2 weeks ago
West Bengal Bakers Raise One-Pound Bread Price by Rs 4
Bread is a food that many people eat every day.
In a place called West Bengal in India, bread is made by many small bakeries.
These bakeries have to buy things like flour, sugar, and oil to make bread.
Lately, these ingredients have become more expensive.
So the bakeries decided they needed to charge more money for their bread.
A group called the West Bengal Bakers' Association said the price of one loaf of bread would go up by 4 rupees.
The loaf used to cost 32 rupees and now costs 36 rupees.
Bigger bread brands had already raised their prices before the small bakeries did.
The bakeries are telling shop owners to explain the new price to customers.
They hope people will understand why bread costs a little more now.
The West Bengal Bakers' Association approved a ₹4 increase in the price of a one-pound loaf, from ₹32 to ₹36.
Most retail outlets were selling a one-pound loaf for ₹36 on Monday.
The price revision was decided at the association's working committee meeting on August 8.
Association CEO Ariful Islam cited rising flour, sugar, dalda and packaging costs, partly due to unrest in West Asia.
Bengal has around 3,000 local bakeries, about 1,000 of which are association members; retailers were given a 15-day adjustment period.
- Who
- The West Bengal Bakers' Association, led by CEO Ariful Islam, along with local bakeries and retailers in Bengal.
- What
- The price of a one-pound loaf of bread from local bakeries increased by ₹4, from ₹32 to ₹36.
- Where
- West Bengal, India.
- When
- Approved at a working committee meeting on August 8; new prices were in effect from Monday.
- Why
- Rising costs of flour, sugar, dalda and packaging, partly due to unrest in West Asia.
Key facts
- Old price (one-pound loaf)
- ₹32
- New price (one-pound loaf)
- ₹36
- Price increase
- ₹4
- Decision date
- August 8
- Flour price rise
- ₹400 per quintal in the past month
- Local bakeries in Bengal
- Around 3,000
- Association members
- About 1,000
- Retailer adjustment period
- 15 days
Quotes
Ariful Islam
CEO of the West Bengal Bakers’ Association
“The wholesale price of flour has risen by ₹400 per quintal in the past month. Sugar and dalda have also become much costlier. Packaging costs have gone up as well because of the unrest in West Asia. We had our backs to the wall.”
telegraphindia.com
“We tried to hold back the price hike for some time, but the increase in raw material costs left us with no choice.”
telegraphindia.com





