{"id":34156,"date":"2022-06-07T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/06\/07\/kfc-australia-swaps-lettuce-for-cabbage-amid-crisis\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T05:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T05:00:43","slug":"kfc-australia-swaps-lettuce-for-cabbage-amid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/06\/07\/kfc-australia-swaps-lettuce-for-cabbage-amid-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"KFC Australia swaps lettuce for cabbage amid crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fast-food giant KFC has been forced to add cabbage to its burgers and wraps in Australia as the country struggles with lettuce shortages.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The company told customers it was using a mix of lettuce and cabbage after floods destroyed the lettuce crop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It comes as buyers in Australia have been hit by rising prices for fresh fruit and vegetables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Social media users have posted photos of salads costing over AUD$10 ($7.18; \u00a35.72), triple the usual price.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On its website, KFC Australia said: “Due to the recent flooding in NSW [New South Wales] and QLD [Queensland] We currently have a lettuce shortage. Therefore, until further notice, we will be using a lettuce and cabbage mix for all products that contain lettuce.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“If that’s not your bag, just click ‘adjust’ on your selected product and remove lettuce from the recipe,” it added, signing it with a smiley face emoji.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    It’s not the first time this year that the company has been hit by food shortages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    In January, KFC Australia had to change its menu because it was missing the main ingredient, chicken.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The reason for this was a staff shortage at Australia’s largest chicken supplier Ingham’s due to the “rapid spread of the Omicron variant in the eastern Australian states” at the end of last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Meanwhile, the world’s largest fast-food company, McDonald’s, suffered from a shortage of chips at some of its Asian branches, including in Japan and Singapore, due to the global supply chain crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Like countries around the world, Australia has been hit by food supply chain problems caused by the war in Ukraine and the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Australian food production has also been impacted by extreme weather events such as major east coast flooding earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    This helped push up the cost of living for Australians, with consumer prices rising 5.1% in the first three months of 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    It was the country’s highest inflation rate in 20 years, with expectations that it could rise even higher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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