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Friday, May 9, 2003
Pringles plant shut down by tornado; 6-week supply remains
Once you pop you can't stop, Pringles' slogan cautions.
Well, you may have to.
The tornado that ripped through Jackson, Tenn., Sunday shut down the Pringles plant there -- the only one in North America -- and Procter & Gamble has temporarily suspended all U.S. distribution of the snack food.
There's an estimated six-week supply of Pringles already in stores or en route. But if you get the munchies, you might want to stock up.
Procter & Gamble doesn't know when it will start shipping the chips again and, according to the company, people sure do eat a lot of them: 275 million a day.
The only other plant that makes Pringles, which are named after a street in Ohio, is just outside Brussels, Belgium.
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