Syed Hyder from a stall at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market adjusts a display of iceberg lettuce on June 7, 2022, with the local price soaring by as much as 300 percent in recent months. AFP PHOTO
Syed Hyder from a stall at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market adjusts a display of iceberg lettuce on June 7, 2022, with the local price soaring by as much as 300 percent in recent months. AFP PHOTO

SYDNEY: Fried chicken chain KFC said Tuesday that high lettuce prices in Australia have forced it to switch to a cabbage mix in burgers and other products, prompting customers to complain the result is less than "finger lickin' good."

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