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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Australian KFC Patrons Clucking Mad over Lettuce-cabbage Switch

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

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, AFP said.

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