Calbee Chips Go Gray in Japan as Middle East Turmoil Hits Supplies
TL;DR
Japanese snack maker Calbee will temporarily switch the packaging of 14 chip products to grayscale in Japan due to supply-chain disruptions linked to the Iran war and Middle East tensions; the new black-and-white bags roll out on May 25, do not affect product quality, and shoppers may need to read labels more carefully since color cues for flavors will be gone.
- Color crunch: Japan’s Calbee chip bags go monochrome as Iran war bites CNN
- Snack giant switches to black and white packaging as Iran war hits ink supplies BBC
- Potato-Chip Bags Are Going Black and White Because of the Iran War WSJ
- Iran war takes colour out of Japanese snack maker Calbee's chips packaging Reuters
- Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging The Guardian
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