hundreds of millions of Indians are anxious about the price of onions. People in India consume 15 million tonnes of onions a year as almost every dish uses onion, whether cooked in curry or eaten raw with a meal.
