West Coast port slowdown forces McDonald's to ration french fries in Japan
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [New York Times] by Jonathan Soble - Dec 19, 2014
TOKYO -- Complete with rationing and emergency airlifts, Japan has entered the great French fry shortage of 2014.
McDonald's on Wednesday began limiting French fry servings at its 3,200 Japanese stores to the smallest of the usual three sizes, blaming a shortage of processed potatoes from the United States.
The problem has also affected other restaurant chains, as a dockworker dispute on the West Coast of the United States has reverberated across the Pacific Ocean.
McDonald's apologized to its customers in Japan with signs posted on cash registers and a message on its local website.
''Because we are currently having difficulty stably procuring McDonald's French fries, we are offering them in the small size only,'' the note on the website said....
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