Bulgaria: No increase in the price of bread is expected

"The introduced single strongest social measure in the recent history of Bulgaria - zero VAT for bread, will continue this year as well. This lowered bread prices between 17-20%," said Mariyana Kukusheva, president of the National Union of Bakers and the confectioners. And he specified that the bread market is calm and the price has not changed, referring to the large retail chains that hold 85% of the market. "We do not expect an increase in the price of bread - there is no 20% on the delivery price, and secondly - the price of the raw material is calm," she told BNR. Kukusheva emphasized that no more than 2-3% of bread producers continue to work on gas. They wait for their ...