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#7 | Posted by zarnon at 2024-05-15 08:44 PM
Be prepared for many more exciting climate change fueled losses we just take in stride until we cross that line to full-blown panic. If you thought the guy hoarding toilet paper during COVID was fun, just wait until we can't get food staples.
This has absolutely nothing to do with climate change or shortage of jalapeno peppers or other 'food staples.' In fact, the first and third lines in the article clearly say that "... Underwood Farms, the previous supplier of its jalapeno peppers ... now sells its own Sriracha Dragon Sauce in stores including Costco and is not having shortages."
It all has to do with a confusion of respective staff members of both companies and consequent nasty breakup of vendor-supplier business ties (supply chain) and lawsuits.
FTA: |------- What caused past Sriracha shortages?
The company goes through about 50,000 tons of chiles a year to make its Sriracha, chile-garlic sauce and a sambal oelek, Huy Fong revealed in 2022.
For decades, the company got its peppers from Underwood Ranches in Ventura County, but the relationship unraveled. In 2017, Huy Fong sued the grower, which quickly filed a cross-complaint accusing the hot sauce empire of a breach of contract that the grower said had cost it more than $20 million in losses. Two years later, a Ventura County jury sided with the jalapeo farmer, awarding it $23 million.
In [one] of its last shipments to Huy Fong, Underwood Ranches delivered 100 million pounds of peppers, according to Craig Underwood, founder and owner of the Underwood farms in Ventura County. ... -------|
Just because almost everything today is blamed on climate change, sometimes the facts are very simple - this problem was caused by soured personal and business relationships and bad business decisions.
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