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KFC says change is due to a lettuce shortage after floods destroyed crops in New South Wales and Queensland.

Extreme weather is being blamed for a shortage of lettuce that has prompted fast food chain KFC to put cabbage on its burgers and led to soaring prices.

As Australia grills through a lettuce shortage, fast food giants like KFC have replaced lettuce with cabbage in their burgers to hedge exorbitant costs.

KFC Australia says its supply chain has been affected by floods that have destroyed lettuce crops. It means it has had to swap lettuce for cabbage across its range of burgers and wraps

Fast food retailer posted ‘menu update’ on its website as it suffers knock-on effects of extreme weather

Fast-food chain temporarily changes recipe due to supply chain issues caused by floods in Queensland and northern NSW earlier this year

What a zinger!

The fast food giant has told customers it is using a mixture of lettuce and cabbage after floods hit crops in the country

Global supply chain problems and rising energy costs are being made worse in Australia by the weather

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…

Queensland lettuce farmers grappling with months of devastating floods are calling for financial help as a supply shortage prompts fast food company KFC to introduce a leafy replacement on its burgers.