Belgians Being Asked to Eat French Fries Twice a Week to Offset Potato Surplus

Ummm can we help?!

Belgians are legitimately being asked to up their intake of french fries and potatoes all together. Due to lockdown, there is roughly 860,000 tons of potatoes they need to go through or they will go bad! Which is about $136 million worth…

Belgium’s potato producers are firing up a familiar rivalry over french fries and encouraging consumers to up their pomme frites intake at home as restaurant closures dip into sales.https://t.co/mDZOj0FiSC

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) April 28, 2020