Bread, which was sold for 1.75 TL at the beginning of 2020, increased to 2 TL with the increase in May, and with the last hike, it increased by approximately 42 percent in 1 year. Milli Gazete brought the issue of price hike to bread to the agenda with its news titled "A raise on bread".
Increases in flour prices, the upward trend in foreign exchange and high inflation also increased the costs of bakers. Bread also got its share from the hikes in basic consumer products. Last week, the price of 220 grams of bread rose to 2.5 TL in Istanbul, with the acceptance of the application made by the bakers to the Governorship of Istanbul and the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. Bread at the beginning of 2020 Bread, which was sold for 1.75 TL in Istanbul, increased to 2 TL with the increase in May. With the last hike, bread in Istanbul has increased by about 42 percent in one year.
FLOUR PRICES INCREASING EVERY WEEK
The successive hikes in the prices of flour, which is the raw material of bread, almost doubled the costs of the bakers. Compared to 2020, the profit of bakers from bread production decreased by half. We had brought up the problems of bakers in the news titled "Increase on bread" and published in the Milli Gazete. The bakers, who made special statements to our newspaper, stated that flour prices were increased every week and emphasized that the increase in bread prices was mandatory. With the increase in bread in May, 220 grams of bread was sold for 1.75 TL in Istanbul, while it increased to 2 TL. With the last hike, 220 grams of bread rose to 2.5 TL.