Bird flu and egg shortages hits McDonald's breakfasts in Australia

Bird flu hits McDonald's breakfasts in Australia Good luck getting a late-morning McMuffin in Australia. Reuters Reuters

McDonald's (MCD.N), opens new tab has cut breakfast service timings by 1-1/2 hours, the company said, after a shortage of eggs caused by bird flu outbreaks that have led to the slaughter of about 1.5 million chickens. ...

Australia is battling outbreaks of several strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza that have struck 11 poultry facilities, most of them egg farms, in its southeast since May.

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