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Lettuce shortage forces Australia KFC to switch to cabbage

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A general view of a KFC restaurant at Punchbowl in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 06 August 2021. EPA-EFE/JOEL CARRETT" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/07/20220607-kfc-lettuce.jpg"/><figcaption>A general view of a KFC restaurant at Punchbowl in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 06 August 2021. <em>EPA-EFE/JOEL CARRETT</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>SYDNEY, Australia - Fried chicken chain KFC said Tuesday that high lettuce prices in Australia have forced it to switch to a cabbage mix in burgers and other products, prompting customers to complain the result is less than &quot;finger lickin&#x27; good&quot;.</p><p>The local price of the verdant leaf has soared by as much as 300 percent in recent months, forcing the fast-food chain to tweak the Colonel&#x27;s recipe in some stores.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re currently experiencing a lettuce shortage. So, we&#x27;re using a lettuce and cabbage blend on all products containing lettuce until further notice,&quot; the company told customers.</p><p>The company blamed widespread flooding in the country&#x27;s east for the problem.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/18/20/kfc-philippines-opens-business-to-franchisees">KFC Philippines opens business to franchisees</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/05/22/kfc-to-launch-plant-based-fried-chicken-across-us">KFC to launch plant-based fried &#x27;chicken&#x27; across United States</a></li></ul><p>But supply chain expert Flavio Macau of Edith Cowan University said Russia&#x27;s invasion of Ukraine was also a factor, pushing up diesel and fertilizer prices.</p><p>A single head of iceberg lettuce in Sydney or Melbourne that once sold for about $2 now goes for close to $8.</p><p>The company told customers: &quot;If that&#x27;s not your bag, simply click &#x27;customise&#x27; on your chosen product and remove lettuce from the recipe :)&quot;</p><p>The change was certainly not the &quot;bag&quot; of some social media users.</p><p>&quot;The fact that you are replacing lettuce with cabbage makes me rethink my whole meal at KFC. There&#x27;s 4 or 5 other things I would eat before cabbage Its such a weird choice,&quot; said one disgruntled tweeter.</p><p>&quot;Feels like a sign of the apocalypse,&quot; said another.</p><div><strong>arb/al/smw/cwl</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=2067340" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Fried chicken chain KFC said Tuesday that high lettuce prices in Australia have forced it to switch to a cabbage mix in burgers and other products.