Sugar shortage leaves bitter taste for Filipino streetside bakeries, small retailers

Baker Bobbie Madrono said customers are buying fewer breads and pastries, even though the shop has not raised prices. - ST

MANILA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Streetside bakeries and small retailers are feeling the brunt of a sugar crisis in the Philippines, as the government moves to import more supplies to address the domestic shortage.

Bobbie Madrono, a baker working in a shop located at a busy intersection in Quezon City, Metro Manila, said customers are buying fewer breads and pastries these days, even though the shop has not raised prices despite sugar becoming more expensive.