News: Sheger Bakery ceases production, leaves city’s growing low-income families in despair
Addis Standard
Addis Abeba – Barely a year and half after its much-hailed inauguration, Sheger Bakery, a Bakery which was expected to cater millions in Addis Abeba with subsidized and consistent bread supply, has ceased production, leaving the city’s growing number of low income families in despair.
Consumers who spoke to Addis Standard, said that although Sheger Bakery had never fully addressed the problem associated with price and break supply, especially to the city’s low-income families, it has contributed significantly to the community. The grinding halt in the supply of bread has now affected millions.
Zenebech Kelem Work, a customer, said that the situation has a profound effect on her. “I used to get up in the morning to buy the bread for my children because the price was very low. 1 Birr and 20 cents was the price of one loaf of bread, whereas in private bakeries it costs up to 3 Birr and 50 cents or more. This is the only thing the government has provided for the low-income community but now it stopped working. The customers were almost entirely part of the low-income residents of the city,” she told Addis Standard.
Andargachew, a day laborer living in the city, is another customer left in despair. “I always line up to buy the bread. Because a single Injera [a sour flat Ethiopian bread] costs 10 ETB. I always take my lunch with bread to my work. Be it pastries or regular shops, they sell Injera at a higher price. Sheger bread was very important for the low-income community and should not have stopped operating,” he said.
“This is the only thing the government has provided for the low-income community but now it stopped working. The customers were almost entirely part of the low-income residents of the city,”
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