424 FOOD FACTS SPECIAL EDITION FOOD SUPPLIES FOR VE-DAYS The Ministry of Food is confident that food traders, having served the public well throughout the war years, will provide a service during the V Holiday that will enable the public to obtain their essential minimum food supplies. The Ministry makes the following suggestions to food traders and housewives:— GROCERS should remain open on VE Day for at least one hour after the Victory announcement has been made and if possible two hours. If VE Day is a Friday grocers should open on Saturday and close on Monday, but grocers selling bread and milk should act also in accordance with the following paragraphs.
- Collection ID
- HATOM
- Document Reference
- HATOM/4/496
- Document Types
- Ephemera
- File Reference
- HATOM/4
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.hatom.000004.496
- Keywords
- Advertising Baking Bread Communal Feeding Dairy Distribution Food Supplies Holidays Milk Publicity Publicity Campaigns Restaurants Retail
- Language
- English
- Note
- Advert located on bottom half of page.
- Pages
- 1
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply Entertainment Culture
