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Eggo Announces Nationwide Waffle Shortage
Forget the swine flu, America, we have a real crisis on our hands: A shortage of Eggo Waffles. Kellogg’s announced this week that due to production problems, waffle production in the United States won’t return to normal until mid-2010.
Quit laughing, this is serious. Blogger and stay-at-home mom Joey Resciniti told the Associated Press that she was lucky enough to find one box left at her local Walmart, and is rationing them out to her four-year-old daughter one half waffle at a time. “I told my husband that maybe I need to put them on eBay,” says Resciniti. Thinks she’s kidding? Think again.
Kellogg’s says that unprecedented flooding after a storm closed one plant until September, while another factory is undergoing repairs. With only two plants to feed a nation of hungry children, busy parents and college students, the shelves were quickly left bare. “We are working around the clock to restore Eggo store inventories to normal levels as quickly as possible,” spokeswoman Kris Charles told the Associated Press in an email.
The most important thing to remember is that we all need to stay calm. After all, doesn’t anyone remember the toilet paper shortage of 1973? Don’t spend your spare time time hovering around the frozen food aisle. Pick another brand and move on with your life, or — better yet — dust off your waffle maker and whip up a homemade batch.
Photo: www2.kelloggs.com
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5 Comments
Samsmomma commented on Nov 19 09 at 12:07 pmWhat?!? Of course I just introduced waffles to my 11 month old, and he loves them. He eats them frozen because the cold feels good on his gums.
GP commented on Nov 19 09 at 12:30 pmI like that idea for frozen waffles on the teething babies. That’s cute and clever.
Here, my husband makes us waffles on “Waffle Wednesday” and Sundays…from batter.
Career.Nanny commented on Nov 19 09 at 12:33 pmSeriously? I’m LMAO over here. Oh my goodness. Waffle shortage? Are you kidding me? There are some interesting things to read here but this? Are people really going to have trouble if they can’t have waffles?
TolaniLucia commented on Nov 19 09 at 1:17 pmMake ur own damn waffles!
e commented on Nov 19 09 at 1:32 pmSamsmomma- We did the same thing for our little teether! They worked like a charm. He really loved the mini frozen Earth’s Best.
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