As the UK wakes up to the news that all of the McDonald’s restaurants in the country have run out of milkshakes, the question on everyone’s mind is “do the milkshakes at Burger King hold up?”
The company is the latest fast-food chain to be hit by supply chain issues, as news broke this morning that they cannot serve milkshakes in any of their UK restaurants.
The group said this lack of drivers has affected a small number of menu items, causing a shortage not just on milkshakes but also on some bottled drinks at its UK stores.
A spokesperson for the company said that its staff was “working hard to return these items to the menu as soon as possible”.
It seems that this latest shortage is being caused by a lack of HGV drivers, which are being caused by a mixture of new EU immigration rules as a result of Brexit as well as some Covid restrictions.
A shortfall of 100,000 drivers has been predicted by the Road Haulage Association (RHA), with other knock-on effects so far including a shortage of chicken at peri peri chain restaurant Nando’s – which caused the group to shut fifty restaurants last week and send members of its restaurant staff to help work on the supply chain to try and fix the issue.
Statements have also been issued by Co-op and KFC, both of whom have also run out of some select items.
It is now being suggested that if supply issues are not fixed, the country may see a knock-on effect at Christmas with a shortage of turkeys predicted if things do not improve.
Lobby groups have written to the government’s Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng asking for MP’s to grant new temporary work visas to EU drivers to help resolve the problem.
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