Bakers in Iran are under pressure

Published 2021년 1월 19일

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The article highlights the ongoing concerns of bakers in Iran, who have not increased the price of bread since last year despite rising production costs and wage increases. Bijan Norouz Moghaddam, representing the bakers, has approached various authorities with requests to adjust the bread price, citing significant cost hikes and financial pressures on bakeries. He mentions that bakers are struggling to cover expenses such as worker wages, housing, energy, and transportation, with a single day's sales often falling short. Despite the importance of bread to the community and its daily consumption, there's been no definitive decision on raising its price, leaving bakeries in a difficult financial situation.

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In an interview with ISNA, Bijan Norouz Moghaddam stated that 10 months have passed since the beginning of this year and 16 months have passed since the last bread pricing, and except for the price of bread and the income of bakeries, no goods and wages have remained constant. Production costs have put pressure on bakers and created many problems for them; So the income of the bakeries does not cover their expenses. He continued: For example, the total sales of a Barbarian bakery with the official price of 1000 Tomans of bread in one day is one million to one million and 100 thousand Tomans. How can a bakery with the wages of several workers, water, electricity, gas and corona issues continue with this income? According to him, at the beginning of this year, workers' wages increased by 26%, housing rights by 200% and legal benefits by 300%. Freight this year increased by 60%. Last year, each 10 kg bag of dough was 170 thousand tomans, but now it has reached 370 thousand tomans. ...

Source: Isna