Will the Energy Crisis Spell the End for German Bakeries?

• Will the Energy Crisis Spell the End for German Bakeries?
  by https://www.dw.com/
  Skyrocketing prices for electricity, gas and grain are putting an existential burden on Germany’s many bakeries. Only large chains and successful artisan bakeries are likely to survive, said one baker in Bonn.
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  If you want to buy the most delicious bread in the city of Bonn, you have to plan well ahead: The line in front of the Max Kugel bakery is long. The prices are high, too: A loaf of whole wheat bread has just gone up by 80 cents to €6.60 ($6.56). That’s about €2 more than the competition charges.
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  But Kugel’s customers in Bonn’s affluent Südstadt district continue to come and buy his products, as if the Ukraine war and its impact on electricity and gas never happened. The 32-year-old bakery owner is a little surprised. “I always expect a loss of sales when there are price increases, but we don’t see a decrease at all. It was rather surprising that even during the hot summer months, we still sold a lot of bread,” he told DW.
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