cDonald’s Restaurant U.K Unserviceable milkshake After the Hamburg chain suffered supply chain problems.
The fast food giant also ran out of bottles drinks Approximately 1,250 locations in the UK.
A McDonald’s spokesperson said that employees “are working hard to return the food to the menu as soon as possible”.
A spokesperson told Independence: “Like most retailers, we are currently experiencing some supply chain issues that affect the supply of a small number of products. Restaurants in England, Scotland and Wales do not provide bottled drinks and milkshakes for the time being.
“We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you, and thank our customers for their patience.”
This is the latest company to be hit by supply issues, which are believed to be due to a shortage of truck drivers due to new EU immigration rules and Covid restrictions.
Lobby groups in the retail and transportation industries have written to the Secretary of Commerce Kwasi Kwarteng, issuing a severe warning about the shortage of truck drivers in the UK and the chain reaction of the supply chain.
They want to review plans not to issue temporary work visas to EU drivers.
The British Logistics and British Retail Consortium, which represents freight companies, said that the root cause of the problem is the lack of about 90,000 heavy truck drivers.
The organization stated that the shortage “puts increasingly unsustainable pressure on retailers and their supply chains.”
They added: “Although there was a shortage of heavy truck drivers before the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, these two incidents exacerbated the situation.
“The pandemic stopped more than 12 months of driving training and testing, and an estimated 25,000 EU drivers returned home during the pandemic and after the transition period.”
