This is a worry.! Yeast shortage disaster…! I love this stuff in the morning on my toast or crumpets…! 
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The Star is a fortnight late - as usual when looking for another bandwagon to jump on…
No marmite two and three weeks ago, but my local supplies were restored last week and it’s still available this week.
My local Sainsbug’s now has Marmite with Chilli and also XO Marmite, personally I hate it!
I am also a lover of Marmite but cannot help but think of the bigger picture! If there is truly a yeast shortage what happens to the supply of BEER!!!
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its the lack of beer being brewed that has lead to the Marmite shortage. Marmite is a by-product of the brewing process and in reality its been in short supply now I reckon for a good 12 months. So no pubs open, no beer, no yeasty extract.
We moved over to an own brand many months ago which hasn’t gone out of stock but our local store has been out of the proper stuff more often than not during the lockdowns.
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I’ve posted on a number of occasions my scenic route trips to Aldi, so as long as I can get these, everything in life is just fine…!
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They now do a marmite flavoured peanut butter. 
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Anyone who says there’s a yeast shortage, is just trying to get a rise out of you… 
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Not quite as simple as that. Beer sales in 2020 were down 10%. Beer in pubs is made by the same process as beer in bottles/cans.
Where Unilever got caught out was an overdependance on suppliers with a negligable non-pub trade, which left them exposed to shocks.
Marmite uses spent brewers years mostly from Burton beers; so Marston was a significant supplier. Greene King is as well.
The rationing was a product of a dip in supply of yeast and a short term increase in demand. However the long term trend for Marmite is downwards… Lockdown saw an increase in demand for spreads in general, including Jam.
Unilever might be looking to offload Marmite though, for curious reasons:
Before COVID, supplies of the yeast were dwindling anyhow (or the cost going up) as beer tastes changed.
Between 2000 and 2018, beer consumption fell by 25%
I always like to be different…I think marmite is ‘ok’ Not a major loss but if it’s around I’ll have a bit on occasions
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Available in both smooth and crunchy but I guess that will change your response from to
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Just lurve peanut butter, but Marmite? Yuk! The smell reminds me of (the old) Spitalfields fruit and veg market on a hot summer’s day after the traders had gone and before the binmen had cleared away the rotting residue. I’ll leave it to your imagination what (the old) Billingsgate fish market smelt like under similar conditions! 
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I used to keep my caravan near the Marmite factory in Burton upon Trent. The whiff from there was very strong, how residents lived with that pong, I couldn’t stand it for the short time I was there.
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