Tag: bread
Economy 23.08.23 | 09:33

Government Minister demands answers after the latest increase of the price of bread

Agriculture Minister Ljupco Nikolovski accused the baking industry of unfairly increasing the price of bread, even though it was able to purchase grains at a discounted price. The raw material was made available at half price this year. It would be fair to avoid speculations and to avoid price fixing....
Macedonia 04.03.23 | 16:34

The Government is buying bread for twice the maximum allowed price

As the Government is trying to force industrial bakeries to offer bread at a maximum of 33 denars per loaf, its services have purchased bread for far more than the maximum price. VMRO-DPMNE revealed contracts showing that the Government would buy bread for between 41 and 75 denars per loaf. “If...
Macedonia 04.03.23 | 09:10

Large bakeries will begin to deliver bread at the regulated price, but will sue the Government for damages

Industrial bakeries will begin to deliver some quantities of bread at the regulated price of 33 denars per loaf, which was mandated by the Kovacevski Government. The companies announce that they will sue the Government for damages, because they see the price as far below the realistic market price. The...
Macedonia 04.03.23 | 08:28

Zaev predicted that his policies won’t mean bread for all

The bread shortages, caused by the SDSM – DUI government, reminded public commentators on Zoran Zaev’s statements several years ago. Some have shared a video where Zaev says that his party will bring about EU and NATO membership, but warning citizens that they won’t automatically mean...
Macedonia 03.03.23 | 17:51

Government policies are to blame for the bread shortages

Regarding the bread shortages caused by the Government intervention, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the citizens should be able to get bread at the lowest possible price. The poor Government policies led to empty supermarket shelves. We face the highest inflation in Europe, we had...
Economy 03.03.23 | 10:58

Kovacevski left the citizens without bread

The Kovacevski Government left the citizens without bread, accused the VMRO-DPMNE party, as Macedonia enters its third day with the large industrial bakeries shut down. The Kovacevski Government capped the price of bread at a maximum of 33 denars per 450 grams loaf, which prompted two dozen major producers...
Economy 02.03.23 | 23:43

Dimitrieska: VMRO-DPMNE proposed steps that would have prevented the bread shortages

VMRO-DPMNE proposed measures that would have avoided the bread shortages, said the party’s Vice President Gordana Dimitrieska – Kocoska in her Sitel TV interview, as Macedonia woke to a second day with almost no bread in the major stores. After the failed attempt to reduce food prices by...
Economy 01.03.23 | 14:38

Bread shortages reported across the country after the Government capped the retail price

Across the country, citizens are reporting bread shortages at the stores. The main industrial bakeries did not make the morning deliveries, after Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski froze the price of bread to 0.5 EUR per half a kilogram loaf. We all agreed to respect the decision of our chamber that was...
Economy 01.03.23 | 11:31

Bread shortages reported a day after Kovacevski froze the price to half a euro per loaf

Citizens are reporting bread shortages in the stores a day after Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski froze the price of bread to 0.5 EUR per loaf of half a kilogram. The move was made after Kovacevski’s failed attempt to reduce food prices by giving energy subsidies to industrial bakers. Other cost...
Economy 28.02.23 | 15:37

Government ends energy subsidies for food producers, freezes the price of bread, sparking fears of shortages

The Government announced that it is ending its program of energy subsidies for food producing companies and is limiting the price of white and semi-white bread in loaves of 450 grams to 33 denars per loaf. The move was announced today by Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and Economy Minister Kreshnik...
Economy 27.02.23 | 14:30

Industrial bakers threaten to stop production if the Government limits the bread prices to 30 denars per loaf

Bakeries in Macedonia are threatening to stop production after the Government warned that it will limit the prices at which they can sell bread. The Government is angry that some food producers took subsidies for the extremely high electricity prices they were sent, but didn’t respond by reducing...
Economy 30.11.22 | 08:38

As of tomorrow, people to be able to buy bread for 32 denars, cheaper dairy products after New Year’s

Some bakeries announce that as of tomorrow, December 1, citizens will be able to buy bread for 32 denars. In the coming period, as they told MIA, there will be a correction in the prices of other bakery products, probably by about 10 percent. Reductions of over 10 percent are also possible for meat products...
Economy 13.10.22 | 22:44

Nikolovski: Citizens not to worry, we have a plan – there will be enough bread, flour, milk and olive oil

There will be enough bread, flour, milk and olive oil, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Ljupco Nikolovski said today. We have a plan and citizens should not be worried, together we provide enough food for all citizens, said Nikolovski at a joint press conference with Prime Minister...
Economy 01.10.22 | 16:24

Bread and flour prices set to go up by 10 percent in November

Representatives of the main flour processing companies and bakeries are announcing a new, 10 percent price hike by the end of November. This would affect flour, bread and all baked products. Goran Malisic, who represents this industry in the SKM chamber of commerce, informed that the continued hikes...
Economy 13.08.22 | 10:15

Millers warn: If the state doesn’t help us, the population might be left without bread

After the many reactions in the public about the increase in the price of bread, the millers say that even the current price is not high enough if all the increased costs are taken into account. They warn that if the Government does not help them, it is possible that their businesses will completely...
Economy 11.08.22 | 12:37

“Life has come”: Macedonians eat the most expensive bread in the Western Balkans

The increase in the price of bread, which is still a basic food symbol in these areas, mostly affected the citizens of Macedonia, who today eat the most expensive bread in the Western Balkans. According to the graphic presentation, it can be seen that Macedonia eats the most expensive bread, which costs...
Economy 27.01.22 | 22:45

Are we going to eat more expensive bread as of next week?

The decision with which the state temporarily froze the prices of certain products expires on Monday. However, the Government has not yet decided whether the measure will be extended or not, or whether it may intervene with other measures. At yesterday’s government session, this issue was not discussed...
Macedonia Economy 07.01.21 | 19:32

Flour mills say they will hike the price of bread by up to 30 percent

The association of mills and bread bakeries GMPI warned that it will increase the price of bread, after a longer period of frozen prices. Goran Malisic from GMPI said that the companies he represents are hit by reduced demand at home and increased prices on some of the raw materials abroad. “We also...
Economy 01.07.19 | 13:06

Macedonia may be left without bread

Macedonia may be left without bread wheat this year. Harvest in Serbia began a few days ago, but local farmers say that there is not enough wheat for export this year. This is very important for us, because most of the import of wheat and flour in the country comes precisely from the Serbian fields, ...

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