Planes are being loaded with potatoes for Japan, according to a recent tweet by a U.S. freight forwarder, as the country faces potato shortages leading McDonald’s Japan to ration fries and sell them in smaller portions.
“Flexport just contracted to fly three 747 loads of potatoes to Japan to help with the French fry shortage,” Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen wrote in a Dec. 29 tweet. “We considered involving Flexport.org for this humanitarian relief operation but in the end decided that the for profit side was a better fit.”
