According to Khabaronline news agency, Qasim Node Farahani, the head of Iran’s Chamber of Guilds, announced on October 29 about the plan to supply bread based on weight and announced that the chin weight of Sangak bread is considered to be 650 grams and the Ministry of Interior is responsible for announcing the implementation rules of this plan.
Ilana wrote: In this plan, instead of paying the price for each loaf of bread, the customer will pay the cost of the product based on its weight, and the purpose of its implementation is to increase transparency in the transaction and reduce areas of low sales.
Equipping bakeries with digital scales and placing information about weight and price in front of customers is also one of the requirements of implementing the plan so that selling bread by weight allows for a more accurate comparison between the amount of the product and the amount paid.
In this regard, Hamidreza Rostgar, a member of the board of the Tehran Chamber of Guilds, answered the question, “Where did the sale of bread by weight, which was supposed to be implemented in Tehran at the beginning of November, end up?” He said: Regarding the discussion of weighing bread and selling bread, various suggestions have been made; But what is currently implemented is the sale of bread based on the weight, which is clearly defined as the main weight of each type of bread.
Two obstacles on the way of selling bread by weight
The board member of the Tehran Chamber of Guilds explained this issue by citing an example: For example, the weight of the barbari bread, Sangak bread, lavash bread or traditional and industrial breads is specified and the price of the bread is based on that.
Rostgar added: One of the suggestions given is to sell bread by weight, that is, to sell bread based on weight. Although this plan has been suggested, this plan requires a scale in the bakery and also, someone standing on it and weighing the bread. Also, the second factor that prevents this work is that bakeries usually have queues and weighing bread takes time.
It is unlikely that the plan to sell bread by weight will be implemented
The board member of the Tehran Chamber of Guilds stated that the plan to sell bread by weight is not a bad proposal, but its implementation requires planning and time, and said: “In the past, in different periods, for example, in different decades, in the bakery of some cities, there was a scale and bread was sold based on weight; But over time, the scale moved away and the baker cooks the bread based on the required standard weight and delivers it to the consumer.
Emphasizing that the sale of bread by weight has not been implemented anywhere, Rastegar said: “I do not think that this plan will be implemented and the possibility of its implementation is very weak, because it is not at all clear that what we are looking for will happen with the implementation of this plan, because these proposals are to respect the rights of the seller and the buyer.”
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