BUTTER IN BRITAIN

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11841, 24 January 1933, Page 5

BUTTER IN BRITAIN

GREAT INCREASE IN CONSEMP* TVOX. ENORMOUS IMPORTS. OCR A. hy Elec. Tel. copyright.) LONDON. Jan. 21 Tn their annual report: on the butter market, Messrs. A. L. Mills and Co., refer to the great increase in coll* smnpbiou, which has enabled the country to alisorh enormous imports, amounting in. 1032 to 522.500 tons, of which the Empire supplied 52 per cent. The average consumption in 1031 was 7325 tons a week, which increased in 1032 to 7700 tons, and it i* estimated that during the last two months it has averaged 8200 tons a week.

The report, adds: “The outlets are continually expanding, particularly m the Midlands and North of England, so it can bo said that Empire butter is selling in practically every oily, town, and village in the United Kingdom.”

Press Association inquiries show that, this increase in consumption, which, of course, is largely due to the low retail price of lOd and Is per lb., and in some places slightly lower is seriously affecting tho trade in margarine, of wh ieh some well-known brands are now retailing at M for 2lbs. Thp raw materials from which margarine is manufactured are j all cheap, notably copra at slightly over £l3 per ton, hut tho margarine people are having a very lean time.