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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

The chips are down: Australia’s wet weather and supply chain woes causing potato supply issues

Woman holding potatoes
South-eastern Australia’s wet weather and the global rise in fertiliser and fuel prices have affected potato supplies. Photograph: WalkerPod Images/Tetra Images/Getty Images/Tetra images RF

Supermarket shelves have been stripped of popular brands of potato chips, while fish and chip shops are now struggling to get certain brands with the wet weather and supply chain issues affecting supplies of the humble spud.

Earlier this year growers warned the country faced a national potato shortage after wet weather wiped out crops, and prices for fertiliser, fuel and transport skyrocketed because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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