Power outages forced several bakeries to close in Algiers

The bakers’ Union General Secretary Mohammed Boulainine asserted that the shortage of bread in bakeries was essentially due to power outages.

• Power is interrupted three to four times a week for more than an hour and half and generally between 9 and 11 pm. This period of time is crucial for bakers because they chose this moment to prepare their dough.
• A baker revealed to “Echourok” that he was forced to throw way a big quantity of dough because it turned acid due to power outage, avoiding transforming it into bread because of hygiene control services and the boycott of the consumers.
• The bakers’ Union has indicated that among the 1500 bakeries in Algiers, many were forced to release their employees a month prior the holy Ramadhan (fasting) where the demand on this product reaches its peak.
• Bakeries in Algiers and its surrounding are witnessing long queues of citizens who flock in to get their bread, especially in the morning, while some shops that sale a traditional type of bread are overwhelmed by clients despite a relatively high price.