Sriracha is hard to find thanks to drought in Mexico, and eBay prices are wild

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Sriracha is hard to find thanks to drought in Mexico, and eBay prices are wild
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Ray Goei of Arcadia isn’t worried about sriracha scarcity. He has a big bottle and says ‘What shortage?’ How about you?

The Great Sriracha Panic of 2022 has dipped to a medium spice level of resignation among diehard fans, even as the condiment’s most famous producer reports there is no relief in sight.announced that a continuing drought in Mexico had decimated the supply of red jalapeno peppers needed to make the iconic hot chili sauce. The year before, the company had warned of an impending severe red pepper shortage because of weather conditions.

Because Huy Fong only sells directly to retailers, they couldn’t tell panicked fans when the green-topped, rooster-emblazoned bottles would reappear on store shelves. They did promise they were “working on trying to avoid future shortages.

“All of these big companies are in leadership silos,” he said. “Production directors want to get involved, but this hasn’t gotten directly to company CFOs or CEOs yet.” In San Francisco, staff at the Filipino fusion restaurant Señor Sisig reported thefts of the hot sauce in two of its locations, according to the news website SFGate.

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