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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 81, 22 July 1942, Page 2

j A large supply of butter is kept in cool store to meet the 10001b a ! day issue required. Eggs are ob- | tained by the thousand to ensure j that there is sufficient to give every man his Sunday breakfast of eggs (yes,, plural) and bacon. As in the butchery, the staff of the bakehouse' are all qualified tradesmen, and have the latest ma-* chinery to facilitate their work, which involves a daily output, seven days a week of 3500 loaves. Provision is made for the' storing of 100 tons of flour in a centrally heated room, raised above the main level of the bakehouse so that the flour can be shot into a patent automatic sifter from which it is transferred to large mixing bowls fitted with wheels. Baking is done in two large steam heated ovens. Iln the bakery, as elsewhere in the Supply Depot, provision has been made to handle a good deal more rations than are needed at present, so that any increase in troops could be catered for with very few adjustments. An important subsidiary service of the A.S.C. in this camp is the collection and despatch of used containers such as jars, bottles, sacks and cases, and the disposal of the waste products of the camp at a profit. Containers awaiting shipment out are kept in good condition under cover, and a constant check is. made to see that units return used containers to the depot. This sort of salvage alone is worth £20 a month.. Altitude aids the appetite, even if it upsets the weather, and though there are -complaints about the latter, there are never any here about a food shortage. The individual ration which is provided on the Army basis of 1/9 peV man per day would spell ruin for a boardinghouse keeper or a restauranteur. Centralised handling and elimination of waste make this mass catering possible at the price.