Wednesday, December 17, 2014
McDonald’s Japan rations french fries due to West Coast port slowdown
McDonald’s restaurants in Japan are rationing french fries after slowdowns at U.S. ports have curtailed potato supplies.
The company will only offer small fries to customers as it copes with the shortage, according to the website of McDonald’s Japanese business. The policy will continue until a steady stream of spuds is flowing in once again, the fast-food chain said.
For the Japanese operations of McDonald’s, the fry shortage deals another blow to a business already plagued with a vendor scandal. The company, Japan’s biggest restaurant chain, had to remove chicken products that used meat from China from its menus in July after Shanghai Husi Food Co. acknowledged that it had changed sell-by dates. The fallout continued last month, when McDonald’s store sales in Japan fell 12 percent.
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