How have we coped without biscuits?
Britain has been experiencing a severe shortage of biscuits - an unforeseen and yet, for some, very serious impact of the recent Cumbria floods. How have we coped?
Storms Desmond and Eva left swathes of Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire under water, causing widespread personal pain and huge economic cost.
They also submerged Carlisle's McVitie's factory ovens, halting production of custard creams, bourbons, ginger nuts and table water biscuits.
Used to consuming about 34,000 tonnes of biscuits a month, the British public were suddenly facing gaps on shop shelves.
However, there is now some hope for the British public - production of ginger nuts has restarted and should be back on the shelves by mid March.
There are some reasonably obvious questions:
- How many packets of biscuits are consumed per person in Britain each month?
- What about each year?
- What weight of biscuits are consumed in total per year in Britain?
- How much would they cost?
Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35696027
