'Support the Pasty Tax battle!'
One of the best-known bakery firms in South Wales has appealed for support from the public against the so-called ‘pasty tax’. Jenkins the Bakers, a third generation family business based in Llanelli and with shops across South West Wales, is in the vanguard of a campaign to halt the tax proposal. “The tax is unmanageable, unpalatable and unfair,” said the Jenkins Bakery’s operations director Russell Jenkins. “The Government is out of order in introducing VAT on some of the nation’s favourite and most affordable foods. “We know how popular our products are and many appeal to families who are already suffering severe budget restraints in these difficult economic times. “Our customers will feel the damage of this unwelcome tax in their pockets and that is bad news all around. The Chancellor, George Osborne, has angered craft bakers across the country with his Budget plan to change the VAT rules on freshly baked, hot pies, pasties and other savouries. Mr Jenkins said: “It is ant...
