DRIED EGGS AGAIN ON SALE IN BRITAIN
-T LpNHONj May 22. British retailers will resume the seiiing, of dried eggs 011 June 23, but in t'uture purchasers will have ,to "give points for them and pay ,1s 6d a packet, instead of ls 3d. Even at ls 3d, dried eggs are hcavily subsidised, and the increased price is ah- effort .to rbdiice tlie subsidy. Even, so the total subsidy still required will be over £13,000,000 a year. ; , - . Allocations of dried- eggs to caterers, bakers and manufactijirers will continue as at present. The public will be alloweii t\Vo inore points ev*ery fo.iif wveeks for tlie purchase of dried eggs. The allocation of meat for ihe manufactiire of sausages and meat pies will be increased to 1250 tons a week from June 16. It is expected tliat la'rger supplies of home-manufactured and imporied tinned meats will be available by tlie end of June. — -- ^
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 May 1946, Page 2
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