The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the supply chain, leading to shortages of numerous products all over the world. McDonald's Japan is definitely feeling the pinch, with a French fry shortage ultimately affecting their operations.

In fact, the French fry shortage due to the the pandemic and a flood at a Vancouver port has caused McDonald's Japan to make the tough decision of taking away medium and large-size fries portions for combo meals starting tomorrow December 24 until the fry shortage is predicted to let up until the end of the year.

Customers of around 2,900 affected McDonald's locations in Japan will start to see a minor discount on combo meals to reflect about half of the medium size included in combo meals.