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The Economy Ministry on Friday evening announced a weight increase for all three Lebanese bread bundle sizes. The adjustments amount to a more than 5 percent drop on average in the per-gram price of bread. From Saturday, a family-size bundle of bread will still be sold in bakeries at LL9,500 and LL10,000 pounds in shops, but will have a minimum weight of 1,095 grams, as opposed to its previous weight of 1,035 grams, constituting a price drop of 5.48 percent per gram in bakeries. A large bundle, the minimum weight of which has increased by 45 grams to reach 875, will sell for LL8,000 in bakeries and LL8,500 pounds in shops, a per-gram price drop of 5.14 percent. The small bundle meanwhile will still sell for LL5,000 in bakeries and LL5,500 in shops, for a minimum weight of 375 grams — a 20 gram increase — constituting a per-gram price decrease of 5.33 percent.