date:Mar 14, 2013
pplies of heavily subsidized flat bread, which is sold for less than 1 U.S. cent per piece and is aimed at the poor.
But there are no subsidies for products like those sold in Alif's bakery, which caters to relatively affluent customers, so his and other businesses bear the burden of price rises.
Some bakers have started shrinking the size of loaves and cakes in an apparent attempt to protect margins. As data released by the government this week showed, others have started passing on part of t