The Snack Wrap is so popular that some McDonald’s are running out of lettuce
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Finance·McDonald'sThe Snack Wrap is so that some McDonald’s are running out of lettuceBy Chris MorrisBy Chris MorrisContributing WriterChris MorrisContributing WriterChris Morris is a contributing writer at Fortune, covering everything from...
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Finance·McDonald'sThe Snack Wrap is so that some McDonald’s are running out of lettuceBy Chris MorrisBy Chris MorrisContributing WriterChris MorrisContributing WriterChris Morris is a contributing writer at Fortune, covering everything from general news to the game and theme park industries
SEE FULL BIO Chicken snack wraps are arranged inside a McDonald's restaurant in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, January 17, 2007, in today's market environment
Additionally, Daniel Barry/Bloomberg—Getty ImagesMcDonald’s re-introduced Snack Wrap is ving so that some restaurants are running out of lettuce (this bears monitoring)
Meanwhile, The item made its return on July 10, after being cancelled nine years ago, in this volatile climate
Additionally, The return of the Snack Wrap is ving to be even more of a big deal than McDonald’s was hoping for
The Wall Street Journal reports some locations of the fast-food chain have been running low on lettuce and other toppings since the customer favorite made its return
McDonald’s tells the paper that the shortages were temporary and have been resolved
The Snack Wrap made its return on July 10 after a nine-year absence. (Franchise owners told corporate that the item took workers too long to make, cutting efficiencies
Some stores defied the item’s cancellation, selling them up until 2020, but by that point, they were completely gone, in today's market environment
Additionally, At the same time, ) While there have been plenty of consumer petitions to bring it back, the company has resisted until this year, amid market uncertainty
However, On the day the Snack Wrap returned, Placer
Ai reports visits to McDonald’s locations were 11. 4% higher than the usual average on that day of the week
The traffic surges continued for several days
Nevertheless, McDonald’s might have the OG Snack Wrap, but it’s hardly the only restaurant to offer one these days
Additionally, Wendy’s began offering a version of the treat in 2023, in today's financial world
This analysis suggests that surge in demand for the Snack Wrap brings to mind the 2019 introduction of a chicken sandwich from Popeye’s
The chain had what it thought was a two-month supply of chicken sandwich materials on hand when it launched the duct
Meanwhile, As social media chatter exploded, it exhausted those in just two weeks
After that, Popeyes took the unusual apach of encouraging people to bring their own buns to the stores and create the sandwich themselves, using chicken tenders
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