Producers have warned about the rise in price of bread by 7-12%

According to Kommersant, margarine has grown in price by 38%, packaging - by 40%, sugar - by 9%.

Representatives of several bakeries unofficially confirmed to the publication the indexation of wholesale prices for products. As the head of the Russian Union of Bakers Alexei Lyalin pointed out, all types of raw materials for bread production have risen in price several times, and the cost of the bread itself grows only by a ruble year by year.

At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture does not see the prerequisites for a rise in the price of bread and even speaks of a reduction in the cost of raw materials. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture does not see the prerequisites for a rise in the price of bread and even speaks of a reduction in the cost of raw materials. They claim that over the past year, selling prices for bread have risen by 4.6%, for bread made from rye-wheat flour - by 5.9%.

It's worth reminding that earlier this month, the head of the Union of Consumers of Russia, Pyotr Shelishch, announced a projected rise in prices for irreplaceable foodstuffs, to which he attributed cereals, milk, sugar, vegetable oil and bread.