Bakery owners to decide on price hike today
Posted by Editor on February 17, 2012 - 11:30 am
The All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association says it will reach a final decision today (Feb. 17) regarding an increasing in prices of bakery products, due to the recent fuel price hike.
President of the Association, N. K. Jayawardena says they have no alternative but to increase prices of bread and other bakery products as fuel is essential in the production of them.
Therefore members of the Bakery Owners’ Association are to gather today afternoon where they will decide in regard to the price increase.
Courtesy: Ada Derana
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Good news!
Bread manufacturing is not fuel intensive. Price increases must be justified.
Sri Lankan people’s economical food is bread and floor products depends mostly on.Due to the hike of fuel these basic food items reaches to the ordinary people in a struggle further in future.
Nowadays we could notice that there are huge amount of working women and those who are carrying their family weight women are “KEPT” by the people who are having money.One thing we have to recognize that most of these women are adapted for their poverty.
Street prostitution and call girls every where.
POVERTY PLAYS THE MAIN PART OF THIS ROLE.