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Interview with Mr. Aurel Popescu, President of ROMPAN – “Political instability influences all economic spheres”
• As at the beginning of every year, Arta Albă sends you a brief analysis of the milling and baking sector provided by Mr. Aurel Popescu, president of ROMPAN. He was kind enough to...
Bread in the Middle Ages - essential food and reason for religious disputes. Bread in Human History Part IV
• In the Middle Ages, bread was the common food of all social classes - kings, knights, monks, peasants - being present at all meals. In medieval society, bread was consumed daily by most...
Interview with Aurel Popescu - ROMPAN President
• Aurel Popescu, president of the Romanian Employers' Association of the Milling, Bakery and Flour Products Industry (ROMPAN), gave an exclusive interview to Arta Albă Editorial Office regarding the problems faced by the sector...
Romania has the lowest bread prices in the EU. Bread consumption in 2021
• Romania has the lowest bread prices in the European Union, but it also has the highest bread consumption among EU countries • The average monthly bread consumption of...
How much bread does Romania import?
• In ten years, bread imports from Poland have increased eight times, from almost 300.000 euros in 2010, to 2,3 million euros today. Viorel Marin, the president...
Labor force deficit of over 10% in the milling and baking industry
Aurel Popescu, president of ROMPAN, states that the sector does not benefit from European funds, and a state aid scheme is not possible, as the National Strategic Plan has not been completed "Bread is not a carrier...
The increase in the price of raw materials raises the prices in bakery as well
The beginning of 2021 was marked, at the global level, by the accelerated and generalized rate of increase in the prices of raw materials, a phenomenon not seen since 1948. The increase in the prices of raw materials, at the highest rate...
Packaged bread consumption - double-digit growth during anti-Covid restrictions
• The consumption of packaged bakery products registered an increase of over 6% in 2020 compared to 2019, while the consumption of non-packaged products decreased by 11% or even more...