Tuesday 25 December 2018

SABHA CANTEEN MEALS PRICE TREND OVER THE YEARS-AN ANALYSIS

SABHA CANTEEN MEALS PRICE TREND OVER THE YEARS-AN ANALYSIS

Chennai Sangeetha Sabha Canteen Price trend-An Analysis


Mint Padmanabhan, Mountbatten Srinivasan, Gnanambiga Rajan and Meenambiga Baskaran were notable top ranking Sangeetha season caterers in Chennai till last year. This year Mint Padmanabhan is absent from the scene. Pattappa has joined the coveted league.

Mint Padmanabhan catered to food Rasikas of Music Academy till last year. This December Pattappa has taken over charge from him.

Srinivasan, s/o Mountbatten Mani Iyer serves food at Parthasarathy Sabha’s canteen at Vidya Bharati kalyana mandap, Beema Sena Street, Mylapore.

Gnanambiga Rajan takes care of food rasikas at Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha @Vani Mahal, T. Nagar.

Meenambiga Baskaran caters to rasikas @Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Mylapore.

I have ignored Narada Gana Sabha for this analysis, as the sabha had seen at least 3 caterers in the past.

Mountbatten Srinivasan tops the chart always with skyrocketing price.

The second rank for higher pricing goes to Mint Padmanabhan and Pattappa.

Gnanambiga Rajan stands at third place and Meenambiga Baskaran is the most economical caterer among sabha canteen toppers.

Now for analysis I am comparing the price of meals from 2014 to 2018. See attached image.

There was 68% increase in meals price in Parthasarathy Sabha canteen this year when compared to 2014. (Assumed that meals price was Rs.250 in 2014)

Music Academy price trend shows an increase of 50%.

Vani Mahal increased its lunch price by 43%.

Mylapore Fine Arts has beaten the inflation with an increase of just 13.50% over 5 years.

I have collected the price details from my blog posts (http://thalaivazhaivirundhu.blogspot.com/) and posts in Where Chennai Eats (FB Group).
Links of posts under #MargazhiCanteen and #ChennaiSabhaCanteen curated by Sridhar Venkataraman were much useful while collecting data from WCE. Thanks Sridhar Sir.