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Article: T&T bakers love Ja flour
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- The Weekly Gleaner
- Article date:
- June 9, 2005
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TRINIDAD'S BAKERS are not too impressed that the price of flour has decreased, according to president of the Trinidad Bakers' Association, Ronald Austin.
For years, he said, the bakers in his association have boycotted locally-milled flour in favour of baker's flour produced by Jamaica Flour Mills (JFM).
Why are bakers willing to pay more for imported flour than to buy the flour produced by either the state-owned National Flour Mills (NEM) or Nutrimix's Country Pride?
Austin, president for the past three years, said it is very simple - the two flour producers do not produce the quality they expect.
He represents about 60 of the 160-plus bakeries in the country.
"I ...