Bengaluru: Restaurants to increase prices by up to 20%: Report

Bengaluru: Restaurants and food joints in Bengaluru will be increasing the price of items by up to 20% amid a hike in prices of commercial LPG.

The price increase will vary depending on how the cost has been rounded off.

Bruhath Bangalore Hotels Association President PC Rao said that the price of a cooking gas cylinder “which used to be Rs 1,100 for 19 kg (in May 2020) is now Rs 2,060”.

“Cooking oil which used to be Rs 85 is now Rs 155, vegetables also cost more than Rs 50. The cost of pulses has also increased,” he said.

The price rise will be effective in some restaurants from November 8, some from November 15, and the rest from December 15.