Egypt. Retailers accused of exploiting the Ukrainian crisis to inflate prices

Egypt is, for the moment, safe from “out of stock” delays. However, local consumers have made complaints against food retail chains, which would take advantage of the inflationary trend to increase prices more than necessary.

Through . Published on 11 March 2022 à 16h45 - Update on 11 March 2022 à 16h45

For Egypt, the world’s leading wheat importer (30% of imports come from Ukraine and 50% from Russia), the threat posed by the war in Ukraine is all the greater as the Arab Spring of 2010 was triggered by the explosion in the price of bread.…