McDonald’s India Slices Tomatoes From Menu Citing Reasons Other Than Price Rise

The official statement by McDonald’s India – North and East read, “As a brand committed to the highest standards of food quality and safety, we use ingredients only after rigorous food quality and safety checks. However, due to seasonal issues and despite our best efforts, we are not able to procure tomatoes that pass our world-class, stringent quality checks. Hence, we are constrained to serve tomatoes in our menu items at some of our restaurants. This is a temporary issue and we would like to reassure our customers that we are looking at all possible ways to bring back tomatoes to our menu very soon.”

While the company has not cited the lack of tomatoes in its menu to the rising prices of tomatoes in the country. This seasonal issue has affected supply chains, transportation and crop quality.