My best friend and I ate leftover hibachi noodles and fried rice while we rewatched Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge -- the famous Indian film that remains in theaters 27 years after it originally appeared -- at home on Saturday.
As we were heating up our meals, he began to scrummage through the pantry and fridge to find a bottle of Sriracha and soy sauce. He screamed when he saw the Sriracha and joked, "You could sell this for hundreds of dollars right now!" He explained how he saw the condiment priced at $86 on the Walmart website.
Unfortunately, he wasn't too far off. A Sriracha shortage is making it difficult for local restaurants and stores to stock to popular spicy condiment.
At the Hong Kong Food Market near Pearland, Sriracha was priced at $8.99 per bottle and customers were limited to a box of 12, reports Bao Ong.
Huy Fong Foods, the Southern California company behind the most popular Sriracha hot sauce brand with the signature emerald green cap, blamed climate change and a drought for its dip in production, affecting the harvest of a key ingredient, red jalapeños.
Have you spotted the hot sauce at any local grocery stores? How much did it cost? Have you seen a hike in other grocery items in the area? Let me know.
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