While some Subway outlets are making do without the staple vegetable, global fast food giant KFC has been forced to use cabbage in its burgers as Australia faces a lettuce shortage that has led to soaring prices.
KFC notified customers that it will use a blend of lettuce and cabbage throughout its restaurants, citing supply chain disruptions after heavy flooding across the east coast of Australia wiped out much of the lettuce crop earlier in the year.
Growers in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley typically supply much of Australia’s lettuce crop during winter when the weather in southern farming regions is too cold. However, they have been hit with extreme rain over the last 12 months, wiping out crops that typically take at least 10 weeks to grow.
This isn’t the first time the fried chicken chain has had to pivot it’s offering. KFC had to cut menu items in January amid shortages of chicken.
