Tag: KFC

Australian PM says cabinet to address KFC ‘cabbage-gate’

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s prime minister joked he would huddle with top officials Thursday to discuss the soaring cost of lettuce and local KFCs’ decision to replace the verdant leaf with a cabbage mix on their Zinger Burgers. Dubbing the fast-food chain’s decision “crazy”, center-left leader Anthony Albanese quipped the situation had become a national “crisis”. Lettuce prices have soared by as much as 300 percent in Australian cities thanks to recent flooding and […]

KFC counts its chickens as UK stores slowly reopen

by Pauline Froissart Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Less than a third of KFC’s outlets in Britain remained shut Wednesday afternoon, following a supply crisis that closed hundreds of its restaurants and left customers struggling to find their deep-fried chicken fix. Around 628 of the American fast-food chain’s 900 British outlets were open by mid-afternoon, according to an online list updated by KFC. “I want my burrito wrap!” 31-year-old Karen Brian told […]