Joe Kinsey
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There was the toilet paper shortage. Now there’s the gas shortage. There’s supposedly a chicken shortage because roosters aren’t doing their thing with hens. And now comes the most disturbing news of all: Chick-fil-A sauce rationing. Folks, this is the real deal. It’s happening and the six-day-a-week operation has announced new sauce rules to prevent hoarding.
According to WTRF in Wheeling, West Virginia, customers have been hit with an email announcing sweeping new changes to the fil-A sauce experience due to the industry-wide sauce shortage.
For now, limits will include:
• 1 sauce per entree
• 2 sauces per meal
• 3 sauces per 30-count nuggets
As if a sauce shortage isn’t enough to get your attention, in Milwaukee there is a real situation with a limited chicken wings supply. Local restaurants are having a hard time getting their hands on wings.
“We’ve had this problem in the past around Super Bowl time. It usually goes up a little bit. It’s never hit this price before. We’ve been actually losing money the last like month,” a tavern owner told WTMJ-Milwaukee.
The wing shortage put an end to 75-cent wing night at the tavern, and customers have been hit with order limits and price increases. It’s gotten so crazy out there in wing land that the drums and flats are now being sold like seafood — market price — to keep up with a changing market where prices are fluctuating.
“Yes, supply is somewhat tight, but the sky certainly isn’t falling,” a chicken industry insider told USA TODAY last week. “Chicken producers are doing everything they can to overcome the devastating impact of Mother Nature when she inflicted the once-in-a-lifetime winter storm on Texas and nearby states – major chicken producing regions.”
This shall pass, but should serve as a lesson to never get caught without a stockpile of drums from Costco and a Chick-fil-A sauce rotation that can get you through the dark times. Normally hoarding is just a selfish act, but these are unprecedented times and you don’t want to get caught with five nuggs and no sauce. Think about that the next time you’re throwing away unopened packs of that fil-A gold.
Me walking out of Chick-fil-a with 250 Polynesians pic.twitter.com/3yWhFipOlb
— Gary Sheffield Jr. (@GarysheffieldJr) May 12, 2021
No gas shortage bro fake news just filled up no lines no panic in the AZ anyway always trying to start a fear panic about everything these days ain’t buying what your trying to sell
AZ isn’t the southeast.
There’s most certainly shortages from all the panic buying. I personally in FL had to wait for gas to actually show up at close by stations when my gas light came on. If there’s no gas is that not a shortage, even if it’s temporary? And tell that to the states that have 50% shortages. The media is the one pushing that there ISN’T a shortage because they think it makes the fake president look bad.
Your right guys my bad hope it gets back up and running soon
Because the pipeline that is locked down runs between Texas up towards New Jersey. It doesn’t service AZ. I live in Texas so I don’t have it as bad as someone who lives in Mississippi or South Carolina or whatever, but gas is most definitely a problem.
I haven’t gone to Chik-fil-a in years now. It’s not that I have any sort of objection to the place, and I do love a tasty chicken sandwich and great customer service, but the drive through line is always wrapped around the whole place and I just don’t want to wait that long.
Agreed. I’m not waiting 30 minutes to get a fast food sandwich. Also if you order a spicy chicken sandwich you get a piece of chicken and bread. That’s it. If you want lettuce, tomatoes and cheese you have pay $2 extra to get the “deluxe” chicken sandwich.
They keep the lines moving, at least here in California. The two places with the longest lines, Chik-fil-a and In-n-Out, have the fastest lines, best customer service in the fast food industry.
Well this may be the time to go if nobody has any gas!