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Apparently there is going to be a butter shortage

On 20 Jul 2017 at 11:10am cuteboy wrote:

Apparently there is going to be a butter shortage later this year?

On 20 Jul 2017 at 11:16am Country Life wrote:

And also why is it you can get smoked haddock in Aldi for 2.49 when in Waitrose it's over a fiver? Don't even get me started cod, mackerel or, dare I say it basa???!

On 20 Jul 2017 at 11:16am Deja Vu wrote:

There's already a butter shortage, prices have been at an all time high for a couple of weeks.
Apparently it's all down to global warming, the mountain melted

On 20 Jul 2017 at 11:18am What!!! wrote:

I can't believe it's not butter shortages

On 20 Jul 2017 at 11:44am Another B and B lady wrote:

I expect that the Aldi fish is not from the sustainable sources that Waitrose uses. Rally don't know this for sure, but Waitrose name their suppliers, use sustainable sources and pay their suppliers properly. Tesco is very hard nosed with its suppliers. You are at liberty to buy from where ever and decide if you wish to pay more for sustainability of our fish stocks and decent conditions for suppliers. If on a budget, buy from Aldi. They are definitely cheaper and stock a great deal of British food.

On 20 Jul 2017 at 12:00pm Marlon Brando wrote:

I was planning a Last Tango in Paris this weekend, better get some butter quick!

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On 20 Jul 2017 at 1:12pm Nemo wrote:

May i also point out that there's no such fish as a "Sea Bass". It's an effing Bass, NOT a Sea Bass.

On 20 Jul 2017 at 1:27pm Thumbs up... wrote:

Nemo, it really drives me mad that people refer to our beautiful Bass as 'Sea Bass' too - as for Basa, if people knew what it really is there is no way they would eat it!

On 20 Jul 2017 at 2:44pm Nemo wrote:

Hehe...yeah it's a catfish, not one of those ugly mud sucking bleeders but still a catfish

On 20 Jul 2017 at 3:31pm Basatardo wrote:

Basa good fish plenty cheap

On 20 Jul 2017 at 7:06pm Fairmeadow wrote:

Well, given that low milk prices have been driving UK dairy farmers out of business for the past five years, and that cheap imported EU milk has suddenly got 25% more expensive due to the change in the value of the �, and that you can't just create a functioning dairy cow overnight, it is hardly surprising their is a shortage.
In the medium term this is a great opportunity for UK dairy producers. But it takes 3 years to grow a cow, and no one has been growing them while there is no market.
Given that most milk sales are now at least semi-skimmed, and all the milk in supermarkets has little Union Jacks on it, one does wonder what has happened to all the butter. Perhaps French milk put in a bottle in the UK qualifies for a Union Jack?