Price of sachet water increase

Kumasi, Oct. 17, GNA- The Ashanti Regional branch of the Association of Sachet Water Producers has disclosed that it would with effect from November 1st this year, increase the price of its products. The Association said a sachet of water would be sold at 10GP (1,000 cedis) instead of the current price of 4GP (400 cedis), under the new measure.

Mr Patrick Adu-Gyamfi, Regional Chairman of the Association, who announced this in a briefing with newsmen in Kumasi on Tuesday, attributed the upward adjustment in the price of their product to increases in labour cost and raw materials.

He also cited the recent increase in the prices of petroleum products and high maintenance cost as some of the factors, which had resulted in the increment.

"We derive most of the polythene bags in packaging the sachet water from petroleum by-products and now that government had increased the prices of these products we have no other choice than to adjust the price of our products to suit the economic conditions", Mr Adu Gyamfi noted.

He appealed to the public to cope with the new measures to enable the association come out with quality products.