In the midst of lockdown trading confusion a quick thinking Victor Harbor butcher has saved the baker next door from throwing out almost all of the product of a busy night’s baking.

Bakers across the Fleurieu (and the state) baked all night Wednesday, believing they were classed as essential services and could have their shops open during the lockdown.

The Baking Association told ABC Radio Adelaide early Thursday that bakeries could trade as normal. They were then contacted by South Australian Police and told this was incorrect and only wholesale trade was allowed.

Hundreds of small bakeries across the state were instructed to close immediately and were faced with throwing out all their stock. 

Some were able to get charities such as OzHarvest to collect bread that would otherwise end up in the bin.

In Victor Harbor it was the butcher next door who solved the problem. 

Steve Rosser runs Coastal Meats in the shopping centre, next to Bakers Delight. 

When he realised what was happening he told them to wheel the bread into his shop.

“It’s just a difficult situation,” he told the ABC. “So, we just went to them and offered our services and because they are legally able to sell wholesale they sold wholesale to us.”

It just seemed silly for it to go to waste. Something different for a butcher, isn’t it?”

The Premier announced yesterday that the lockdown would end at midnight on Saturday.