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After the control of bread prices was not lifted, Yitzhak Berman threatens: "The government is cowardly, we will turn to the High Court" | Israel Today

2022-05-17T13:56:45.777Z


The owner of Berman Bakery attacks Economy Minister Orna Barbibai, after she decided this morning to leave the control of bread prices intact: "Today we deserve more than 20% price increase" • "A source in the field told" Israel Today ":" We understand what She does not want to do, but we did not understand what did? "


The owners of the largest bakeries in Israel have been attacking the decision of the Minister of Economy, Orna Barbibai, this morning - not to approve the price committee's recommendation to remove the control over the price of bread.

The owner of the Berman Bakery, Yitzhak Berman, claims that the state would rather roll the price over to the producers than have it embodied in the final price to the consumer, and threatens to appeal to the High Court.

"Because the bread is under supervision, when the manufacturer asks for a price increase - it does so by law," he explains. "We work on it for a long time and for months we have not updated prices.

Today we deserve more than a 20% increase in prices.

If they (the government) do not want to remove bread control, then they will increase the price by 20% according to the calculation.

There is an increase in the prices of flour, energy, packaging and wages - and all of this appears in formulas and tables.

"The government is acting cowardly - in order to avoid signing the order, they want to roll it in front of us," he adds. We bear the blame that we are responsible for the cost of living. 

"Now the Honorable Minister has come and said 'I am not ready to accept the recommendation.' So please sign the order and raise the price, that's all. They are politicians, and they want to escape responsibility for the price increase. 50 to 60 percent of the breads.

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"If they do not carry out the aliyah, we can turn to the High Court.

We, and I speak on my behalf, plan to file a tort claim for all the damages caused to us over the past few years.

There was such a lawsuit in court, filed by the bakeries when ministers did not approve the price hikes.

Do not you think that prices could go wild if the bread went out of control?

"I will not prophesy and I do not know. There is competition in the market and very big competition. If there was no such big competition, there would not be the recommendation of the prices committee. There are hundreds of bakeries scattered around the country, which supply breads at 20 and 25 shekels. Why the bakeries "These goddesses do not make bread under supervision? It is not worthwhile for them, because they will lose money."

An industry source told Israel Today: "The Minister of Economy's decision is not understood. We understood what she did not want to do, but we did not understand what she did. Maybe she knows a way - if input prices rise by 40%, how can we not raise prices? That she will show us.

That is?

"We understand that she does not want to take the bread out of control. But does she approve of raising the price of flour or wheat? Yes or no? The wisdom is not to say just what is not. I believe there is no reason to control bread prices because it is a competitive market and there is no economic justification. "It is clear to me that the price of bread needs to be updated, following the rise in the prices of inputs. This is what the prices committee determines. If they do not raise the prices, the companies will lose a lot of money and they are already losing today."

Minister Orna Barbibai, Photo: Saria Diamant

And what if prices go riot or deregulation?

"That everyone would think for themselves. If the flour went up by 40%, that everyone would think what it would do to any business."

This morning, Barbibai said on the subject: "Supervised bread is a basic product, which should be accessible in every home, especially for those for whom bread is an essential ingredient in feeding the family, and they do not have access to unsupervised bread products. The living.

"Despite rising world wheat prices, rising energy prices, supply chains and raw materials, my position is that there is no reason to deviate from existing regulatory policies. The expectation is that the business sector will also avoid price increases during this challenging period. Accept the committee's recommendation. "

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Source: israelhayom

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