Category: McDonald’s Japan

McDonald’s Japan Limiting Portion Sizes of Fries Available to Customers Due to Shipping Problems

January 7, 2022
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McDonald’s, facing a very different kind of chip crisis, is limiting the portion sizes of fries available to its Japanese customers due to shipping problems, the company said in a statement on Friday. McDonald’s Holdings Company Japan said that it will sell only S-sized fries for a month from Sunday, Jan. 9, “to make sure we have plenty of…

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747 Flights With Potatoes En Route to McDonald’s Japan to Ease Fry Shortages

December 29, 2021
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Planes are being loaded with potatoes for Japan, according to a recent tweet by a U.S. freight forwarder, as the country faces potato shortages leading McDonald’s Japan to ration fries and sell them in smaller portions. “Flexport just contracted to fly three 747 loads of potatoes to Japan to help with the French fry shortage,”…

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McDonald’s Japan Rations Fries as Potato Supply Runs Low

December 22, 2021
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McDonald’s Japan took an emergency measure on Tuesday to ration its french fries in 2,900 restaurants nationwide, following a supply shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic and shipping disruptions in Canada. The company said in a statement that its supply shipment was disrupted due to flood damage in Vancouver and the impact of the pandemic…

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