alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBurger King says tomatoes on 'vacation' as India battles food inflationwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down14
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minus-squarekbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoTomatoes also ship like crap, so the stuff coming online in America and Mexico right now is not going to be served in India in any way shape or form.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoEven when tomatoes are supposed to be in season they are somehow still shipped unripe to supermarkets.
minus-squareBrahm1nmam@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe unripe ones are firmer and can handle long truck rides a bit better
Tomatoes also ship like crap, so the stuff coming online in America and Mexico right now is not going to be served in India in any way shape or form.
Even when tomatoes are supposed to be in season they are somehow still shipped unripe to supermarkets.
The unripe ones are firmer and can handle long truck rides a bit better