Due to World War II every consumer of coffee in Brookville and Montgomery County, along with everyone in the nation, went on ...

Two ration books were distributed per person, including babies, each month, and the books expired after a certain date to discourage hoarding. “And here is what ‘Mr. Grocer’ does with the ...

Because of this, and to ensure fair distribution of supplies, the Ministry of Food issued ration books to every person, and families had to register at one shop. Official rationing began on 8 ...

Each person was given a ration book. A 'point' scheme was introduced for unrationed foods. Each person was allocated a number of points and a selected range of foods was given a point value.

After the end of World War II, it took Britain almost a decade to ... nearly 40 per cent of the public would now welcome back the ration book to help fight climate change. Researchers from Uppsala ...