Japan Is Losing Its Colors: Calbee Strips 14 Snack Packs to Black-and-White as Middle East Crisis Hits the Snack Aisle
Calbee is switching 14 of its flagship snacks — including Potato Chips Lightly Salted, Consomme Punch, and Kappa Ebisen shrimp chips — to monochrome 'petroleum-saving packages' from May 25. The cause: ink shortages triggered by the Hormuz Strait crisis. A symbolic case of geopolitical risk reaching Japan's shelves, compared with parallel moves at Lindt, Lamb Weston and Smithfield Foods.