Because of this, and to ensure fair distribution of supplies, the Ministry of Food issued ration books to every person, and families had to register at one shop. Official rationing began on 8 ...

But practically everything else was. Each man, woman and child in the United States required ration books to purchase the necessities of life. Overseen by the Office of Price Administration ...

A ration book allows us to have a certain amount of some foods like meat, sugar and butter. And that’s it. We have to make it last for a whole week. Rationing is followed by absolutely everyone.

Each person was given a ration book. A 'point' scheme was introduced for unrationed foods. Each person was allocated a number of points and a selected range of foods was given a point value.