Christmas is Coming (But Not the Goose?)

Roast goose is an English Christmas tradition. At that time of the year, in the UK, some 250,000 geese are usually cooked and eaten. Multiple outbreaks of bird 'flu at the UK's largest producer are, however, threatening this year's supplies of geese (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/08/fears-christmas-goose-shortages-uk-biggest-producer-bird-flu). Suffolk-based Gressingham Foods is the UK's major producer of geese (along with ducks and turkeys). Outbreaks of bird 'flu at its facilities, means that Gressingham Foods is unlikely to supply its normal quotas. It's been suggested that replacements, from overseas, will have to be imported. Doing this, is likely to increase goose prices, especially with the falling pound. It's possible, however, that the escalating 'cost of living crisis' will reduce demand for expensive Christmas poultry. There's also a (hopefully remote?) chance there will be limited power to roast the birds this Christmas. Light the candle and pass the nutroast!