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After 90 years, German bakery to close as energy costs soar

An employee serves a customer at the family bakery of Engelbert Schlechtrimen in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. For 90 years, the family of Engelbert Schlechtrimen has been baking wheat rolls, rye bread, apple, cheese and chocolate cakes in Cologne, but next month they'll turn off the ovens for good because they can no longer afford the rising energy prices resulting from Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Daniel Niemann) The factory room of the family bakery of Engelbert Schlechtrimen after the day's work in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. For 90 years, the family of Engelbert Schlechtrimen has been baking wheat rolls, rye bread, apple, cheese and chocolate cakes in Cologne, but next month they'll turn off the ovens for good because they can no longer afford the rising energy prices resulting from Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Daniel Niemann) Bread items are displayed in the windows of the family bakery of Engelbert Schlechtrimen in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. For 90 years, the family of Engelbert Schlechtrimen has been baking wheat rolls, rye bread, apple, cheese and chocolate cakes in Cologne, but next month they'll turn off the ovens for good because they can no longer afford the rising energy prices resulting from Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Daniel Niemann) Baker Engelbert Schlechtrimen poses for a photo in the factory room of his bakery in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. For 90 years, the family of Engelbert Schlechtrimen has been baking wheat rolls, rye bread, apple, cheese and chocolate cakes in Cologne, but next month they'll turn off the ovens for good because they can no longer afford the rising energy prices resulting from Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Daniel Niemann) Bread is displayed for sale at the family bakery of Engelbert Schlechtrimen in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. For 90 years, the family of Engelbert Schlechtrimen has been baking wheat rolls, rye bread, apple, cheese and chocolate cakes in Cologne, but next month they'll turn off the ovens for good because they can no longer afford the rising energy prices resulting from Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Daniel Niemann)
After 90 years, German bakery to close as energy costs soar