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It's that time of the year again… On 23 January 2015, McDonald's Malaysia launched the 'Prosperity Burger', as the fast food giant does annually ahead of the Chinese New Year season
However, the Prosperity meals will be served without curly fries
Yes, it's true. We wailed at the sight of their Facebook cover image uploaded on 22 January, sans curly fries:
But why?
The change to regular French fries is due to the franchise being unable to get deliveries of curly fries from America
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Basically, there's a shortage of potatoes that has been worsening across Asia since late 2014. McDonald's in Japan is now offering only small servings of french fries; even KFC Japan has stopped selling fries!
Back in December, to soften the blow of a total mass shortage of fries, Japan's McDonald's had to airlift around 1,000 tonnes of chips in an emergency shipment to fulfill customers' golden-arched expectations but with much smaller portions than normal
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The shortage of normal French fries has yet to reach Malaysia. Both McDonald's and KFC here are on the lookout for more reliable suppliers to avoid a similar situation to Japan
That's a relief. For now, be grateful and guard every piece of fry there is on your food tray…
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