Customers have grown used to shortages and price hikes in recent months as the cost of living spirals and supply chains are disrupted.
But the war sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine - the 'breadbasket of Europe' - has left some wondering whether the conflict could see loaves of bread disappear from supermarkets. Ukraine and Russia account for a combined quarter of the global grain trade, meaning the war raging there has serious potential to disrupt food supplies.
In silos across Ukraine there are roughly 15 million tonnes of grain that would have been exported from Black Sea ports like Odessa. Although Ukraine is known as the 'bread basket of Europe', the countries that rely most on Ukrainian imports are in Africa and the Middle East.
