A potato shortage is driving many fish-and-chip shop owners to hike prices as chip supplies plummet.
A greasy parcel of fish and chips by the beach is a summer staple, but a potato shortage is driving many takeaway shop owners to hike prices as chip supplies plummet.in 2022 wreaked havoc on potato production, and fish and chip shop owners across Victoria are now paying between 20 and 40 per cent more for frozen chips.
The potato shortage is just another kick in the guts for fish and chip eateries: dim sims are in short supply due to poor cabbage crops, and businesses copped rises in the cost of fish of some 50 per cent last year. But the quality and size of chips that were coming in – expensive and increasingly from overseas – were unpredictable, he said.He said other fish and chip business owners had been calling him, begging for any spare chips.
“It’s crazy. As if fish wasn’t hard enough ... You would never ever imagine running out of potatoes,” he said. Shaun Lindhe, spokesman for industry body AUSVEG, said Australia’s unusually wet weather last year led to tough growing conditions for potato farmers.
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