The former head of the Sangak Bakers’ Union says the flour quota for bakeries has been reduced.
Some reports from Iran indicate a reduction in the flour quota for bakeries and restrictions on bread sales in recent days.
The Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA), quoting Asghar Pabarja, the former head of the Sangak Bakers’ Union in Tehran, reported a significant reduction in the flour quota for bakeries and wrote that from each bag of quality flour, 110 to 115 pieces of Sangak bread are obtained. Now the baker is required to sell this amount of bread to 40 customers, with each person receiving a maximum of three pieces of bread.
According to him, if a baker wants to give more bread to customers, they may face a reduction in their flour quota on the grounds of unconventional sales.
Meanwhile, some companies justify the reduction in the flour quota by saying that bakers have not adhered to the baking model and that the number of breads baked and sold by bakery units is more than the actual amount.
Mr. Pabarja says that these restrictions have been in place for about 10 days.
According to industry activists, the price of each bag of free-market flour is currently 600,000 tomans, and the price of each bag of subsidized flour is about 50,000 tomans.
Baking bread with free-market flour will lead to an increase in its price.
