DStv Channel 403 Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Blackouts cut options for chicken portions

JOHANNESBURG - There is a shortage of smaller-sized chicken portions, thanks to power cuts.

That’s the word from the country’s largest poultry producer, Astral Foods.

READ: SA's electricity crisis | Millions of chickens culled 

There are fears that the fast food restaurant sector will feel the pinch amid continuing blackouts.

Astral says chicken houses are full of birds that cannot be slaughtered due to electricity outages.

It says as they wait in line, the chickens are getting heavier.

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