The Australian Prime Minister announced that he will meet with senior officials today, Thursday, to discuss the high cost of lettuce, following a series of decisions KFC Restaurants The local replaced it with cabbage in their burgers.
Center-left leader Anthony Albanese called the fast-food chain’s decision “crazy”, saying, jokingly, that the situation had become a national “crisis”.
Lettuce prices have surged as much as 300% in Australian cities, due to recent floods and rising global fuel prices.
The price of a head of iceberg lettuce has increased from $2 to regarding $8 in Sydney and Melbourne.
As a result, KFC restaurants have informed Australian customers that they will reduce their lettuce in their products in favor of a mix that mixes evenly with cabbage and lettuce.
“Cabbage is not the same as lettuce,” Albanese told Kiss FM radio in Sydney. “This is a wrong decision.”
He added, “I will raise the issue of the ‘cabbage scandal’ on the agenda of today’s cabinet meeting.”
