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McDonald's PH explains smaller French fries servings

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<p>MANILA - Fast food chain McDonald&#x27;s explained on Thursday that the reason customers haven&#x27;t been seeing its French fries being served in large sizes is because of a global freight crisis. </p><p>&quot;The supply of our World Famous Fries is limited because of the global freight crisis,&quot; McDonald&#x27;s said in a Facebook post. &quot;That&#x27;s why you haven&#x27;t been seeing our fries in big red boxes (medium, large, and BFF) in the stores.&quot; </p><p>The firm added that all of its stores would continue to serve regular-sized servings of fries. </p><p>&quot;We are working hard to bring back all sizes to you very soon,&quot; McDonald&#x27;s said. </p><p>Some netizens lamented the French fries shortage, posting about their experiences on Twitter. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">HOOY!! Ramdam na dito sa Bacolod ang potato shortage sa French fries ng Mcdo. Regular-sized fries na lang ang inooffer sa lahat ng Grab Mcdo branches at Food panda, why naman ganon. 🥺🥺🥺🍟</p>— Sai Lopez (@iAmSairyl07) <a href="https://twitter.com/iAmSairyl07/status/1517054197199699968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Nakaka SAD May shortage ng French Fries 🍟</p>— JAY ZAFRA (@JayZafra2) <a href="https://twitter.com/JayZafra2/status/1516791873062416387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>At least one netizen worried about how the global shortage would affect the prices of other junk food, while another asked if the government is doing something to address the issue. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Hala ka, kaya pala temporary unavailable yung mga french fries sa resto kasi my global shortage pala. Eh di magmamahal or limited supply na din mga junk food.😔</p>— Rege (@RegeSF_17) <a href="https://twitter.com/RegeSF_17/status/1517101290584969224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">May ginagawa na kaya ang Department of Agriculture para matugunan ang shortage ng french fries sa mga fastfood chains? Do they consider na mag-source sa mga local farmers ng patatas para sa makapag-produce ng fries?<br/><br/>Seryosong tanong &#x27;to kasi hanggang regular size lang ang meron.</p>— Gab Humilde Villegas (@tribunephl_gab) <a href="https://twitter.com/tribunephl_gab/status/1516692782689447937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>International news outlets have reported French fries shortages in places like Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and South Korea. </p><p>Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-faces-french-fry-shortages-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-taiwan-2022-2" target="_blank">reported</a> that shortages in those countries were attributed to global supply chain problems. It also said that Asian McDonald&#x27;s restaurants relied on potato imports that mostly went through the Canadian port of Vancouver, which was hit by a storm and subsequent flooding last year.  </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/28/22/fry-tening-mcdonalds-malaysia-hit-by-shortages">READ: &#x27;Fry-tening&#x27;: McDonald&#x27;s Malaysia hit by shortages</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/07/22/mcdonalds-runs-out-of-hash-browns-in-some-taiwan-stores">READ: McDonald&#x27;s runs out of hash browns in some Taiwan stores</a></li></ul><div> </div>

The fast food chain said the smaller servings were because of a global freight crisis, and it would work to bring back bigger sizes soon.