Bakers have come out to say capacity is constrained and there is no guarantee bread will be available during the festive season Sunday News reports.
Bakers Association Of Zimbabwe president Mr Denis Wala, spoke to the Sunday News and said:
<blockquote>The availability of bread depends on the availability of resources needed in its production. If these resources are available bread will also be available. The sector is currently operating at 35 to 40 percent capacity.</blockquote>
Bread is one of Zimbabwe’s most common staple foods after mealie meal.
More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/government-establishes-3-000-community-bakeries/">Sunday News</a>

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Bakers Not Guaranteeing Bread Availability During The Festive Season

The price of bread is set to go up any day as the<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Grain_Marketing_Board"> GMB</a> hiked the price of wheat, Sunday Mail reports. The GMB increased the price of wheat from $3548 to $5900 per tonne an increase that is set to change the price of bread soon.
National Bakers Association,’s Mr Denis Wala however, said the imminent price hike is due to an increase in the cost of many raw materials not only wheat:
<blockquote>When we are looking at the issue of raw materials we are not only looking at flour but there is also issue of electricity and we all know that Zesa recently reviewed its tariffs.</blockquote>
This comes barely a week <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/price-of-bread-falls-marginally/">after bakeries reduced the price of bread</a> by a small margin.
More: Sunday mail

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