date:Jun 26, 2014
ent and feed them to their livestock because the bread is cheaper than animal feed.
A motivation was needed (to bring down consumption), so we came up with a system to give citizens points for the bread that they do not use, Hanafi told a meeting of local businessmen in Cairo on Tuesday night.
Under the reformed bread programme being rolled out since April, a points system allows citizens who consume less than the quota to spend their savings on other foodstuffs.
Under the current system, the