Potatoes are airlifted to Japan to ease a french fry shortage...

[DGUtley]

Potatoes are airlifted to Japan to ease a french fry shortage...

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Due to supply chain issues and BC flood damage, many potato shipments have not been able to get out of the Port of Vancouver and have been significantly delayed. Vancouver serves as a transit point for shipping services for McDonald’s Japan Co., so potatoes from North America have been unable to get to the country.

“We import potatoes from North America on a large scale near the Port of Vancouver, Canada, which is the transit point for shipping services. Import delays have occurred due to flood damage and the impact of the Corona disaster on the global distribution network,” McDonald’s Japan said in a statement.

US freight forwarder Flexport Inc. is coming to the rescue, and has announced that it will help fly three planes loaded with potatoes to Japan. “Flexport just contracted to fly three 747 loads of potatoes to Japan to help with the French fry shortage,” the company’s CEO, Ryan Petersen, said in a tweet on December 28.
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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/plan...hortage-canada

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...fries-shortage

[OLD GUY IN FLORIDA]

Years ago one of my clients was Walt Disney World. This was about 30 years ago. At that time they would get in at least one refrigerated railcar a week containing 40 to 60 thousand pounds of potatoes. That ain't no small potatoes folks!

I can't imagine how many loads of potatoes Japan uses on a weekly basis.

[carolina73]

Bill Gates has to sell his taters.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/11/bill-g...donalds-fries/

[RMNIXON]

I never knew there was a crisis, then again I don't recall Japanese grow potatoes......