BUTTER IN BRITAIN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 145, 10 April 1940, Page 5

BUTTER IN BRITAIN

RATIONING RELAXED LARGE PRICE RISE The announcement that butter rations in Britain were to be raised from four ounces per person to eight ounces per person a week would be no surprise to the British. The situation seems to have been that the price for the.. smaller ration was too high. At all events on January 27 newspapers reported that millions of people were not buying butter because they thought it was too dear. The retail price at that time was Is 7d per lb. The Evening Standard was claiming in January that on the basis of the supplies which the Government was willing to allow there should be no difficulty at all in letting the public have a weekly ration of eight ounces. A year ago the price of butter in England was Is per lb. Sometimes the cheaper varieties were sold at 10ct a H). Many Britons, of course, have never eaten butter. They bought the best margarine for Bcl a lb and cheaper kinds for as little as 4 1 2 d a lb.