McDonald’s rents a freighter to solve the shortage of French fries in Japan
Flexport, a third-party logistics provider, has chartered three Boeing 747s and rushed potatoes to Japan, where French fries are scarce due to delays in sea transportation at McDonald’s stores.
Last week the fast food chain said it was using air freight to avoid import delays, but did not provide details. On Wednesday, Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen posted on Twitter that the company was McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) By arranging an emergency airlift for Spad from North America.
McDonald’s Japan division of medium-sized and large French fries in Japan due to delays in loading vessels at Vancouver Port, where freight rail and truck traffic was significantly reduced after floods and landslides in British Columbia. He said he would temporarily limit sales. Mid-November. CN and the Canadian Pacific Railway have reopened railroads servicing the port, but they are not at full capacity and certain highways remain flush.
At some point earlier this month, Vancouver port authorities reported that 60 vessels, including nine container vessels, were awaiting mooring.
A flexport spokesman refused to provide details on arrangements for transporting potatoes for McDonald’s. Bloomberg first reported that Flexport was involved in arranging McDonald’s air transportation.
According to the restaurant, small size french fries are still available.
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