Mozambique: Bread costs two meticais more in the city of Tete

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Mozambique: Bread costs two meticais more in the city of Tete

2:29 CAT | 30 Jun 2022

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Bread has gone up two meticais per loaf in the city of Tete [whether weighing 50, 70 or 80 grams]. The new prices are in effect since last weekend, O País reports.

While consumers complain about the rise, sellers are considering abandoning the business.

Consumers say that, at that price, they might just not buy bread at all. “It’s a hit to the pockets of Mozambicans. I used to buy 65 meticais’ worth of bread every day, but now it costs an extra 10 meticais,” says Tete resident Adosinda Nhantumbo.

Consumers also question how it is that the price of bread has increased from five to seven meticais while the quality remains the same.

“With the rise in the cost of bread, we expected that the quality of production would also improve significantly, but this is not what we see at the bakeries, so we’re asking for supervision by the authorities, with a view to changing this scenario,” a consumer who wished to remain anonymous said.

Others also feeling the rise in the price of bread keenly are the retailers.

“We buy a box for 300 meticais, which means that, for us resellers, a loaf of bread costs six meticais. The consumer will buy it for seven and we earn only one metical. The situation is increasingly stressful, and I’m thinking of giving up the business if the scenario prevails for a long time,” says Lúcia João, a retailer in Tete’s Francisco Manyanga neighbourhood.

‘O País’ tried to contact the president of the Mozambican Association of Bakers by telephone to discuss the price of bread in Tete, but, by early this Tuesday night, he was still unreachable.

By Rogério Valente

Source: O País