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Less bread in the new pack in Lebanon

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Lebanon is dropping the metric system in its new pack of bread. Instead of one kg pack the new one will be 2 lbs or 900 grams, but the price will be same.. . One buck or 1500 LL.

The government approved the reduction in the weight of the bread pack to appease the bakeries , who have been complaining about the rising price of flour .

White Flour for Lebanese type bread is subsidized to the bakeries in Lebanon at a level of 70K LL per metric ton or roughly about 2.2 cents a lb .

Bakeries pay LL440,000 ( $293 )instead of LL510,000 ( $340) per ton

The Bakeries Union suspended its open-ended strike last week after it struck a deal with Economy Minister Nicolas Nahhas on the 70,000 LL subsidy for the white flour.

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14 responses to “Less bread in the new pack in Lebanon”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well, THAT will help the ‘fat-factor’. Less bread is good … although the tomatoes might drip on your shirt now … 🙂

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well, THAT will help the ‘fat-factor’. Less bread is good … although the tomatoes might drip on your shirt now … 🙂

  3. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
    Omeriko Omeriko

    It sounds like Israel… What would be next? more soy bean cheap oil inside Lebanese hummus ? replacing honey with sugar syrup in baklawa? Mixing 3/4 water and 1/4 tehina instead of 1/2 ? That’s a dangerous slope… 

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Well … we could always cut the population down to size like Assad is doing … would be more food available and prices should go down again. Wouldn’t need so much fake stuff.

      1. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
        Omeriko Omeriko

        Well that’s a good method. I think Assad might be already taking those advices from Iranian economists…

      2. Mahdi Kenaani Avatar
        Mahdi Kenaani

        Why shouldnt we? The world population has already reached 7 billion. But unfortunately the West hasnt act respondsible and cut down their population

    2. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Well … we could always cut the population down to size like Assad is doing … would be more food available and prices should go down again. Wouldn’t need so much fake stuff.

      1. Mahdi Kenaani Avatar
        Mahdi Kenaani

        Why shouldnt we? The world population has already reached 7 billion. But unfortunately the West hasnt act respondsible and cut down their population

    3. MeYosemite Avatar
      MeYosemite

      Alexander the great knew that to control the Persians people is by starving them, and the Arabs is by feeding them. I guess this will backfire in lebanon as Lebanese are not Iranians and they like good food.

  4. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
    Omeriko Omeriko

    It sounds like Israel… What would be next? more soy bean cheap oil inside Lebanese hummus ? replacing honey with sugar syrup in baklawa? Mixing 3/4 water and 1/4 tehina instead of 1/2 ? That’s a dangerous slope… 

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Well … we could always cut the population down to size like Assad is doing … would be more food available and prices should go down again.

      1. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
        Omeriko Omeriko

        Well that’s a good method. I think Assad might be already taking those advices from Iranian economists…

      2. Mahdi Kenaani Avatar
        Mahdi Kenaani

        Why shouldnt we? The world population has already reached 7 billion. But unfortunately the West hasnt act respondsible and cut down their population

    2. MeYosemite Avatar
      MeYosemite

      Alexander the great knew that to control the Persians people is by starving them, and the Arabs is by feeding them. I guess this will backfire in lebanon as Lebanese are not Iranians and they like good food.

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