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Japan’s great McDonald’s french fry shortage of 2014 will be over soon Large french fries are finally coming back to McDonald’s restaurants in Japan
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Super-sized french fries will return to Japanese McDonald's restaurants once again, the company announced on Friday.Super-sized french fries will return to Japanese McDonald's restaurants once again, the company announced on Friday.
To the relief of fast food lovers everywhere, McDonald's said that it will no longer restrict customers in its Japan restaurants to small-sized french fries, according to reports.To the relief of fast food lovers everywhere, McDonald's said that it will no longer restrict customers in its Japan restaurants to small-sized french fries, according to reports.
It was a drastic measure put in place when labor disputes at ports on the U.S.'s West Coast, where most of McDonald's frozen french fry products are exported to Japan, raised the risk of a nation-wide shortage.It was a drastic measure put in place when labor disputes at ports on the U.S.'s West Coast, where most of McDonald's frozen french fry products are exported to Japan, raised the risk of a nation-wide shortage.
“This is a measure we've decided to take because we might run out of fries. We apologize to customers for the inconvenience,” a company official told Kyodo News last week.“This is a measure we've decided to take because we might run out of fries. We apologize to customers for the inconvenience,” a company official told Kyodo News last week.
McDonald's said that it had ordered more than 2,000 tons of airlifted fry reinforcements from East and West Cost ports, but they feared it wouldn't be enough.McDonald's said that it had ordered more than 2,000 tons of airlifted fry reinforcements from East and West Cost ports, but they feared it wouldn't be enough.
But it turns out that when the West Coast couldn't deliver, the East Coast stepped up. Emergency air and sea shipments from U.S. ports will shore up Japan's fry supply, the company said, according to Agence France-Presse. And by Jan. 5, all 3,100 Japanese McDonald's outlets will be back to business as usual.But it turns out that when the West Coast couldn't deliver, the East Coast stepped up. Emergency air and sea shipments from U.S. ports will shore up Japan's fry supply, the company said, according to Agence France-Presse. And by Jan. 5, all 3,100 Japanese McDonald's outlets will be back to business as usual.
In a statement on Friday, the company promised to keep a watchful eye on the situation.In a statement on Friday, the company promised to keep a watchful eye on the situation.
"We will continue to monitor the situation carefully to do our best to ensure stable supply of potato products," it said."We will continue to monitor the situation carefully to do our best to ensure stable supply of potato products," it said.