One of the nations largest fast food restaurants Wendy’s is suffering from a beef shortage. over 1000 Wendy’s locations near 20 percent can not offer hamburgers due to the Coronavirus and meat processing plants being shut down. Stock in the company dropped shortly on Wednseday. Wendy’s has an estimated value at over 4 Billion Dollars. Some of the states effected are Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and New York locations.
Press Release from Wendy’s
“Some of our menu items may be in short supply from time to time at some restaurants in this current environment. We continue to supply hamburgers to all of our restaurants, with deliveries two or three times a week. We’re working diligently to minimize the impact to our customers and restaurants, and continue to work with our supplier partners to monitor this closely.”