Bread ingredient price increases, supply chain bottlenecks and a depreciating currency are just some of the challenges for the country's bakers
Emmanuel Asante, 36, a baker, prepares rolls of bread dough at the Bethel Brothers bakery in Accra, Ghana on March 6 2022. Picture: REUTERS/FRANCIS KOKOROKOBlazing heat radiated from the wood-fired oven of the Bethel Brothers Bakery in Ghana’s capital Accra, as a dozen men hastily shaped dough into hundreds of rolls that would be scattered through the city the following morning.
“Every month they increase the price of flour... sugar, margarine, all things that we need to produce bread,” Borketey said. “You try to stand, then a new will come and knock you down again.” Cereals have seen some of the steepest price rises — and that was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine last month further stretched global commodity markets, particularly wheat. Ghana imports nearly a quarter of its wheat from Russia, according to data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity.
Many have had to reduce portion size or illegally hike prices to stay afloat. Bethel Brothers is laden with debt and has been forced to lay off staff.
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