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Explosive Price Increases on Commodities
Could Determine Future of Retail Bakeries
The Retail Bakers of America testified before
the Joint Economic Committee May 1, 2008, stating
that the impact of high food prices has taken
a toll on bakery owners, leading them to wonder
if they will be able to stay in business or if
they will be forced to close their doors. Click
here to read more.
Click here for the RBA Testimony, presented by
Richard Reinwald, Owner, Reinwald's Bakery and
RBA's First Vice President, on "How Are High
Food Prices Impacting American Families?"
RBA
Testimony
Bakers Band Together to
March on Washington
Last month, the “Band of Bakers,”
which included representatives from RBA, met with
the newly confirmed Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer
and senior White House officials. Meetings with
key Senators and Representatives were arranged,
allowing bakers the opportunity to stress the
urgency of the current wheat situation, as well
as to ask Congress to realistically reassess the
recent infatuation with ethanol production. The
recently passed Energy Act calls for even higher
ethanol production targets in coming years.
Please click
here for a sample letter to write your local
congressperson or senator.
RBA
Statement on Wheat Crisis
RBA Message to Bakery Customers
Many of you have experienced the rising
costs in bakery products and the Retail Bakers
of America would like to address the reasons behind
this. As many of you know from your trips to the
supermarket, prices of products in general are
rising. Click
here for a letter to share with your customers
from RBA about the rapidly rising prices increases
in commodities.
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