The Rural Pie Scheme was organised by the Ministry of Food to provide pies for labourers in the countryside who did not have access to a works canteen or British Restaurant.
It started in 1942 and was quite successful so that, in one week of 1944, 1.3 million pies were sold through the scheme.
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