Staff Reporter|Giant Biscuits and other confectionery manufacturer Arenel has threatened to lay off some of its workers due to non availability of flour to run production.

Sources at the company’s Bulawayo factory told ZimEye.com that the company has advised over one and twenty of its workers that they will soon be asked to stay home due to non productivity.

Grain Millers in the country last week resolved to stop supplying the limited flour in the country to biscuit manufacturers and reserve it only for bread manufacturers.

The country is facing a critical shortage of flour which has seen Grain Millers importing the flour at a very high price. Foreign currency shortages have impacted heavily on the importation of the flour forcing the price of bread to reach $1.50 in some shops.