The last two shopping trips to a local supermarket has left us complaining about their stock control methods. There was butter, but no "beurre doux" - the most popular unsalted variety. Now it appears that there is indeed a shortage of butter on a world stage. Various factors are affecting supply, such as the increasing popularity of butter as nutritionists now advise some animal fats in diets, shortage of milk exports, reduction of milk in the EU after price falls due to previous over-production are all factors.
Some French producers are switching from other dairy products such as UHT cream to more butter, so perhaps next time there will be butter on the supermarket shelves.
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