Australian KFC patrons clucking mad over lettuce-cabbage switch

Australians are up in arms about local KFC outlets' decision to use a cabbage mix on some menu items due to a lettuce shortage

Fried chicken chain KFC said Tuesday that high lettuce prices in Australia have forced it to switch to a cabbage mix in burgers and other products, prompting customers to complain the result is 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 chain to tweak the Colonel's recipe in some stores.

The company blamed widespread flooding in the country's east for the problem.

A single head of iceberg lettuce in Sydney or Melbourne that once sold for about $2 now goes for close to $8.

The change was certainly not the "bag" of some social media users.

"Feels like a sign of the apocalypse," said another.

...

Originally published as Australian KFC patrons clucking mad over lettuce-cabbage switch