The bread aisle at the Edmonton Rd Countdown in West Auckland was nearly empty on Wednesday evening. Much of the North Island faces a possible bread shortage after a workers' strike over pay. More than 100 FIRST Union members at George Weston Foods' Tip Top bakeries, in the south Auckland suburbs of Ōtāhuhu and Wiri, are on strike. The union said the company – which also manufacturers Ploughmans and Bürgen bread – had refused to offer fair pay and a premium on overtime and night work. The bread aisle at the Edmonton Rd Countdown in West Auckland's Te Atatū South was nearly empty on Wednesday night, and had a sign alerting customers to the "national bread shortage".

Source: Stuff November 27, 2019 06:22 UTC