Alex Brandon
We’ve done plenty of stories on the border crisis, the gun rights crisis, the free speech crisis, and all the rest. So let’s turn our attention to a crisis of a different kind that’s currently plaguing the United States. That’s right, my fellow Americans, we’re facing a chicken wing crisis. Owners of bars and restaurants around the nation are noticing that chicken wings are suddenly in short supply. Orders are going unfilled and, at least in some cases, prices for the popular dinner item are rising. What’s causing the sudden shortage? Well, according to some economists who have been looking into the matter…
Yet another pandemic shortage is here: Chicken wing prices are soaring, forcing restaurants to adapt Share Updated: 10:55 AM EDT Apr 30, 2021 By MATTHEW KORFHAGE, The Virginian-Pilot via Associated Press
Yet another pandemic shortage is here: Chicken wing prices are soaring, forcing restaurants to adapt Share Updated: 10:55 AM EDT Apr 30, 2021
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Show Transcript CINCINNATI FAVORITE JUNGLE GYMS. THE SHELVES AREN’T AS BEAR AS THEY WERE A YEAR AGO, BUT SUPPLY SHORTAGES ARE STILL HAPPENING. IT’S JUST BEEN THIS HUGE DOMINO EFFECTOR THE LAST YEAR YEAR AND AND A HALF THAT DOMINO EFFECT. NOW WE’RE RUNNING INTO THE SAME PROBLEMS. WHERE THEY CAN’T RECOVER FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS TRUCKING PACKAGING PACKAGING IS A HUGE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW EVEN CANS OF SKYLINE CHILI HAVE BECOME HARD TO FIND THE RESTAURANT CHAIN SAYING THE PANDEMIC IS TO BLAME BUT REST ASSURED STORES ARE ABOUT TO GET A RESTOCK THE COMPANY WRITING QUOTE SKYLINE. CHILI
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Wingz and Thyngz owner Michael McNair is sacrificing short-term profit in favor of long-term loyalty to customers. Author: Chris Venzon (WFMY News2) Published: 2:08 PM EDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 6:22 PM EDT April 29, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. Greensboro s Wingz and Thyngz food truck is known for its tender chicken wings spiced up in signature Lemon Pepper and Dry Rubs with sides like Fried Mac & Cheese and Waffle Fries. It s southern comfort food of the highest order, but the past few weeks have been nothing but uncomfortable for owner Michael McNair during a national chicken shortage. The places we’ve gone, we’ve definitely seen a shortage with what’s available. They’ve started to put a shortage on how much we can [buy], McNair said, We are seeing the price of chicken go up.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – Kelvin Dooley is having to contemplate the unthinkable: He may go boneless.
His Virginia Beach restaurant, J & K Style Grill, is known around the region for its crispy jumbo wings fried to order and spiced up with the shop s trademark Kenyata or Georgia Red sauces. Wings make up as much as 40 percent of what he sells at his restaurant.
But his suppliers can t deliver all of the chicken wings he needs to run his business. And even when Dooley can get hold of them, the cost is prohibitive leading him to consider moving to boneless wings made from more easily obtainable breast meat.