Saw a sign today at Wendy's.

[Plastic]

Yah, yah I know fast food bleh etc... But this was interesting, and a bit unsettling.

Went to South Bend Indiana to buy some pear trees I had to order for the mini orchard that I am building. (By the way, there seems to be a fruit tree shortage these days as mine are not special in any way other than the fact they were delivered all the way from oklahoma which is downright weird.......)

Anyway, I saw this sign at Wendy's and it read something like this. (due to the record cold in Florida and other southern states there is a shortage of tomatoes and they will not be included in our products until further notice unless specifically requested.)

Sounds like we have a new crisis, the great American tomato shortage.

Dunno about anyone else, but I have tomatoes in my makeshift greenhouse waiting until later this month to transplant. 100 yummy, delicious, brandywine heirlooms.

Thought you might like the heads up incase you wanna stock up on pasta sauce.

[k-os]

My dad told me he saw that sign at Wendy's too (in Florida). I don't have a problem finding tomatoes at the Latin market that I go to.

[Twisted Titan]

Heirloom seeds???........


T

[Low Pan]

have seen this sign on the Wendy's here in the MidWest for the past 2mo's. The one by my work is actually faded from the sun now.

[Ponce]

The same for "Burger King".........remember in CA where they would give you water at a restaurant only if you were to ask for it?

[Plastic]

Heirloom seeds???........


T



Always. :)

[Libertarian_Guard]

Did you happen to notice if the price of orange juice went up?

This would confirm that the Florida freeze did in fact happen.

[k-os]

Oh, it happened. It was cold! Brrrrrrrr.

A cold snap will actually make oranges sweeter, if it doesn't kill them.

[1970 Silver Art]

I am not worried about the tomato shortage. If there was a shortage of orange juice, then that is a real crisis. ;D

Yeah the price of orange juice did go up some at Walmart. Bummer. I can live with that as long as there is no shortage of orange juice. ;D

[steveoc]

Excuse my ignorance, but isn't Wendys an Ice-Cream franchise ?

"Ill have a double sugar cone vanilla, with chocolate sprinkles, and a tomato on top thanks"

??????????

[ximmy]

No shortage of tomatoes here.. orange juice has always been expensive..

[sirgonzo420]

Excuse my ignorance, but isn't Wendys an Ice-Cream franchise ?

"Ill have a double sugar cone vanilla, with chocolate sprinkles, and a tomato on top thanks"

??????????


Wendy's is a fast-food chain similar to a McDonald's.

Perhaps you are thinking of Dairy Queen... but even Dairy Queen sells club sandwiches, hamburgers, chili dogs, and other miscellaneous non-ice-cream items.

[willie pete]

Plenty of tomatoes, I picked these today from the field, $1.50 lb

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8480/0000157.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/i/0000157.jpg/)

[Ash_Williams]

I saw that years ago. I guess it's back.

[JohnQPublic]

Well, it beats....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebfLWAB8bY4&feature=related

[Grand Master Melon]

They've had that sign up for a couple of months at the Wendy's by my house but yet they're putting tomatos on the burgers.

The sign I find more interesting is the "North American Beef" sign and we know that there's not a lot of beef in Canada coming here so we can safely bet that the beef is Mexican in origin. Funny stuff.