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It’s not just lettuce: the top foods that are hard to find

Sing Yee Ong

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A shortage of popular food items from popcorn to sriracha is hitting restaurants and grocery shelves, a sign that the world’s immense supply chains are still under pressure.

Over the past few months, many seemingly random foods have become wildly expensive or unusually hard to find. These include lettuce in Australia, onions and salami in Japan and even bottled beer in Germany, sending businesses scrambling to find alternatives to feed their customers.

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