Spain: The Huelva bakery sector is concerned about the rise in the cost of raw materials

The FOE has hosted a meeting of the bakery sector, represented by the Provincial Association of Bakeries, where the concern of these industrialists has been highlighted by the rise experienced by some essential raw materials in the preparation of bread, which will lead to an inevitable increase in the price of that basic consumer product. As they have pointed out in a press release, the Bakery Association sounded the alarm about the “difficult situation they are going through given the rise in price, especially of flour, as well as the energy used in the production process. ». Bakers are on the lookout, since "the price of bread wheat has doubled over the last two years and it is very difficult for them to know the repercussion of the situation caused by the war in Russia and Ukraine, the main suppliers of cereals. in our country," they say. The "excessive increase in energy prices (electricity, gas and diesel) of which bakeries are large consumers, which have also ...