Kolkata: The price of bread has been revised due to a steep increase in the cost of raw materials and packaging materials.
From Sunday, the price of every 400 gram bread rose from Rs 28 to RS 32.
Likewise, each bread 200-gram costs Rs 20.
RS 18 before.
Four pieces of 100-gram bread (a quarter pound) are now charged Rs 30.
According to Idrish Ali, Secretary of the Action Forum with the West Bengal Bengal Association, the price of bread has been revised last in 2018.
During a pandemic, the price of bread was not revised, despite the increase in the price of all ingredients Like flour, vegetable oil, yeast, fuel and packaging material.
“Prices of processed flour, vegetable oil and fuel have risen in the past four years.
Margin has been under extraordinary pressure over the past few years,” Ali said.