luchtschip schreef op 9 juli 2022 10:53:
En of de sancties werken
Russische vervanging van McDonald's kunnen geen patatten maken
Er is een tekort aan de juiste aardappel soort
It's like being back in the USSR
. Russia's fake McDonald's will temporarily stop serving fries, according to Russian media.
A shortage of the correct variety of potatoes means diners will have to find a different side dish to accompany their burgers.
twitter.com/GlasnostGone/status/15456...In a statement to Russian news agency Tass, the company explained that 2021 yielded a poor harvest for the variety of potato needed to make fries.
It said that the company generally tried to source potatoes from Russian producers, but that it had also become impossible to import potatoes from markets that could offer a temporary replacement to the domestic crop.
>>>>>>Maar de melding van een tekort aan aardappels was tegen het zere been van de Russische Minister van Landbouw
However, in a statement on Telegram titled "There are potatoes - and that's it", Russia's agriculture ministry sought to play down any concerns over a potato shortage.
"The Russian market is fully supplied with potatoes, including processed ones.
In addition, crops from the new harvest are already arriving, which rules out the possibility of a shortage," the ministry said.
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62103506