From the Diario de Xalapa, "Another hike in bread prices in June."
Here's the accompanying picture:
You'll notice that most of these items look kind of like cookies or Danish pastries. In Mexico, bread can either be sweet: pan dulce or not: pan de agua like bolillos, pan francés, pambazos, etc. Obviously, this is a picture of pan dulces. In a Mexican bakery, or panadería, whether it is free-standing or in a corner of a supermarket, you get a large metal tray and a pair of tongs and walk around and pick out your stuff. Then you go to the counter where it gets bagged. If you've got something sticky, the attendant puts it on a square of thin plastic and twirls the edges to make a little packet.
The price of pan is going up again because of the world-wide scarcity of wheat. So says Bichir Sakir Nahum Lajud, adviser to the bakery industry in Veracruz. Apparently, price rises will depend somewhat on the US decision to augment by 20% lands dedicated to grain production.
In the article, which is in Spanish, you can also see that to some extent, bread consumption has gone down recently because of our terribly hot weather. But prices will rise. Here is the link to the article.
Here's the accompanying picture:
You'll notice that most of these items look kind of like cookies or Danish pastries. In Mexico, bread can either be sweet: pan dulce or not: pan de agua like bolillos, pan francés, pambazos, etc. Obviously, this is a picture of pan dulces. In a Mexican bakery, or panadería, whether it is free-standing or in a corner of a supermarket, you get a large metal tray and a pair of tongs and walk around and pick out your stuff. Then you go to the counter where it gets bagged. If you've got something sticky, the attendant puts it on a square of thin plastic and twirls the edges to make a little packet.
The price of pan is going up again because of the world-wide scarcity of wheat. So says Bichir Sakir Nahum Lajud, adviser to the bakery industry in Veracruz. Apparently, price rises will depend somewhat on the US decision to augment by 20% lands dedicated to grain production.
In the article, which is in Spanish, you can also see that to some extent, bread consumption has gone down recently because of our terribly hot weather. But prices will rise. Here is the link to the article.