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Flour price goes up
THE price of bread is likely to go up after flour prices rose by 10% yesterday.This comes after the Grain Marketing Board increased its wheat prices to millers by 8% from $239 360 to $258 416 ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threatens retailers
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to withdraw trading licences of all retailers pegging their prices exclusively in United States dollars.Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare,...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to import maize from Zambia, Malawi to plug grain shortfall
Zimbabwe will import maize from neighboring Zambia and Malawi and wheat from cheaper source markets to avert shortages and price increases, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said Monday.Addressing...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread prices set to drop?
BREAD prices are set to drop after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) pledged to prioritise foreign currency allotments to the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe to facilitate the importation of ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread price shoots to US$2 in Zimbabwe
A STANDARD loaf of bread now costs more than US$2 after its price shot up by 30% to $345.This follows an increase in the price of flour seven days ago by 17%.The Grain Millers Associat...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal, wheat prices jump
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has reviewed upwards prices of mealie-meal and flour, following the increase of maize and wheat prices.The prices of mealie-meal and flour rece...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal, bread price hike looms
GRAIN millers held an emergency meeting Tuesday morning to consider another round of price increases for mealie meal and bread, NewZimbabwe.com can report.This comes after the Grain Marketing ...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 12:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russian invasion sends Zimbabwe fuel prices haywire
AS the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with all the strategic geopolitical and economic consequences, the oil and fuel industry remains one of the most affected sectors.Fuel prices have ...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war and the Zimbabwe daily bread
The current Russia military onslaught will not only destroy lives and infrastructure in Ukraine, but also bring unprecedented food insecurity and social upheavals to the rest of the world. This will d...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 15:09hrs | | by Tafadzwa Musarara
Russia-Ukraine conflict affects Zimbabwe's daily bread
THE ongoing Russian-Ukraine tiff will impact negatively on global wheat supply.Both Russia and Ukraine, once jointly dubbed the "breadbasket of Europe", account for 25 percent of the world's w...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war tremors rock Zimbabwe economy
TREMORS from the Russian invasion of Ukraine are spreading across the world as well as in Zimbabwe as record-high oil prices, excessive spending during forthcoming elections and disruptions of wheat s...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike sparks mayhem
THE recent increase in the prices of fuel has triggered a massive hike in the prices of most basic commodities.The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority on Wednesday increased fuel prices for t...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal, flour prices go up
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has announced an increase in mealie-meal and bread flour prices with immediate effect.GMAZ chairman Mr Tafadzwa Musarara said the increase has ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ukraine war hits global wheat supply
Zimbabweans should brace for higher bread and flour prices triggered by growing global demand for wheat following the closure of ports in Ukraine and disruption to supplies from Russia, the two countr...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war disrupts Zimbabwe supply
ZIMBABWE may be far-away from the Russian-Ukraine war, but it is set to suffer the consequences of the bloody conflict within the next few days, as the southern African country largely relies on Russi...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bread flour price up 6,25%
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says the price of bread flour went up by 6,25 percent to $119 000 from $112 000 tonne with effect from 9 January 2022.The successful 2021 command w...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bread price up 15%
THE price of flour has gone up by 6.5% from $112 000 to $119 000 per metric ton, a situation that also pushed the price of bread up by 15% from $175 to $210.Grain Millers Association of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread flour demand declines
The demand for bread flour is low following its recent price hike of 6,25%.According to Grain Millers Association Chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara in a statement, the milling industry has remaine...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 10:34hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Wheat farmers rake in $12bn
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has shelled out over $12 billion towards paying for over 198 000 tonnes of wheat delivered to the parastatal this marketing season.In an interview, GMB chief ex...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has adequate wheat supplies for festive season'
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says millers have managed to secure adequate wheat and maize supplies as demand is anticipated to grow during the coming Festive Season."The Gr...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Plan to stabilise bread flour prices
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is in talks with Government to stabilise the prices and supplies of bread flour until the end of the year.Speaking in Bindura, GMAZ national ch...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bread price hike looms
BAKERS say they were battling to contain flour prices because of the rise in the prices of imported wheat which had been caused by delays of cereal deliveries from abroad because of the COVID-19 pande...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has enough grain stocks, says GMAZ
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has assured the nation that it had imported adequate grain stocks for the festive season although the prices of maize and wheat were expected to rise d...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MDC Bulawayo demonstration stopped
A section of Bulawayo business community has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court of Zimbabwe pleading with the court to ban the MDC demonstration planned for Bulawayo tomorrow....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe left with one week's supply of bread flour
ZIMBABWE is left with less than a week's supply of bread flour due to non-payment of imported wheat by the central bank.In a letter dated Februay 18 and addressed to National Bakers Associatio...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bread prices expected to go up again
BREAD prices are expected to go up again as bakers try to adjust to rising production costs.Last year, bread prices went up thrice from 90 cents to $1,10 before shooting to $1,40.In No...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bread supplies improve
Bread supplies have improved in most parts of the country due to increased flour supplies, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has said. Over the past weeks bread has been in shor...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Millers blast bakers over bread price
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ), which represents the country's major milling companies, has said bakers' decision to unilaterally increase the price of bread from $1.10 to $2.20 is u...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rigging the economy proves harder for Mnangagwa?
TWO months after disputed general elections in Zimbabwe‚ President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spirited efforts to turn around the economy are so far gaining limited traction.His closest rival in...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 17:52hrs | 1 | by TimesLive.com
Millers resort to flour rationing
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has resorted to flour rationing to avert possible bread shortages as the country battles a crippling shortage of wheat, its worst cereal crisis since i...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grain Millers suspend flour supplies for confectioneries
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has suspended supply of bread and self-raising flour to biscuit and confectionery firms to ensure continuous supply for bread.The suspension will be r...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 22:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bakers selling under-weight bread
Investigations by Standardbusiness have revealed that bread makers in Zimbabwe are short-changing consumers by making and selling bread weighing less than the government stipulated mass of 700g per lo...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bakers mull bread price increase
BAKERS have hinted on an increase in the price of bread and other flour products following a rise in the price of bread flour by between 10 and 25 percent as a result of nostro liquidity chall...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread price hike
BAKERS are considering hiking the price of bread following the inflated cost of flour by local millers.National Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe president Mr Givemore Mesoemvura accused mil...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe millers lobby for wheat flour import restrictions
Grain millers are lobbying Government for the inclusion of all types of wheat flour on Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 so that they be subjected to the same import control regime as other products...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread price slash looms
The price of bread could further be reduced as the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) reduced the price of flour by 10 percent.In March bakers reduced the cost of bread from $1 per l...Published: 15 Jun 2015 at 10:29hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Bread price goes down
The price of bread is expected to come down to a minimum of US$0.85 with effect from this Friday following an agreement reached by the Retailers Association of Zimbabwe, National Bakers Associati...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 13:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bread sales decline by half
Bread sales have dropped by more than half from a maximum of 1.5 million loaves a day to 700 000 per day as a result of the liquidity crunch and high production costs. The Grain Millers As...Published: 06 Aug 2014 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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