A shortage of lettuce caused by abnormal weather patterns is disrupting supply across Korea, forcing some franchise chains to use cabbage as a temporary substitute in their burgers.
Jeju’s emerald waters are turning murky as early, heavy blooming sea lettuce and brown algae blanket its beaches, disrupting tourism and straining coastal ecosystems.
The Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation, GS The Fresh and Homeplus collaborated with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to sell lettuce at half price from Wednesday to Friday.
An employee displays lettuce at a discount supermarket in downtown Seoul on Wednesday.
A customer picks up a lettuce bundle at a traditional market in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. The price of vegetables such as lettuce and spinach soared amid frequent rain during the monsoon season.
The low supply of iceberg lettuce due to extreme weather conditions in Korea is forcing franchise restaurants to sell their foods without the leafy green, according to the food industry Tuesday.
Customers are getting lettuce-less hamburgers as vegetable prices soar due to a cold snap, and the situation is expected to continue.
Leafy greens are displayed on the refrigerated shelves of a discount store in Seoul Sunday. The continued heavy rain in Korea is pushing vegetable prices up.
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