The Marmite Situation

coffeehound

I heard there are Marmite supply problems.  Have you noticed the presence or absence of said yeast-extract based spreads in your supermarket please?  There's none in my only local supermarket (M&S).  Thanks.

pumpkin89

There was plenty in my local Waitrose last night.  Dried yeast (for baking) was also available, and that's been out of stock quite a lot lately, so I'm hoping this indicates that the supply issues are easing up.

Browntoa

Brewers shut down , no yeast for Marmite.

Almost all now back brewing so shortage ending

JJ_Egan

Plenty of the larger jars last week , plus the new marmite and peanut butter .

jackieblack

None at all in Tesco a fortnight ago, but on the same day B&M had a fully stocked shelf of the big jars so it might be a localised supply issue.
(I haven't looked for it again since, so couldn't say if Tesco are restocked)

molerat

Marmite did say they were only producing the one size of jar, 250g, but were getting back to normal now.  Not had any shortage of the 250g in Lidl but noticed Tesco had empty shelves.

JJ_Egan

It was Tesco that had full shelves for me .As well as the Aussie version Vegemite .

Waiting for the small jars , but enough at the bottom of the jar to last for weeks yet .

Bacman

Marmite uses the left-over yeast from the brewing industry, so when we had lockdown and the pubs shut, the demand for making beer plummeted, which meant a shortage of the yeast used to make Marmite. The company said recently on the report that supply will be back to normal again soon.

Steve_L

My name is Steve and I'm a Marmite addict.

My jar is running very low. Leave the jar on its side so it's easier to get the last bit out low.

It's shown as in stock at the time of posting. We'll see if this is still so when the order is placed on Friday and, if it's still shown as in stock then, when the order is picked on Monday morning.

If not, then I'll start checking again. Eventually, "all my ducks will be in a row". It's worked before with other items.

fatbelly

Steve_L said:

My name is Steve and I'm a Marmite addict.

There should be an organisation who could help you

Usually_puzzled

No problem with availability of 250g jars although can't see any in Aldi (or shelf sticker). BUT J Sainsbury are robbing us selling them at £2.90. Waitrose in better at £2.70.