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26-09-2022, 10:53 AM
Issued on: 25/09/2022 - 06:04
Faced with exploding energy and ingredient costs, German baker Tobias Exner has installed new energy-efficient ovens, shortened his opening hours and even considered baking at lower temperatures.
But "it just doesn't taste the same without a good crust", he said, adding that in any case such efforts could do little to counter the existential crisis he and other bakers are facing.
"If the conditions don't change, then sooner or later a large share of bakeries in Germany will simply no longer exist," Exner told AFP.
Bakeries in Germany have been among the businesses hardest hit by the economic fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20...sts-spiral
Faced with exploding energy and ingredient costs, German baker Tobias Exner has installed new energy-efficient ovens, shortened his opening hours and even considered baking at lower temperatures.
But "it just doesn't taste the same without a good crust", he said, adding that in any case such efforts could do little to counter the existential crisis he and other bakers are facing.
"If the conditions don't change, then sooner or later a large share of bakeries in Germany will simply no longer exist," Exner told AFP.
Bakeries in Germany have been among the businesses hardest hit by the economic fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20...sts-spiral
