For 10 months - from January to October - the production of bakery products, according to the Federal State Statistics Service, declined by 3.2% compared to the same period last year. About 5.6 million tons of such products were produced, the Ministry of Agriculture. At the same time, prices for it rose by 4.2%. The industrial production of bakery products is declining. In 2016 year. , it was almost 6.7 million tons, or 2.3% less than a year earlier. One of the reasons for this - the revival of home bakery, explained "Izvestia" in the Ministry of Agriculture. Technological changes and general improvement in the economic situation. added to the. Also, the conflict between trade networks and bread suppliers could cause a decline in production, added Alexander Korbut, vice president of the Russian Grain Union.

Russians are fond of bakery, but not as much as five or six years ago, said Alexei Skopin, a professor at the Moscow Humanitarian University. In addition, the fashion for a healthy lifestyle led to the replacement of classical bread, for example, bread. The production of bread in Russia annually decreases, while consumers eat less bread: 6-7 kg per year, said the analyst of the Russian guild of bakers and confectioners Maxim Kiselev. Russians eat a lot of bread when they have bad money, leads FlashNord expert opinion.