America is running low on chicken. Blame covid-19, a sandwich craze and huge appetite for wings
America is running low on chicken. Blame covid-19, a sandwich craze and huge appetite for wings. Reis Thebault © Eric Gay/AP Randy Estrada holds up his Popeyes chicken sandwich, shortly after the fast food chain introduced the menu item in 2019, which The Washington Post dubbed the Year of the Chicken Sandwich. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) It’s not like we weren’t warned. The doomsayers predicted this months ago: “A MASSIVE CHICKEN WING SHORTAGE IS BREWING,” blared the headline of one trade publication in early February. Popular Searches Bloomberg News, on Thursday: “...