FOOD SUPPLIES FOR CHRISTMAS
TURKEYS SCARCE IN ' TAURANGA
Aleut Not Rushed Despite De-rationing
Traders Welcome Longer 'Shopping Period
The greatest boon to shopkeepers this year had been the occurrence c f Christmas at the end of the week, allowing people a full five days to do their shopping. This has obviated a last-minute buying rush, but
nevertheless, shopkeepers report that business each day this week has been similar in volume to that done on Fridays. Turkeys, the traditional piece de resistance on the Christmas _ menu are conspicuous by their absence and a Tauranga dealer said yesterday he could sell as many _as he could get. Poultry supplies are poorer this year than lasy and slightlv maker prices are being realised. A butcher who supplies poultrv however, commented that orders had been.amazingly low. The few turkevs he had been promised had been disposed of in Auckland at £3 each and* he was new going to find it difficult to meet his obligations to his customers.
Despite the lifting of meat rationing, there has been no jump in the ouantitv of meat ordered anci the demand will be only slightly above that during recent Christmases. Mere dried fruits and nuts are on sale in grocers* shops in Tauranga and tinend fruits are aNo available. One grocer commented, that there seemed to be plenty of mone\ m the district, but people would be more inclined to spend it if the shops could offer the variety and novelty lines available before the war. , . . Supplies of stone fruits, which have recently been appearing m greengrocers’ windows will not be plentiful; probably they w/il be insufficient to meet the additional demand. On fruits, which have to be brought into the district, it was pointed out that Auckland seemed to have first pick. Some bananas have been on sale, but the supply is estimated at less than half that received last year. Chocolates and sweets arc plentiful and are to be seen on the shelves of most retailers.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 14860, 23 December 1948, Page 3
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