The US-Israeli war on Iran is draining the colour from Japan’s supermarket shelves, with the biggest crisp makers swapping once-vibrant packaging for monochrome as a result of a shortage of ink.
Tokyo-based Calbee, one of the most popular brands in the snack market, has said it will – at least temporarily – switch to using black and white on the packaging of 14 of its products, including its Calbee Potato Chips.
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Calbee is just one of many Japanese companies attempting to minimise the fallout from the faraway war in Iran, which has triggered a global supply shock.…
