Iceberg Lettuce Shortage 2024. The lettuce shortage is adding insult to injury, as rising costs across the board have already put a pinch on restaurants. A ustralia’s facing a lettuce shortage that’s led to soaring prices and even spurred fast food giant kfc to put cabbage in its burgers.

A ustralia’s facing a lettuce shortage that’s led to soaring prices and even spurred fast food giant kfc to put cabbage in its burgers. Why lettuce and other vegetables are so expensive or not on shelves.