Taco Bell Facing A Nationwide Sour Cream Shortage

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Taco Bell uses sour cream. The fast-food chain's creamy, sour dairy product can be added to almost any item. Taco Bell may run out of sour cream soon due to a strike by a major supplier.

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Last week, New Dairy Select Milk workers in De Pere, Wis., went on strike to demand better healthcare from Borden Dairy.

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The union now fears a Taco Bell sour cream shortage due to the walkout. Teamsters Local 662 says the De Pere facility distributes sour cream to every Taco Bell east of the Rocky Mountains.

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Taco Bell consumers and supporters can sign a union petition to New Dairy Select Milk to urge better worker treatment.

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New Dairy Select Milk told multiple media sources that it offered workers "a very competitive new contract" and was "disappointed" with their walkout.

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"It is our hope that the union & our employees will reconsider our request in the days ahead so we may sign a contract and move ahead together," the statement said.

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How badly the strike affects Taco Bell is unknown. Taco Bell did not react to our questions about the strike and sour cream shortages.

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Both companies did not immediately react to our questions about how the strike would effect their sour cream supplies.

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