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Restaurants in the UK (which the article is about) are currently closed, since it's on lockdown. People want flour at home to make cakes and sourdough bread.
by robjan 7y ago
Restaurants in the UK (which the article is about) are currently closed, since it's on lockdown. People want flour at home to make cakes and sourdough bread.
- pfundstein 7y agoAt risk of stating the obvious, but the advantage of making sourdough bread specifically is that you don't need to buy yeast (which is also in short supply), just flour, water, and salt.
- remmargorp64 7y agoDon't forget the other three essential ingredients... The three T's: Time, Temperature, and Technique
- toohotatopic 7y agoTo state the other obvious point: GP is arguing that since restaurants don't need the flour that they are usually serving, why isn't shifting delivery enough to fulfill demand? Why do mills have to work overtime? Where have people got their calories before?
- matheweis 7y agoIt says in the article, they have the flour, it’s a problem of packing. Restaurants were buying large bags, people want small bags. The mills don’t have enough small bags and/or people to fill them. > Alex Waugh, director general of Nabim, says the issue isn't being able to mill enough flour - but the lack of capacity to pack it into small bags for retailers.