“Feletti is back, we forgive you”: the bakers attacked Tombolini and said that the bread could reach 450 dollars

The price of bread took center stage this Tuesday at the Secretariat of Commerce. It was after a “frustrated” meeting between the top bakers and the zone secretary, Matias Tombolinoi, in which there was strong differenceIt is about how to contain the price of that basic cart item.

The bakers accused the official of “not working” and warned that when the subsidized flour runs out, the price of bread can go up to $ 450 per kilo.

Currently, the value of flute type bread in the Capital and GBA is $ 327.39 according to INDEC. and accumulate a 98% increase. in the last year, despite the subsidies that flour has for traders.

On Tuesday, a group of industry leaders met Tombolini in ask for the continuity of the Argentine Wheat Stabilizer Fund (FETA), aimed at guaranteeing the flour subsidy.

However, the government has decided to end this measure. For this reason, after the meeting in Commercio, the top management warned him “When the flour in the ovens runs out, there will be an increase in bread.”

“We were surprised social insensitivity of the new Secretary of Commerce, ”said Gastón Mora, Avellaneda’s leading baker. “When we asked him that the cutting of the wheat trust seriously affects the most vulnerable sectors, which are those who cannot access an essential product such as bread, he replied that he was here to talk about economics, not about social issues. “

According to the bakers, Tombolini said so he’s not here to check prices. “ Mora said: “We also told him that it is inadmissible that they propose to grant subsidies directly, when there is a high percentage of bakeries that are inhibited and cannot receive funds through a bank account, because we come from a pandemic and from a government that devastated the sector, and especially SMEs and small businesses, but none of that mattered to the official, “he said.

The tone of the bakers’ assault on the Secretary of Commerce did not take long to grow. According to Mora, “Tombolini does not have what it takes to use the pen and stabilize the price of bread,” he said in a radio release, and added: “Feletti is back, we forgive you”, referring to the former secretary of the sector. , a man of Cristina Kirchner.

“Tombolini looked like a lobbyist for millers. He is pressured by (Diego) Cifarelli (president of the Argentine Federation of the milling industry) and by the rest of the millers. He is a non-working official. If Alberto Fernández wants to go to war against inflation with this soldier, he will let me give him the flags, “he said.

“The conclusion we draw from the meeting is that this Secretary of Commerce intends to cut the thread of the most subtle, which are workers and small businesses, and once again entitles the business community to speculate on food prices,” Mora he lashed out at it. And he reviewed: “Matias Tombolini has to open his head. Bread can exceed 450 pesos “, alerted.

The president of the Federation of Industrial Bakeries of the Province of Buenos Aires (FIPPBA), Raúl Santoandré, intervened on the same line. “The reality is that the Secretary of Commerce has made it clear to us he doesn’t care about the lack of bread at the Argentinian table. Once the bakers have no longer subsidized the flour, the price of a kilo of bread could reach 450 pesos, or more, ”the leader warned.

Tombolini’s answer

After the accusations, Tombolini came out to answer Mora.

“We are willing to get together and talk to all industries,” he said, adding that “many bakers can’t find a sack of flour for $ 1,000, that’s why we’re looking for a line of work.”

On Mora’s comment on his predecessor, Tombolini said: “Feletti is on trial because the transparency of its management is in doubt“, regarding the management of the wheat fund.

“The vast majority of bakeries do not receive the subsidized sack of flour. Most of the country’s flour production is not listed in the trust. We are trying to subsidize small producers and thus guarantee the bread on the Argentine table”, he assured in statements on Radio 10.

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