KFC and McDonald's restaurants in Southeast Asia face a shortage of french fries
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Published May 6, 2022
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KFC Singapore stated that french fries had to be removed from the menu due to a shortage of potatoes. Instead, the restaurant chain has replaced this traditional dish with cheese sticks, reports Fruit-inform, citing Potatonewstoday.com. KFC's announcement comes two months after the global fast food chain announced it was cutting potato supplies due to the global food supply crisis. It's not just KFC that has trouble selling fried potatoes.
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KFC Singapore stated that french fries had to be removed from the menu due to a shortage of potatoes. Instead, the restaurant chain has replaced this traditional dish with cheese sticks, according to Fruit-inform, citing Potatonewstoday.com. KFC's announcement comes two months after the global fast food chain announced it was cutting potato supplies due to the global food supply crisis. It's not just KFC that has trouble selling fried potatoes. McDonald's Philippines has suspended sales of large portions of its French fries due to the "global trucking crisis". The company promised to return the branded dish to the menu again. See also: McCain Foods stops investment in Russia. Be like McCain! However, not only problems with logistics complicate the life of restaurateurs. Rising prices for processed products themselves. Thus, the basic prices for processed potatoes in Belgium rose by 11% in just two weeks in April and by 264% in a year (data from Mintec). This is largely due to ...
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