CairoEgypt delayed a 2nd bread price hike request in months.
Households already stripped of subsidized loaves would absorb the cost of pricier market bread.
Bakeries want tourist and fino bread prices up 15% as imported wheat prices hit record highs of up to LE17,000 a ton.
The ministry gave no commitment to a specific increase and held prices steady after an August request.
Supply Minister Sherif Farouk will decide within a week whether prices fall enough to avoid a rise.
How each outlet framed it
- Mada Masr
- traces bread inflation pressure to wheat-price spiral from Ukraine war escalation and domestic fuel costs amid regional conflict
Sources: Mada Masr