Last week, we told you that there was a shortage of French fries, with restaurants and food vendors substituting the side order with rice or even garlic bread. And the potatoes on the market are no better since this year, there was a bad crop. But today the Minister of Agriculture promised again that soon, they'll be importing the vegetable:
Hon. Jose Mai - Minister of Agriculture
"There is a worldwide shortage of potatoes, of fries. I understand that the importer were unable to source fries but we have given import permit for fries since our potatoes crops are done, we'll be having fresh potatoes being imported shortly and we should be having fries on the market. So, it was only a temporary shortage but if you can produce all the potatoes in the country we should do it and not import any."
