The new year brought a disappointing phone call from our long time bakery supplier: Flour of Scotland. The business had a disappointing Christmas season and had decided to close its doors forever. It was a crushing blow; many happy customers looked forward to the weekly fresh bakery deliveries and we were unable to replace our supplier quickly enough to bring in fresh supplies the same week.
In choosing a new bakery supplier I had to carefully consider the ramifications of the Ontario provincial governments new initiative to squeeze small meat processing operators out of business. Any small business that cooks meat must now make a huge investment in plant and equipment in order to meet the bureaucrats overbearing requirements. The steam hammer approach of the Ontario Liberals is slowly putting small butchers and bakers out of business in this province.
I had to choose a new supplier who, I believed, would be able to pull through this bureaucratic onslaught and still be in business. I chose Mrs Bridges British Bakery of Toronto. Mrs Bridges has been in business for a long time and has a very high reputation in the industry. Blighty's has sold Mrs Bridges products before and they were very popular.
The most popular products in the past were Battenberg cake, custard slices (sometimes called vanilla slices - those squishy, delicious cakes) and custard tarts. Delivery day is Wednesday so come on in and enjoy.
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