Millers Supply Small Bakers With Flour Amid Panic Buying

“The national wheat and flour stocks remain stable with major bread and biscuit bakers adequately and constantly replenished. Consequently the overall national bread supply has exceeded 93%,” Musarara said.
“ Remainder of small scale bakers supplying Circa 10% of national bread market have had supplies started to be made to them on Monday 16 July 2018.Tentative supplies made as at 14 July are as follows: Blue Ribbon Foods Harare branch, 180 tonnes, Bulawayo 90 tonnes , Masvingo 60 tonnes,Chinhoyi 60 tonnes, Mutare 60 tonnes and Midlands 90 tonnes.” the chairman said. “National Foods Harare 3634 tonnes. Nulenty 200 tonnes.”

The GMAZ chairman also said national wheat milling capacity was next month going to be significantly increased by the opening of a new milling plant by Blue Ribbon Foods.

“ The new Blue Ribbon Foods wheat plant with an additional 9,000 metric tonnes per month capacity is expected to commence production on or about 4 August 2018.This will see a 12.3% increase in national installed wheat milling capacity,” Musarara said.
“ So what we are saying is that there is no need for panic buying which we are seeing in some areas because the nation has adequate flour supplies which are starting next months will be flooding and to those engaging in such behavior are just but wasting their time and money.”

Panic buying on wheat products appear as Zimbabwe could not produce enough wheat needed for the country’s consumption.
GMAZ this year imported 200 thousand tonnes of wheat from Canada as wheat in the country could not reach the next grain harvesting season.
The first batch of the imported wheat reached Port Beira early this month.