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Bakeries, in particular, seem to have taken to the idea of advertising via honesty boxes - the contents of which are filmed, pictured and posted online.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Bakeries have shut down because of lack of flour and fuel for the ovens.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Bakeries in surrounding villages all worry that they might not survive the winter.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2022

Bakeries were inundated this week with frustrated crowds in a country where about half the population is food insecure, according to the World Food Programme.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2022

Bakeries were established in every Brigade, and fresh bread and hot rolls furnished in wholesome abundance, to the great benefit of the Government, for hospital rolls were thereby depleted, and reports for duty increased.

From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by Armstrong, William H.