Bread price dispute discussions continue
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The government is still holding discussions over demands from bakers to either increase the subsidy on the production of the traditional Maltese loaf, or to raise the regulated price by two cents per loaf.
The Bakers' Cooperative has threatened to halt the production of the hobza tal-Malti, the price of which is regulated, and instead only produce other types of bread, which are not regulated.
The current dispute came about when the price of a 50-kilo sack of flour rose from Lm7.08 to Lm8.68.
Bakers are demanding compensation for the rise in the cost of flour, and with bakers consuming some 7,000 sacks per week, such subsidies would cost the government in the region of Lm11,000 per week, or Lm572,000 per year.
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