Potential ice cream
shortage this summer!
"Just as summer has finally returned, Britain is facing the prospect of a severe ice cream shortage after the country's biggest ice cream factory was forced to close because of the devastating floods in Gloucestershire.
Unilever, the food giant that owns Wall's, has been forced to close its Barnwood facility in Gloucester, which makes a staggering three million ice lollies, cones and ice cream tubs every day...
The factory was not flooded itself, but its water supply was cut off last week and it is still not receiving water after a technical failure at a water plant which supplies it." (The Telegraph)
At the moment, the weather isn't really warm enough for a huge amount of ice cream to be wanted, since we had our summer in April and early May, it seems! Unless the hot weather comes fast and furious, we should be ok, as they are importing extra ice creams from Europe to replace it.
