Donations of bread products from local bakeries and grocery stores have dropped by about 75 per cent in the last few months, food-bank manager Mike MacDonald told CBC News on Thursday.

With the rising cost of grains, MacDonald said, stores are being more careful about baking or ordering only what they are certain they can sell, leaving far less leftover stock.

"In the past it would be a very common occurrence for us to go into one of the bakeries or grocery stores and get trays or boxes full of bread products - loaves of breads or dessert products, or rolls - but it's just not there at this time," he said.

The food bank has always been able to give customers as much bread as they wanted, but the ration has now been cut back to one or two loaves a month.

A food drive over the weekend provided adequate supplies, with the exception of bread, to keep the food bank going for the next few weeks.

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