The crispy chicken craze is causing a US poultry shortage

From crispy chicken sandwiches to tenders and wings, the United States’ growing appetite for fried chicken is leading to poultry shortages.

The popularity of chicken – from sandwiches and tenders to nuggets and wings – is fueling such demand for fried poultry that America is starting to run short. KFC says it’s struggling to keep up with soaring demand for its new sandwich, while North Carolina-based chicken-and biscuits-chain Bojangles reported outages of tenders across its 750 locations. “We’re experiencing a system-wide shortage. But they will be back soon,” Bojangles’ corporate Twitter account wrote earlier this week in response to a customer frustrated by being unable to find the company’s chicken tenders.