subsidized bread
Egypt sees wheat self-sufficiency for subsidy program by 2019
Business
November 19, 2013
Egypt sees wheat self-sufficiency for subsidy program by 2019
Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, can achieve self-sufficiency in wheat for its bread subsidy program by 2019 if silo…
Egypt wheat stocks dwindle, sufficient for 89 days
Egypt
March 13, 2013
Egypt wheat stocks dwindle, sufficient for 89 days
Egypt's strategic stocks of wheat have fallen to 2.207 million tons, enough to last 89 days, a Cabinet report said…
Supply Ministry to import 180,000 tons of US wheat
Business
December 19, 2012
Supply Ministry to import 180,000 tons of US wheat
The General Authority for Supply Commodities at the Supply Ministry conducted a new international tender on Wednesday to import 180,000…
A new loaf: Will Egypt tighten bread subsidies?
Business
October 17, 2012
A new loaf: Will Egypt tighten bread subsidies?
At the dead end of a winding side street in the central Cairo neighborhood of Sayeda Zeinab, Ashraf al-Husseini sat…
Cabinet to announce new wheat prices for subsidized bread Sunday
Business
September 25, 2012
Cabinet to announce new wheat prices for subsidized bread Sunday
The Cabinet is expected on Sunday to announce new prices for wheat allocated to producing subsidized bread, according to a…
Official says cabinet considering increasing price of bread
Egypt
July 21, 2012
Official says cabinet considering increasing price of bread
The general department of mills and bakeries at the Federation of Chambers of Commerce has been asked to begin a…
Protesters with disparate grievances converge on government offices
Egypt
September 28, 2011
Protesters with disparate grievances converge on government offices
Protesters representing a number of different causes, including working conditions and wages, converged on downtown Cairo on Wednesday, demonstrating outside…
Ministry of Social Solidarity plans to curb black market flour sales
Business
September 18, 2010
Ministry of Social Solidarity plans to curb black market flour sales
The Ministry of Social Solidarity is preparing a new plan to stop black market sales of subsidized flour used for…
Egypt buys 57,200 tons of rice from local market
Business
September 6, 2010
Egypt buys 57,200 tons of rice from local market
Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) said on Sunday it had bought 57,200 tons of rice from the local…
Govt contracts 120,000 tons of French wheat
Business
August 12, 2010
Govt contracts 120,000 tons of French wheat
The state-run General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) on Wednesday contracted 120,000 tons of French wheat at US$312 per ton,…