This can't be good. I haven't bought flour recently, but I shouldn't be at all surprised if there were a similar price increase here in the US.

I have noticed that the cost of several things have swung sharply upwards (Diet Pepsi-Cola, for example, has gone from US$3.00 for 6 bottles to US$3.69 for 6 bottles in the last month, and that is one minor example.

The price of diesel, the fuel of the trucks and trains, has been higher than that of petrol for many months now. The prices are simply being passed on to the consumer.

And look for them to go higher.