Three months ago I decided to bake a cake after a long period of absence from the kitchen. I went to our local provision store to find that butter was “out of stock”, which was weird. I thought that the shop was just out of butter temporarily and will have it the next day so I proceeded to another, larger store. Same response. After the fifteenth store, I gave up. I went to the milk distribution company outlet to ask for butter and the guy at the counter told me that the slab of butter I am getting is the LAST one in stock. There has been no supply for about six weeks.
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