Starch raving mad
Bad weather and lousy policies have made spud prices shoot up—much to the chagrin of chip crunchers and mash munchers.
Chip prices have lept amid a global potato shortage. Spuds, which cooks turn into chips and mash, are in short supply because of bad weather, war and lockdowns. As a result, the price of potatoes and their derivatives have gone up everywhere. In America, a 16oz (454g) bag of salty gut-growing…