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        <title><![CDATA[‘Where’s the beef?’: Wendy’s running out of burgers amid meat shortage]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Burger lovers have a burning question for Wendy&#8217;s amid nationwide meat shortages: &#8220;Where&#8217;s the beef?&#8221;</p><p>Hamburgers have disappeared from some of the fast-food chain&#8217;s restaurants as the coronavirus crisis roils the country&#8217;s meat supply.</p><p>Some Wendy&#8217;s locations <a href="https://twitter.com/amberlyno/status/1257422787234402304" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">posted</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/stephgrant96/status/1257103121660157953" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">signs</a> warning that their signature &#8220;fresh, never frozen&#8221; beef was not available, <a href="https://twitter.com/simonshaykhet/status/1257470555143446528" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">photos show</a>. Other eateries said they were not serving burgers with two or three patties, customers said on Twitter.</p><p>The ordeal reminded some diners of the <strong>famous 1980s advertising slogan</strong> that Wendy&#8217;s conceived to boast about its juicy patties.</p><p>&#8220;I tried to get a baconator today, but they said they were out of burgers because there&#8217;s a beef shortage. So I gotta ask&#8230; Where&#8217;s the beef?&#8221; Jenny Tokumei <a href="https://twitter.com/luccaskunk/status/1257498886232563715" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted</a> Monday night.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;d heard that the crisis was affecting the meat supply, but what just brought it home was going to Wendy&#8217;s and being told that they no longer serve double and triple burgers,&#8221; another Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/brouhaha/status/1256799209044373506">wrote</a>.</p><p>Wendy&#8217;s acknowledged that certain menu items &#8220;may be temporarily limited&#8221; at some restaurants amid the meat shortage, though it&#8217;s uncertain how many of its roughly 5,800 US eateries have been affected. The Ohio-based company said it is still supplying hamburgers to all of its restaurants with two to three weekly deliveries.</p><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Wendys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Wendys</a> the store in Blythewood SC has no burgers. What’s up? <strong>pic.twitter.com/qCrmeItXoS</strong></p><p>&mdash; Stephanie (@stephgrant96) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephgrant96/status/1257103121660157953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p>&#8220;We’re working diligently to minimize the impact to our customers and restaurants, and continue to work with our supplier partners to monitor this closely,&#8221; Wendy&#8217;s said in a statement.</p><p>Wendy&#8217;s is the latest big company to <strong>warn of meat shortages</strong> after the coronavirus forced major US processing plants to shut down. Costco is limiting customers to three packages of meat apiece, while Kroger has alerted shoppers to limited inventory &#8220;due to high demand.&#8221;</p><p>The shortage is <strong>expected to worsen this month</strong> despite President Trump&#8217;s executive order last week forcing processing plants to reopen, The Post has reported.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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