Veggie switch angers Australian KFC diners

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 08, 2022 12:15 am

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

The local price of the verdant leaf has soared by as much as 300 percent in recent months, forcing the fast-food giant to tweak the Colonel's recipe in some stores.

LETTUCE SEE ABOUT THAT Syed Hyder holds an iceberg lettuce from a stall at Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Prices of lettuce have soared by as much as 300 percent in recent months. AFP PHOTO

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