Japan's exhausted cows cause butter shortage ahead of Christmas — theguardian.com

Japan is suffering from a serious butter shortage, raising fears among consumers that they will have to forego their Christmas staple of sponge cake. Many supermarkets have seen their shelves stripped of what little butter was left; those that still have it in stock are limiting shoppers to one pack each. Stores mark the arrival of fresh supplies – increasingly from overseas – with signs proclaiming, “We have butter!”

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