Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World

 

Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply. There are also anecdotal reports that some consumers are hoarding grain stocks.

 

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India recently banned export of all but the highest quality rice, and Vietnam blocked the signing of a new contract for foreign rice sales.

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Note to self: Pick up an extra bag of Basmati on the way home from work tomorrow.


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