Sliced breads produced by popular Aussie brand Tip Top have become scarce in in some supermarkets following a recent fire at their Canning Vale bakery in southern Perth.

The blaze, which erupted shortly after midnight on 22 October, saw firefighters rush to the facility on Magnet Road. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.

However, the disruption has left shoppers in WA facing widespread shortages of sliced bread at major supermarkets and smaller grocers.

A Tip Top spokesperson confirmed to Daily Mail that bread production had been disrupted over the past week following the fire – but that the operation was now mostly back up and running.

‘While we anticipate some short-term impact to bread availability in Western Australia over the next few days, our team is working swiftly to restore full operations,’ the Tip Top spokesperson said.

‘The safety of our people and the integrity of our food quality remain our highest priorities. We apologise for any inconvenience while we work to recommence our full bakery operations as quickly as possible.’

They confirmed that given Tip Top’s extensive national network of bakeries, there will be no impact to bread supply in other states going forward.

Daily Mail also reached out to both Woolworths and Coles, with spokespersons for both major supermarkets confirming they had experienced a supply disruption since the fire.

Both supermarkets were confident bread loaves would return to shelves as normal shortly and thanked customers for their patience.

A frustrated Perth shopper visited his local IGA store this weekend and encountered rows of empty shelves in the bread aisle.

Sharing a picture of the barren shelves online, he questioned why there was currently no bread ‘in any shops’.

The photo uploaded to a Reddit post prompted a flurry of responses informing him that the recent fire had knocked out one of the state’s main suppliers – resulting in all stores ‘experiencing a shortage in sliced bread’.

Tip Top, owned by George Weston Foods, also produces sliced breads under other brands including Abbot’s Bakery and Bürgen, all now affected by the disruption.

‘You’d be surprised by the number of products in the bread aisle that are distributed by Tip Top,’ commented one shopper.

Others in the know, confirmed repairs were under way at the Canning Vale factory.

In the interim, these insiders suggested bread loaves were being temporarily brought in from the ‘closest Tip Top bakery, (which) is in Adelaide’.

Some were taken aback by just how much WA’s bread supply relies on a single industrial bakery.

‘You’d think there would be more than one bakery for 2.5 million people,’ mused one comment.

Local family-owned bakery businesses such as Mias Bakery and Byford Mill are also said to have ramped up production.

‘Mias Bakery and Byford Mill are both upscaling their production…trying hard to keep bread on the shelves,’ one person claimed.

Several WA shoppers agreed that they had struggled to find any sliced bread loaves in stores over the past few days.

‘There was a sign up (about the bread shortage) in Coles yesterday,’ replied one person.

‘My local IGA had nothing also for two days,’ another added.

‘(My) Woolworths pick up order substituted my bread with 18 sesame rolls… anyone need some rolls?’ joked one customer.

Others have suggested alternatives until shelves are restocked.

‘Go to your local bakery,’ urged one person. ‘We use ours and it’s made fresh every day… support local!’

Another person enthused that people should learn to make their own bread.

‘Very easy with a bread maker and approximately five minutes of your time. For about $0.50 per loaf,’ read part of one message.

‘I regret not going through my sourdough phase now,’ lamented another person.

But the latest bread shortage has also revived memories of pandemic-era stockpiling, especially the rush for toilet paper.

‘It’s back, everyone hoard your toilet paper!’

‘The masses are coming. Here we go again! *Grabs toilet paper*‘