The increase in the costs of energy and raw materials is reflected in various products, including bread. Emergency felt also in Sardinia where every day 732 laboratories and 3 thousand workers churn out 100 thousand tons of bread a day.
Consequently, civraxiu, coccoi, moddizzosu but also rosettes, flatbreads, baguettes, bananas and tongues without forgetting the ricotta bread or the one with olives cost more and more.
"Our bakery businesses are worried about the abnormal growth in prices of gas, energy, raw materials and packaging materials already underway for some months - explains Maria Amelia Lai, president of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna - from the calculations made by our Research Department, based on GME data, compared to 2021 a mill that uses almost 1.5 million kWh / year, could undergo an increase of up to 220%, going from 131 to 420 thousand euros in costs while a bakery, with an average consumption of 150 thousand kwh, could suffer an increase of up to 145%, going from almost 21 thousand to over 51 thousand. Furthermore, comparing the purchase invoices of this beginning of the year with those of last year, it is noted that on average the soft wheat flours for bread making have grown by 25% while durum wheat semolina by 60% ".
Bakery is a fundamental sector for the island's food. And from the point of view of consumption there are 730,510 Sardinian families who on average spend around 21 euros every month to buy, for example, civraxiu, moddizzosu, pane carasau.
But, Confartigianato reports, the increases in energy costs added to those of wheat and raw materials have only minimally shifted their action on consumer products. This is why bakers denounce an anomalous inflation situation: production prices are rising but the economy is at a standstill and consumers are struggling to buy because work has reduced or there is a fear of spending, with consequent stagnation in consumption.
"The Government, therefore - continues Lai -, must intervene decisively both to cool the costs for productive activities, and with measures in favor of families, to support spending power and guarantee stable employment".
Finally, we must not forget the issue of competition from foreign semi-finished products.
"There is a difference in treatment between our companies and foreign countries - observes Daniele Serra, regional secretary - because foreigners often benefit from lower energy rates than Italian ones, our realities comply with all EU rules, including the controls they have costs, starting from the raw material up to the finished product. From abroad, on the other hand, they do not necessarily implement all the rules and they do not necessarily respect employment contracts ".
(Unioneonline / ss)
