Bakery Price Hike

                                Have you noticed of late that every week the price of bakery products keeps increasing by a rupee or two? This is happening due to the petrol and diesel price hike and change, and will keep continuing till don’t know when. The pockets of the common man are slowly tearing because of these price hike’s.

                                According to a survey conducted by the students of National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism, it came across that due to the fuel prices being hiked up the bakery products have also been increasing. A small bread packet which used to cost Rs 10 few months back has now increased to Rs 20. Even a black forest cake which used to cost Rs 150 for 500 grams till last year is now gone up to Rs 250-300 for just 500 grams.

                                The owner of a famous bakery in Ahmedabad told us, “We have to increase the prices because to bring the raw materials to make the product our workers have to go bye vehicle and the price of fuel is also become very steep.” He further added that the cost of the ingredients have also risen making it compulsory for them to increase their product prices.

                                Few customers who were present in the shop to buy some goods were also interviewed. According to them, the price rise in the fuel has made their pockets all the heavier in this competitive world. Both husbands and wives have to work extra so that they can give their family the best of everything. Kalpana (name changed) a home-maker said, ”Be it birthdays or parties, our children want cake and pizza’s or sandwiches or any other such items. And they cannot refrain from buying it for them. Even on Sunday’s for breakfast we eat bread with jam/butter/cheese, so we have to buy it.”