“In light of the aforementioned, the prices of mealie-meal has moved from $135 00 per 10kg bag to $303.11 per bag which is 124% upward.” The country has been plagued by mealie-meal shortages since last year following a season of drought. However, the situation worsened last December af...
Meanwhile, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) said the country has recently witnessed a steep increase in the prices of most commodities. It said the prices of most basic goods have significantly increased since the start of the festive season as retailers take advantage of increased holiday ...
November last year, 1 kg packet of salt is going for 45c and has remained at that price for over six months, while 2kg sugar remains at US$1, 95; 2 litres of cooking oil is going for US$3, 39 against $4, 50 in December 2017 and mealie-meal remains at US$4, 50 per 10kg bag...
A survey by NewsDay revealed that prices of basic commodities have increased during the week.Refined meal mealie retail prices have increased from $23,08 to $38,96 for 10kg.Bread prices have increased to $8,30 per loaf, cooking oil now costs $24 (2-litres), sugar $15 (2kg), salt $...
The price of sugar has also gone up from $180 per 2kg to $ 212, with 10kg of mealie-meal now selling at over $600, from $469. However, industrialists and retailers are blaming the increases on the impact of Covid-19 lockdown that slowed the importation of goods and raw materials, ...
Mealie meal, bread price hike loomsby Staff reporter 12 Apr 2022 at 12:21hrs | Views GRAIN millers held an emergency meeting Tuesday morning to consider another round of price increases for mealie meal and bread, NewZimbabwe.com can report.This comes after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) ...
A MASSIVE retail price hike for mealie meal is looming in Zimbabwe starting Friday after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) substantially increased the price of maize. The price is set to rise by at least 40% after GMB started selling grain to millers at phenomenally higher prices on Tuesday. ...
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has welcomed Government's position to stop issuing maize and mealie-meal import permits with effect from end of the month, as the country is on course for a maize bumper harvest. Millers had been lobbying to have maize and mealie-meal import permits ...
A 10kg bag of mealie-meal has gone up from RTGS$6 to RTGS$8, 50 while 500g margarine, which has suddenly been in low supply, has risen to about RTGS$22 from an average of RTGS$8. A closer comparison shows that prices for most basics have gone up by more than 400 percent between ...