{"id":1078130,"date":"2021-12-02T19:59:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078130"},"modified":"2021-12-02T20:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:00:07","slug":"supply-chain-crisis-leads-to-shortage-of-chicken-tenders-second-chicken-shortage-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supply-chain-crisis-leads-to-shortage-of-chicken-tenders-second-chicken-shortage-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply Chain Crisis Leads To Shortage Of Chicken Tenders, Second Chicken Shortage In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupply-chain-crisis-leads-to-shortage-of-chicken-tenders-second-chicken-shortage-in-2021%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078130&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>One of the staples of young Americans\u2019 diets, chicken tenders, is the latest victim of the supply chain crisis.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from NBC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/food\/supply-chain-crisis-now-impacting-chicken-tenders-rcna7371?cid=sm_npd_td_tw_ma\">Today Show<\/a>,\u201d chicken tenders, which are fillets cut from the breast of a chicken, are in short supply.<\/p>\n<p>Tenders are different from chicken nuggets, which are made from scrap meat from the whole chicken. Because the tenders take more work to produce, they can be harder to find or more costly, experts told \u201cToday.\u201d The average price of a value pack of whole chicken breast tenderloins has risen nearly a dollar per pound since last year, from $3.02 per pound in 2020 to $3.99 this year.<\/p>\n<p>The shortage has actually prompted several chicken restaurant chains, such as KFC and A&amp;W, to stop featuring chicken tenders in their advertising campaigns in order to avoid selling out of them in their restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Hattie B\u2019s, an iconic chicken restaurant based in Nashville, Tennessee, is dealing with the chicken shortage as well. \u201cThere is no safe harbor in the supply chain right now,\u201d Brian Morris, vice president of culinary, learning and development at Hattie B\u2019s, told \u201cToday.\u201d \u201cWe see it across the board, but certainly you feel the pain the most in tenders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morris did say, however, that the restaurant has not yet passed on its costs to customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we were pricing along with it, I don\u2019t know if folks would still want to pay what it would cost,\u201d said Morris.<\/p>\n<p>The shortage has also had an impact on families. \u201cThe shelves have been empty recently, restaurants have been out of chicken tenders, and that makes it very difficult when you have kids that have limited options,\u201d Molly Edmunds, a mother in Scottsdale, Arizona, told NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders on \u201cToday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds said that the shortage of chicken tenders has been exacerbated by her children\u2019s limited palettes. \u201cMy kids eat hamburgers, french fries \u2014 I have to wrestle them to eat vegetables,\u201d Edmunds said. \u201cWhen I come home from the store and I don\u2019t have any chicken tenders, my kids are not happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The current shortage of chicken is not the first one this year. Supply chain problems, including slowdowns at meat-processing plants caused by COVID-19 safety regulations, coupled with a wave of demand stemming from the \u201cchicken wars,\u201d a rollout of fried chicken sandwiches from fast food chains like Popeyes, KFC, and McDonalds, led to a shortage of chicken products that left many restaurant chains short of chicken wings and other products, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/30\/us-chicken-shortage-blamed-on-pandemic-fried-sandwich-craze\/\">New York Post<\/a> reported in April.<\/p>\n<p>One chicken producer has already raised costs on its products. The Daily Wire reported in August that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tyson-raises-meat-and-poultry-prices-as-inflation-continues\">Tyson Foods<\/a>, the nation\u2019s second largest meat and poultry producer, was forced to raise the price of its chicken products by 16% in order to keep up with inflation, in addition to a 12% hike in beef prices, and a 39% increase in pork products.<\/p>\n<p>Chicken tenders are not the only dietary staple facing a shortage either. The Daily Wire reported last week that Canada\u2019s Quebec Maple Syrup Producers were forced to release about 50 million pounds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canada-taps-strategic-stockpile-of-maple-syrup-amid-shortage\">maple syrup<\/a>, about half its stockpile, from its strategic reserves to combat a shortage. The U.S. is also dealing with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/liquor-shortage-hits-united-states-as-holidays-approach\">shortage of liquor<\/a> as the holidays approach, brought on by the continuing supply crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the staples of young Americans\u2019 diets, chicken tenders, is the latest victim of the supply chain crisis.According to a report from NBC\u2019s \u201cToday Show,\u201d chicken tenders, which are fillets cut from the breast of a chicken, are in short supply.Tenders are different from chicken nuggets, which are made from scrap meat from the whole chicken. Because the tenders take more work to produce, they can be harder to find or more costly, experts told \u201cToday.\u201d The average price of a value pack of whole chicken breast tenderloins has risen nearly a dollar per pound since last year, from $3.02 per pound in 2020 to $3.99 this year.The shortage has actually prompted several chicken restaurant chains, such as KFC and A&#038;W, to stop featuring chicken tenders in their advertising campaigns in order to avoid selling out of them in their restaurants.Hattie B\u2019s, an iconic chicken restaurant based in Nashville, Tennessee, is dealing with the chicken shortage as well. \u201cThere is no safe harbor in the supply chain right now,\u201d Brian Morris, vice president of culinary, learning and development at Hattie B\u2019s, told \u201cToday.\u201d \u201cWe see it across the board, but certainly you feel the pain the most in tenders.\u201dMorris did say, however, that the restaurant has not yet passed on its costs to customers.\u201cIf we were pricing along with it, I don\u2019t know if folks would still want to pay what it would cost,\u201d said Morris.The shortage has also had an impact on families. \u201cThe shelves have been empty recently, restaurants have been out of chicken tenders, and that makes it very difficult when you have kids that have limited options,\u201d Molly Edmunds, a mother in Scottsdale, Arizona, told NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders on \u201cToday.\u201dEdmunds said that the shortage of chicken tenders has been exacerbated by her children\u2019s limited palettes. \u201cMy kids eat hamburgers, french fries \u2014 I have to wrestle them to eat vegetables,\u201d Edmunds said. \u201cWhen I come home from the store and I don\u2019t have any chicken tenders, my kids are not happy.\u201dThe current shortage of chicken is not the first one this year. Supply chain problems, including slowdowns at meat-processing plants caused by COVID-19 safety regulations, coupled with a wave of demand stemming from the \u201cchicken wars,\u201d a rollout of fried chicken sandwiches from fast food chains like Popeyes, KFC, and McDonalds, led to a shortage of chicken products that left many restaurant chains short of chicken wings and other products, the New York Post reported in April.One chicken producer has already raised costs on its products. The Daily Wire reported in August that Tyson Foods, the nation\u2019s second largest meat and poultry producer, was forced to raise the price of its chicken products by 16% in order to keep up with inflation, in addition to a 12% hike in beef prices, and a 39% increase in pork products.Chicken tenders are not the only dietary staple facing a shortage either. The Daily Wire reported last week that Canada\u2019s Quebec Maple Syrup Producers were forced to release about 50 million pounds of maple syrup, about half its stockpile, from its strategic reserves to combat a shortage. The U.S. is also dealing with a shortage of liquor as the holidays approach, brought on by the continuing supply crisis.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}