Bakers take sweet news with pinch of salt

Friday, August 28, 2020

Aromas of hope: Local bakers hope the import restrictions help them

For years, the humble local bakery has fought for survival against the rising, suffocating dominance of its in-store rival while wrestling with mounting wheat flour prices. The ban on imported baked goods announced this week, will provide some breathing room, but bakers say more needs to be done. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI writes

Bakeries have fallen great heights from their heydays when they were the pride of the village, to their current shamed status, small entities squashed in busy industrial areas, barely getting by and surviving only through the cut-throat battles for schools’ feeding tenders.

In a sort of tribute to the humble local bakery a few years ago, I described their glory days.

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