In our recent survey, we noticed something strange: there seems to be pricing confusion in the bread market at the moment with all different major bakers charging different prices. The cheapest bread we could find was in Pick N Pay, baked in-house, their TM loaf was going for $13.00 ZWL.
Bakers Inn meanwhile was going for more than $18.50ZWL. Making it the most expensive loaf. That is nothing new, however, over the past 6 months, we have noticed that Bakers Inn is usually the most expensive loaf in most shops if all loaves are not being sold for the same price. Whenever there is a rumoured price increase, the Simbisa owned brand never seems to be the first to effect the increase.
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Lobels Bread
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Bakers Inn
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The case of confusing subsidies
The Finance Minister proposed that subsidies on grain be removed sending the market into a tailspin. The President has announced that subsidies are not going to be removed since grain is a staple. However, his remarks seemed to apply to maize. The question remains are wheat prices covered by the reversal or not?
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