The National Milling Com-pany’s (NMC) 25 per cent increase on flour and smaller increases on other products from today will last at least four months since the Mill knows the prices it will pay for the next two shipments.
According to the new price list, a 45 Kg bag of flour will now be $7,500 up from $6,000; a 22 Kg bag will now cost $3,825 instead of $3,075; the 11.25 Kg bag will now cost $2,225 up from $1,850; the 10 Kg bag will now cost $1,795 up from $1,460; the 2 Kg bag will now cost $370 instead of $300 and the 1 Kg bag is now $185 instead of $150. Other products saw increases from 25 per cent to as low as 4 per cent.