10 October 2007

KUCHING: Consumers in Sibu will have to fork out more for pastries while those here will have to pay more for a bowl of noodles and other cooked food from today.�

A group of confectionery outlets in Sibu have announced revising the prices of pastries by 20% to offset the rising costs of raw materials.

They claimed that the price of flour has gone up twice last month, with a 25kg bag now costing RM50 as compared with RM38.50 in January.�

In the state capital, a bowl of kolo mee, which many people take for their breakfast, will cost at least 20sen more.�

The price increase for cooked food came after 20 manufacturers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions decided to increase the wholesale prices of the noodles by 20% per kilo. �