[boplicity]

Fascinating just to see the prices of bread in another country. In the Mumbai area, it looks like a half loaf costs between 17 and 75 INR -- with most around 22 INR, or 30 cents US. Here in Toronto, we often pay $4 to $5 (USD) for a decent loaf of sandwich bread. The difference is pretty striking.

[mushyhammer]

I’ve seen the bread in most Asian countries. You get what you pay for. Only premium bread may be worth it, and still not on pair with cheap basic European bread.

[tyingq]

Do you mean for baguette/loaf type breads? I lived in Turkey, and things like gevrek, simit, and pidesi were dirt cheap but clearly worth as much as any bread I've had elsewhere, and delicious.

[joelwilliamson]

I suspect that's mostly because Indian labour is much cheaper. Making a loaf of home-made bread uses about $0.30 CAD of flour, and yeast, salt and water don't add much to the cost.

(Edit:) Also of course anti-competitive behaviour by the bakery cartel drives up prices in Canada.

[soniman]

Wheat is often subsidized for the poor.