LOS ANGELES (UPI) — Heavy Midwestern rains have destroyed much of the U.S.
pumpkin crop, putting pumpkin pies in short supply on supermarket shelves, a
major supplier says.
The food giant Nestle — which controls 85 percent of the pumpkin crop used for
canning — issued a statement Tuesday apologizing for the short supply of pies
and indicating it would stop shipping the traditional holiday dessert by
Thanksgiving, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The newspaper said Nestle reported that rains wiped out much of what remained of
an already-small pumpkin crop and supermarkets reported that pumpkin pie
supplies were tight.
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