Bread makers in Samoa not Following Sioasi’s

Written by Astrid Sesega
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Other Bakeries and Minimart’s will not be following Siaosi Minimart’s decision to stop producing bread because of the increased costs of petrol, flour and electricity. Siaosi’s owner has stated in the media that they will no longer be able to supply bread to their customers unless there is Government Intervention. This will not be the case though for other main stores throughout Apia. Newsline has spoken to a number of different stores who say they will continue to produce bread even with the price increases. However, they all believe something needs to be done by the Government in order to help the businesses in particular the price of which they can sell their bread products need to be increased. Currently they cannot be increased by the individual stores as the price is controlled by the Government and if they do they are likely to receive a fine from the Government. “The price of bread should be raised because of the increasing costs of flour in Samoa,” said one store manager. Another store manager stated that it is getting hard to continue to bake bread however they cannot do anything about it. “We will still keep making bread.” Stores have informed Newsline that Government Officials have come to their stores to conduct a cost price review in order to see what changes need to be made to help out the stores with the production of bread. The Government has not yet come back to them with results of the review. It is hoped that the Government will allow the stores to increase the price of their breads in order to meet the costs of petrol, electricity and flour which are continuously increasing. All stores preferred to remain anonymous during their interviews with Newsline. Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Title Comment
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