By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Competition Commission says it is investigating several food retailers, producers and processors after its latest Essential Food Pricing Monitoring (EFPM) report, showed unjustified price increases on certain products. From January to December 2022, white & brown bread prices jumped by 20% and 19% respectively. This is above increased producer prices of 15% for white bread and 14% for brown bread - indicating opportunistic adjustments. Maize meal meanwhile increased by 32% from January to December 2022. Commission spokesperson, Sipho Ngwema says there are several other products which consumers complained about that are now being investigated...

<p>By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Competition Commission says it is investigating several food retailers, producers and processors after its latest Essential Food Pricing Monitoring (EFPM) report, showed unjustified price increases on certain products. From January to December 2022, white &amp; brown bread prices jumped by 20% and 19% respectively. This is above increased producer prices of 15% for white bread and 14% for brown bread - indicating opportunistic adjustments. Maize meal meanwhile increased by 32% from January to December 2022. Commission spokesperson, Sipho Ngwema says there are several other products which consumers complained about that are now being investigated...</p>

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