BUSINESS NEWS

Millers to do away with middlemen

THE Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is considering eliminating the role of wholesalers in the distribution of basic commodities to make them affordable to consumers. Addressing retailers...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Millers allay flour shortage fears

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has allayed fears of flour shortages in the country and urged the public to desist from panic buying.The assurance follows panic buying of flour and re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Millers rescue small-scale bakers with flour supplies

The Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has started supplying flour to small-scale bakers throughout the country to avoid artificial shortages of bread and other flour-related products.Some ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Millers turn to NGOs for rescue package

Local millers have turned to international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to secure $100 million required for the importation of rice, wheat and other grains amid a worsening foreign currency c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Millers seek subsidy on staples

Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has approached the government to subsidise staple food to ensure price stability amid rising costs in the milling industry.GMAZ chairman Tafadzwa Musarara ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Millers turn to wheat reserves

TWO of the country's biggest milling companies, National Foods Limited and Blue Ribbon Foods, have resorted to using reserve stocks of wheat due to severe shortages on the market, Standardbusiness has...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Millers import Canadian wheat

ZIMBABWE will in two weeks complete a deal with Canadian wheat suppliers for 290 000 metric tonnes of wheat from the North American country up to December 2019.The deal followed a recent visit to Cana...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Millers seek bran importation ban

THE Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has petitioned the government to ban the importation of bran, as this was killing the local milling industry.In a statement yesterday, GMAZ general ma...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

$5m facility for millers, bakers

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has arranged a $5 million facility for small millers and bakers, which will go towards resuscitating closed companies and increasing capacity for those still ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 January 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

GMB threatens private millers with unfair costing

The Grain Marketing Board's commercial milling division is threatening the viability of private millers amid revelations the parastatal is not paying for grain drawn from the strategic reserves. In a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim millers need $22m for fortification

Local millers need a whopping $22 million dollars to implement the government directed food fortification programme which they argue needs specialized people and laboratories to achieve the intended r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Millers sue Zim govt over food fortification

THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has filed an application at the High Court seeking to block the Government from implementing the recently introduced mandatory food fortification.In th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Millers club threatens to stop payments to farmers

THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe might stop paying farmers for maize produced under Command Agriculture if Government insists on fortification implementation. GMAZ has a standing agreement wi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Millers bemoan influx of cheap flour imports

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe says at least 20 of its members have been forced to close shop during the past 12 because of competition from the uncontrolled importation of cheap flour.Ac...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Bakers to purchase 75% local wheat

LOCAL millers and bakers are today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for buying flour.Under the agreement, bakers will purchase 75% of monthly flour requirements from local millers. This a move exp...

By Business reporter | Published: 08 August 2013
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