Buffalo Wing Shortage May Put a Damper On Super Bowl Parties

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The global financial crisis may have claimed another victim: the Buffalo wing. The city of Buffalo, NY--the birthplace of the spicy chicken wing--and other parts of Western New York appear to be in the midst of a Buffalo wing shortage. 

Local food suppliers say that the Buffalo Wings supply has dropped, causing the price of wings to skyrocket. A $50-pound supply of hot wings has increased as much as $20, a cost that restaurants may soon pass on to the customer.

The Buffalo wing shortage is being caused by two things: supplies were reduced after Pilgrim’s Pride, a huge poultry farm in Texas, filed for bankruptcy protection last month. Also, this time of the is usually when chicken wings are most in demand due largely to the holidays and the Super Bowl. Simply put, decreased supply and increased demand equals one Buffalo Wing shortage.

No word yet on the state of the nation's supply of celery and blue cheese dressing.