{"id":1200349,"date":"2022-01-08T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1200349"},"modified":"2022-01-08T18:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:05:06","slug":"potato-shortage-leads-to-global-shortage-of-french-fries-potato-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/potato-shortage-leads-to-global-shortage-of-french-fries-potato-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Potato Shortage Leads To Global Shortage Of French Fries, Potato Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fpotato-shortage-leads-to-global-shortage-of-french-fries-potato-chips%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=1200349&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>Fast food restaurants across the world are experiencing a shortage of french fries.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is one of the top producers of potatoes globally \u2014 but lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced U.S. farmers to destroy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/potato-farmers-destroy-potatoes-covid19-even-in-a-food-shortage-2020-6?op=1\">hundreds of tons<\/a> of potatoes in 2020, and the supply has not fully recovered. On top of that, supply chain issues have hampered the exports of this year\u2019s crop. These issues have led to fast food chains from Kenya to Japan scaling back on french fry orders or even running out of them.<\/p>\n<p>Japan is the largest overseas market for U.S. potatoes, accounting for $342 million in exports, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.fas.usda.gov\/newgainapi\/api\/Report\/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=USJTA%20Treatment%20for%20Potatoes%20and%20Potato%20Products%202021_Tokyo_Japan_04-18-2021\">US Department of Agriculture<\/a>. Frozen potato products like french fries account for nearly two-thirds of those exports, more than $230 million in exports. Moreover, the United States is the \u201csole foreign supplier of fresh chipping potatoes in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Japan is also home to more than 3,000 McDonald\u2019s franchises, according to The Washington Post, and relies heavily on U.S. potato exports. The Post reported that Japan was considering flying in potatoes to ease supply bottlenecks, but snowstorms battered the West Coast of North America and further delayed shipments. McDonald\u2019s was forced to restrict french fry orders in Japan to just the small size for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>Days after McDonald\u2019s Japan made the announcement, leading potato chip manufacturers in South Africa warned that global supply issues and low local crop yields due to adverse weather conditions had created a short supply of potatoes for chip-making.<\/p>\n<p>KFC locations in Kenya have also been affected by the shortage, with Kenyan locations running out of french fries, colloquially known as chips, because of shipping delays more than a month long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYa\u2019ll loved our chips a little too much, and we\u2019ve run out. Sorry!\u201d KFC Kenya tweeted on January 3. \u201cOur team is working hard to resolve the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fam it was truly a Furaha December. \ud83e\udd73 Mlikula sherehe with your KFC faves. Ya\u2019ll loved our chips a little too much, and we\u2019ve run out. Sorry! Our team is working hard to resolve the issue. In the meantime here are some SWAP options for combo meals if you are craving our Kuku. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ylvnqxtPD0\">pic.twitter.com\/ylvnqxtPD0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KFC Kenya (@KFCinKenya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KFCinKenya\/status\/1477930454036594769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s problems were exacerbated by the fact that, because of global quality assurance regulations, the country could not switch to domestic potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, Americans are dealing with their own share of shortages of dietary staples. New York City bagel shops have been dealing with a shortage of cream cheese, threatening the business of bagel shops across the city. The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>New York bagel shops go through thousands of pounds of cream cheese in the course of a few weeks, the Times reported. Most shops make their own cream cheese spreads, using unprocessed raw cream cheese as a base and adding their own ingredients and flavors. They cannot use store-bought cream cheese, and their customers would notice if they did, the store owners told the Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Phil Pizzano, a sales representative with wholesale food distributor Fischer Foods, said the problem runs up and down the supply chain. A shortage of manufacturing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-friday-sees-more-online-shopping-as-retailers-battle-labor-shortages-supply-chain-disruptions\">labor<\/a>&nbsp;due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trucking-groups-could-lose-37-of-drivers-over-biden-vaccine-mandate-worsening-supply-chain-crisis\">trucker shortage<\/a>&nbsp;because of vaccine mandates, and a shortage of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cost-of-wooden-pallets-is-soaring-amid-supply-chain-bottlenecks\">packaging materials<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt sounds kind of silly, talking about this like it\u2019s some kind of huge crisis,\u201d Pugliese said, but bagels and cream cheese are a \u201cbig deal\u201d to his customers, even \u201csacred.\u201d \u201cI hate feeling like I\u2019ve let people down,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Several customers told the Times that if cream cheese was not available, they would be less likely to even buy a bagel. \u201cProbably not, no,\u201d said one customer when asked if he would buy a bagel without cream cheese. \u201cThat\u2019s an essential part of the bagel,\u201d the customer said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cream cheese is not the only staple item that is running short. The Daily Wire previously reported that popular food items from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supply-chain-crisis-leads-to-shortage-of-chicken-tenders-second-chicken-shortage-in-2021\">chicken tenders<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canada-taps-strategic-stockpile-of-maple-syrup-amid-shortage\">maple syrup<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/liquor-shortage-hits-united-states-as-holidays-approach\">liquor<\/a>&nbsp;are all affected by the supply chain bottlenecks, leading to shortages.<\/em><\/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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639605377256000&amp;usg=AOvVaw12ni-ad1QoXRYyz1ynn4w6\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast food restaurants across the world are experiencing a shortage of french fries. The United States is one of the top producers of potatoes globally \u2014 but lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced U.S. farmers to destroy hundreds of tons of potatoes in 2020, and the supply has not fully recovered. 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