Anthony Albanese blasts KFC for using cabbage in its burgers as the price of lettuce skyrockets: ‘That’s just wrong’
- KFC has started using cabbage in its burgers due to high lettuce prices
- Anthony Albanese was asked about the move in radio interview on Thursday
- He said it was ‘just wrong’ to use cabbage and said his son will be devastated
Anthony Albanese has declared KFC using cabbage in its burgers is ‘just wrong’.
The fast-food giant told customers it is using a cabbage-lettuce blend due to the high price of lettuces following floods in NSW and Queensland.
The move prompted outrage from hardcore KFC fans with many venting their frustration on social media. One customer wrote: ‘Feels like a sign of the apocalypse’.
Anthony Albanese (pictured with his son) has declared KFC using cabbage in its burgers is ‘just wrong’
The Prime Minister weighed in to the saga on Thursday during a KIIS FM interview with Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson.
He said: ‘This is a crisis. My son loves KFC. When he hears about it, he’s going to be devastated.
Mr Albanese described using cabbage as ‘a bit extreme,’ adding: ‘Cabbage isn’t the same as lettuce. That’s just wrong.’
He joked that he would raise the matter with his ministers in a cabinet meeting.
‘I’ll put it on the list – we have a cabinet meeting today. Cabbage-gate,’ he said.
Earlier this week KFC posted a notice to its website that warned customers a cabbage ‘blend’ would be used in any items that contained lettuce.
‘Due to the recent floods in NSW and Queensland we’re currently experiencing a lettuce shortage,’ the notice said.
‘So, we’re using a lettuce and cabbage blend on all products containing lettuce until further notice.’
Australia’s lettuce crisis has hit fast food giant KFC as skyrocketing costs for the popular salad item forced the restaurant to change its menu (pictured, a KFC restaurant in Fairfield, NSW)
The fast food chain posted a notice to its website that warned customers a cabbage ‘blend’ would be used in any items that contained lettuce
The restaurant urged customers who didn’t want the cabbage in their food to remove lettuce completely from their order.
A few weeks ago, a head of lettuce was costing shoppers just $2.80, however due to an ongoing supply crisis the price has skyrocketed to as much as $12.
A supermarket in suburban Brisbane was pictured selling a single head of iceberg lettuce for as much as $11.99 last month.
The price increase follows a wet start to the year with unprecedented rain and flooding spoiling crops in NSW and Queensland.
Some lettuce farmers in Queensland have lost their third crop in a row and risk the collapse of their businesses following the unseasonable rain.
The peak horticulture group warned growers in the state’s southeast will need millions to recover from the string of natural disasters.
A supermarket in suburban Brisbane was pictured selling a single head of iceberg lettuce for as much as $11.99 (pictured)
The restaurant urged customers who didn’t want the cabbage in their food to remove lettuce completely from their order (stock image of a KFC meal)