Burger King’s New Chicken Sandwich Delayed in Michigan Because of a Pickle Shortage!
New chicken sandwiches are launching across the country this year, but one particular fast-food chain is having trouble rolling out its latest creation in Michigan!
Burger King’s release of its new and improved chicken sandwich, which was announced in February, has been delayed in Michigan because of a pickle shortage!
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What was originally supposed to be a March 23 debut at Burger King locations now appears to be a mid-April rollout.
The new Crispy Chicken Sandwich is an upgrade to the chain’s existing offering, with a new hand-breaded chicken filet as the star of the show.
But it’s a few slices of deli pickles, which both the classic and spicy versions of the new sandwich are supposed to include, that are holding up the whole operation.
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“We have pickles for Whoppers, but these are very special bigger, crunchier, zesty pickles,” Burger King Vice President of Operations, the ironically named Jim MacDonald told the media.
He went on to explain that the problem isn’t really the pickles but rather the year-long shortage of canning jars stemming from the pandemic!
“The problem was we couldn’t get the pickles because they couldn’t get the jars during the pandemic. They couldn’t make the jars to put the pickles in… so they couldn’t make enough to get them where we needed them.”
I guess you could say that BK is in quite a pickle! Haha! We crack ourselves up!
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