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November 2017 - Issue 53 - FREE!
Butter shortage leads to empty shelves Increased demand, a drop in production and sky rocketing wholesale prices have left many supermarket shelves empty where the butter used to be. Figaro has called the shortage “the worst since the Second World War” and reported that the sight of empty supermarket shelves is becoming increasingly common. The reasons for the current shortage are complex, but the problem stems from the phasing out of EU dairy quotas in 2015. This led to a flood of milk supplies entering the market and a collapse in global prices that prompted some dairy farmers back out of the industry and others to slash their output. These falling levels of milk production combined with poor weather last year - 2016 was not a good year in France for growing animal
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acré beurre! If you have been down to your local supermarket in recent weeks, you may have noticed rows of empty shelves where the butter used to be. As reported in The Bugle in July, France is undergoing a butter shortage as worldwide demand increases and wholesale prices go through the roof. Everything may not be as it seems, however. Whilst the country’s bakers have been sounding the warning bell for many months, the public have finally taken notice as the problem became starkly apparent in shops across France. French daily Le
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