There is once again growing uneasiness in the market as the country has been hit by another shortage of cooking oil, which retailers blame on oil manufacturing companies – who are said to be selectively supplying a few “favoured” outlets.

At the same time, the Oil Expressers Association of Zimbabwe (OEAZ) – a grouping of seven producers who supply 95 percent of the country’s edible oils – has in return accused retailers of unjustifiably increasing the price of cooking oil to consumers.

Daily News