Easy way to a meal

Today’s is a fast-paced world. Not many have the time to leisurely prepare full-fledged meals with vegetables, dal, kadhi, chutney, sprouted beans ‘usal,’ pickles, papads, rotis rice and curd.  Senior citizens and students are not even inclined towards making some effort in this direction. But they do need sumptuous meals. A few slices of bread toasted to crimson crispness with a spread of an omelet, jam, butter, chutney or even pickle do the trick quite satisfactorily.  All that is needed for accomplishing this task is a toaster or a sandwich maker. Online shopping of bread toaster has made that task easy.

Two-slice toasters

Online shops offer toasters manufactured by a great number of companies. The pop-up toasters can process two slices at a time or four.  The toasters have mechanisms to center the bread slice and to lift smaller slices higher, they have wide slots to accommodate thicker slices and they have removable trays that gather bread crumbs. The power input of the toasters is around 800 watt at 230 V. The toaster producers generally provide a two-year warranty. Usually, the delivery is free and may take from a day to a week. The toaster brands include Philips, Morphy Richards, Bajaj, Prestige, Havells, Kenwood, Usha,   Sunflame, Baltra, Inalsa,  Khaitan, and Westinghouse. Most brands offer discounts from 10 percent to over 30 percent. They also come out with special festival offers.  The price of a toaster ranges from Rs501 to Rs10000.

 

Sandwich makers

The sandwich maker adds to the toast the taste and richness of additional fillings like cheese, jam, vegetables and chutneys. The sandwich maker brands include Bajaj, Black & Decker, Boss Kitchen Appliances, Cello, Desire, Euroline, Glen, Havells, Inalsa, Kenwood, Morphy Richards, Nova, Philips, Prestige, Russell Hobbs, Sunflame, and Westinghouse. The price ranges from Rs400 to Rs16500. The discount is from 10 percent to over 40 percent. The warranty period is generally two years, delivery free and the delivery time is up to a week.

Many facilities

The toasters and sandwich makers have non-stick coating surfaces. Naturally, cleaning them becomes easier. They also bring down the electricity consumption. The sandwich makers have the facility to cut the slices into sandwiches. Toasters can have different settings to achieve different browning levels. They ensure safe handling by ensuring that no outside part is heated up. The toasters and the sandwich makers are durable and don’t need any maintenance. And most of these appliances have pleasing look.

Competing global players

Big global players have recently entered the online shopping business in India in a big way. These international companies are trying to grab a big chunk of the emerging online market in India. The newly-affluent youngsters in the country are already purchasing most of their merchandize online. The traditional buyers, used as they were to physically inspecting the product before deciding on purchasing it, are now switching onto online shopping slowly but surely. The big players are offering big discounts in their cut-throat competition with the other big and small players. This is thus a good period for the buyers to benefit from the price war among online shops.