Egyptians budget for bread after mass food aid cuts

Egyptians budget for bread after mass food aid cuts

"We used to worry about having enough money for meat," the 42-year-old mother of four told AFP, inching forward in the queue. "Now we worry about bread," she said, saying it was the one thing her family cannot do without. Egyptian flatbread is a staple of nearly every meal, and now costs Abdel Fattah 10 times more than it did before her family lost their subsidy in July. She is among 850,000 people removed from Egypt's subsidy system since June,…