(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 09 – Some restaurants of the fast food chain ‘Gustoso e Basta’ (Vkusno i Tochka), which in Russia took the place of McDonald’s, have stopped serving french fries, according to the Russian media cited by the Bbc.
The crop of the type of potatoes suitable for making the ‘fries’ that accompany burgers and chicken nuggets has been particularly poor and the company has announced to customers that before autumn they will have to choose a different side dish. Also off the menu are ‘rustic potatoes’, a thicker version of thin fries. Quoted by Tass, the company explained that it normally relies on Russian growers, but in this case it was not even able to import potatoes from other markets.
However, the shortage was immediately denied by the Moscow ministry of agriculture which in a message on Telegram entitled ‘Potatoes are there, and that’s it’ he explained: “The Russian market is fully stocked with potatoes, including processed ones. Plus. new crops are also arriving, which excludes the possibility of a shortage. “
McDonald’s left Russia – where it opened its first fast food restaurant in 1990 – following the invasion of Ukraine. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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