The food holocaust begins?

scorza · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:05

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7363970.stm

Who'd have thought this time last year that one of the biggest retailers in America would be implementing rationing on rice?

Will the USA be the next country to curb rice exports? Her citizens certainly aren't used to not being able to buy what food they want in whatever quantities they want. Where will this leave Britain?

Le_Petit_Lapin · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:06

Don't see the problem really. America produces a LOT of wheat.

Tefal · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:07

how many people buy 4+ bags of rice a day anyway?

richard104 · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:08

Tefal said:
how many people buy 4+ bags of rice a day anyway?

Asian people

Apopcalyptic · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:11

It's the wholesaler, not the supermarket that's curbed sales...

scorza · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:11

Tefal said:
how many people buy 4+ bags of rice a day anyway?

Students?

Ex-RoNiN · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:13

Whoever decided market economy was good for food production deserves to be shot. The subsidies where there for a very good reason.

richard104 · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:13

scorza said:
Students?

Haha i thought that was pasta, may be that will be rationed next??

My mate last year bought his rice in sacks.....

Nitro_Junkie · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:13

as tefal said, who buys more than 4 bags of rice a visit, and it's only on three types of rice anyway

media sensationalism at its finest

cheets64 · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:14

No, if you have ever been to America and see the size of food portions, they waste so much food anyway, its about time they paid for all that waste, All you can eat places for £4-5 are shocking.

peetee · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:16

cheets64 said:
No, if you have ever been to America and see the size of food portions, they waste so much food anyway, its about time they paid for all that waste, All you can eat places for £4-5 are shocking.

theres plenty of all you can eat places for £4-£5 in rip off britain, theres a lot more for £5-£8 though, lets remember we do pay inflated prices and all the tax etc, so its hardly SHOCKING.

Apopcalyptic · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:18

Nitro_Junkie said:
as tefal said, who buys more than 4 bags of rice a visit, and it's only on three types of rice anyway

media sensationalism at its finest

A restaurateur perhaps? It is a wholesaler (which happens to be part of the Wal-Mart group), NOT the Wal-Mart supermarket itself.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:18

Americans could do with eating less anyway.

Tefal · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:21

Apopcalyptic said:
A restaurateur perhaps? It is a wholesaler (which happens to be part of the Wal-Mart group), NOT the Wal-Mart supermarket itself.

But the limits are the bags they sell to customers in store, from one chain, they could go and get them from another walmart store, but i bet they have a standing delivery with a suppler.

That and they sell 50lb bags so i doubt even a restaurant uses 200lbs (dry weight) of rice a day.

Apopcalyptic · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:25

Tefal said:
But the limits are the bags they sell to customers in store, from one chain, they could go and get them from another walmart store, but i bet they have a standing delivery with a suppler.

That and they sell 50lb bags so i doubt even a restaurant uses 200lbs (dry weight) of rice a day.

It's not always possible for someone responsible for purchasing to make a visit every day, or even every couple of days. Such a person might make a visit to the wholesaler once every fortnight or once a month.

The impact of this is larger than it might immediately seem.

cheets64 · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:26

peetee said:
theres plenty of all you can eat places for £4-£5 in rip off britain, theres a lot more for £5-£8 though, lets remember we do pay inflated prices and all the tax etc, so its hardly SHOCKING.

There is, I only know of 2 in my whole town. You have at least 3-4 at every intersection in the US of A

JohnnyG · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:29

I have a couple of packets of Bachelors Savoury Rice that've been knocking about in a cupboard for ages now, are they likely to be worth something soon then?

Edit: One is Golden veg and the other is mushroom if that makes a difference.

PhillyDee · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:40

Yes, that makes a huge difference. You will get 0p for the mushroom, and maybe 1p for the golden veg.

peetee · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:47

cheets64 said:
There is, I only know of 2 in my whole town. You have at least 3-4 at every intersection in the US of A

erm, every intersection? I seriously doubt that.
Where were you in the US? Ill guess it was somewhere a bit more densely populated than wigan too.
The fact you claim there are so many of them also twists it a bit more in my favour, as with lots of competition you need competitive prices, whereas there are not many in UK in comparison but they manage to keep prices at around the same level..

China town is usually abundant with all you can eat places!

Sankari · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:53

Tefal said:
how many people buy 4+ bags of rice a day anyway?

Students!