Egypt has set maximum prices for ​unsubsidised bread sold in private bakeries, reviving price controls on staple food as the government ‌seeks to limit the impact on consumers of an expected rise in ...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt's government will start selling discounted bread to people not enrolled in its bread subsidy programme as it battles accelerating inflation, the supply minister said on Monday.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi warned last week that those accused of price manipulation would be tried in military courts ...

For decades, vendors sold subsidized Egyptian baladi bread for almost nothing in Al-Sayeda Zeinab market, a bustling hub for Cairo's working class. One day in April, there was suddenly no baladi.

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Egypt has set maximum prices for unsubsidised bread sold in private bakeries, reviving price controls on staple food as the government seeks to limit the impact on consumers of an expected rise in ...

Supply Minister Sherif Farouk confirmed on Tuesday that the price of subsidized (baladi) bread will remain unchanged at 20 piasters per loaf, despite a recent hike in fuel prices.

A ministerial decree issued Thursday by the Ministry of Supply establishes new price ceilings for free-market bread. Effective immediately, an 80-gram loaf of unsubsidized baladi bread cannot exceed ...

In a new book, former public media journalist Tony Ganzer explores the unexpected relationships between two of his passions. As he writes in the introduction, Kneading Journalism: Essays on Baking ...