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FOOD SITUATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 1945. Memorandum by the Minister of Food.

23 Feb 1945

The following table shows the trend, since the beginning of the war, of the calorie values of the bulk stocks of the principal foods:- (end-August 1939 = 100) 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 End February - 94 120. 166 140 198 171 " May - 121 128 179 161 200 162(a) " August 100 130 160 165 179 198 " November 77 129 165 157 202 202 (a) forecast III. LEND/LEASE SUPPLIES In the four weeks ended 3rd March arrivals in the U.K. of Lend/Lease supplies of U.S. origin averaged 28 thousand tons per week, as compared with a weekly average of 15 thousand tons in January.
agriculture retail cereals maize food supply wheat pork agricultural production animal feed barley beans butter cheese chocolate cocoa coffee distribution eggs fish fruit imports pulses meat milk rationing rice sugar supply tea vegetables vegetable oil offal flour dairy margarine food supplies biscuits bacon overseas trade lend-lease nationwide reserve stocks ration books material supplies bomb damage shipping shortages lord president's committee ministry of food
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/20/74
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication Table/chart/graph
File Reference
CAB 71/20
Former Department Reference
LP(45) 72
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000020.074
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Animal Feed Bacon Barley Beans Biscuits Bomb Damage Butter Cereals Cheese Chocolate Cocoa Coffee Dairy Distribution Eggs Fish Flour Food Supplies Fruit Imports Lend-lease Maize Margarine Material Supplies Meat Milk Offal Overseas Trade Pork Pulses Ration Books Rationing Reserve Stocks Retail Rice Shipping Shortages Sugar Tea Vegetable Oil Vegetables Wheat
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
Lord President's Committee Ministry of Food
Pages
15
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers 1(45) - 107(45)
Themes
Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply

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