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Coles has introduced in limits on the sale of frozen potato chips due to a nationwide provide scarcity.
Prospects shall be briefly restricted to 2 objects.
“This may assist to keep up availability for all clients,” the grocery store mentioned in a press release on Friday.
“Thanks in your persistence, we apologize for any inconvenience induced.”
Potato farmer Rod Guthrie, from Clarkes Hill in central Victoria, mentioned moist summers had taken a large toll.
“It began again in January after we obtained the floods, it worn out plenty of potato crops and the tonnage was closely down for this yr,” he instructed 3AW radio.
“It has been a particularly laborious yr, the tonnages have been down and it has been a chilly and moist winter too, which does not assist.”
Mr Guthrie mentioned potato farmers in Victoria, NSW and Queensland had yielded about half their typical crops.
He warned the shortages might impression cafes and eating places in addition to supermarkets.
“The availability just isn’t there, it isn’t going to be on the cabinets and at eating places and I might say by January there shall be no provide round, hardly.
“The crops are down and we’re again to about half of the standard tonnage.”
Woolworths has not imposed any product limits.
