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McDonald's runs out of hash browns in some Taiwan stores

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Customers using mobile phones, are seen through the windows of a McDonald" s="" store="" in="" Japan.="" Reuters="" file="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/reuters/01/07/20220107-mcdonalds-japan-fries-rtr.jpg"/><figcaption>Customers using mobile phones, are seen through the windows of a McDonald&#x27;s store in Tokyo, Japan. <em>Reuters file photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>TAIPEI, Taiwan - McDonald&#x27;s Taiwan said Friday some of its stores were running out of hash browns imported from the United States and would have to suspend sales due to &quot;unstable global shipping supply&quot;.</p><p>The company put up signs in some storefronts announcing the suspensions while the item is listed as &quot;temporarily unavailable&quot; on its menus. </p><p>&quot;There is a shortage of hash browns in McDonald&#x27;s restaurants and sales will be temporarily suspended after they are sold out,&quot; a statement posted on the company&#x27;s website said.</p><p>&quot;We thank customers for their support and we are sorry for the inconvenience,&quot; it added.</p><p>McDonald&#x27;s Taiwan said it aims to resume selling hash browns in the second half of this month after restocking, and added that sales of French fries are &quot;normal&quot;.</p><p>Supply chain shortages have rippled across the globe during the coronavirus pandemic affecting everything from building materials, wood and food to books, microchips and electronics. </p><p>Last month, McDonald&#x27;s in Japan said it would have to ration French fries as the pandemic combined with floods in Canada had squeezed potato imports.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/23/21/mcdonalds-rations-fries-in-japan-due-to-spud-shortage">McDonald&#x27;s rations fries in Japan due to spud shortage</a></li></ul><p>Only small-sized fries were sold for a week in the country to avoid shortages due to delays in potato supply, it said, adding that &quot;stable procurement of resource materials&quot; was difficult.</p><div><strong>aw/jta/axn</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1886896" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

McDonald's Taiwan said Friday some of its stores were running out of hash browns imported from the United States and would have to suspend sales due to 'unstable global shipping supply'.