McDonald's runs out of milkshakes in England, Scotland and Wales

[Nick]

Out of the 100K shortage of drivers in the U.K. it is acknowledged that there were 60K shortage for years leading up to COVID. It is also reported that the rest of Europe is suffering just as much.

[Nick]

You missed out the Brexit factor in the shortage of lorry drivers.

The BBC just casually threw Brexit in at the end of a paragraph even though the whole article points to the Pandemic being the issue.

[Sheepy]

KFC learned the hard way that the "premium" price they paid to an experienced supplier for just in time delivery was rather more than the sum a less capable logistics operator with zero knowledge of making deliveries to the sector wanted for a damn good reason


After several months of closed doors they put an advert in the tabloids with the Colonel and the TLA "FCK" with comment "a chicken restaurant without supplies if chicken; it's not ideal"


For years they've enjoyed cheap EU labour.


Payback time

Just a thought, but imagine if instead of chasing Blair and crew around the globe empire building which was doomed to failure and sending lorries loads of cash to the EU for the same reason while selling off what was left of manufacturing to China we had invested in our own infrastructure. Stupid thought I know.

[papasmurf]

So perhaps we should prepare for a year of shortages and rising prices...

Already happening and will be a lot worse after January the 1st 2022.

[papasmurf]

Together with Nandos chicken shortages and lack of sparkling water, this presages dire times ahead. 

Container and shipping constraints are causing disruption to global shipping supply chains. The surge in exports from China to the Wast has left many containers out of position, resulting in queues of ships out side ports and soaring freight rates. 
https://www.ft.com/content/71818164-9f74-48ad-af10-88c3acf30190 

Shipping costs have risen sharply and fierce competition for ocean freight capacity is the new normal. With new capacity only slowly coming onstream, freight rates are expected to continue to reach new highs this year and will remain above their pre-pandemic levels in the longer term. 
https://think.ing.com/articles/the-rise-and-rise-of-global-shipping-costs

So perhaps we should prepare for a year of shortages and rising prices...

You missed out the Brexit factor in the shortage of lorry drivers.

[johnofgwent]

KFC learned the hard way that the "premium" price they paid to an experienced supplier for just in time delivery was rather more than the sum a less capable logistics operator with zero knowledge of making deliveries to the sector wanted for a damn good reason


After several months of closed doors they put an advert in the tabloids with the Colonel and the TLA "FCK" with comment "a chicken restaurant without supplies if chicken; it's not ideal"


For years they've enjoyed cheap EU labour.


Payback time

[patman post]

Together with Nandos chicken shortages and lack of sparkling water, this presages dire times ahead. 

Container and shipping constraints are causing disruption to global shipping supply chains. The surge in exports from China to the Wast has left many containers out of position, resulting in queues of ships out side ports and soaring freight rates. 
https://www.ft.com/content/71818164-9f74-48ad-af10-88c3acf30190 

Shipping costs have risen sharply and fierce competition for ocean freight capacity is the new normal. With new capacity only slowly coming onstream, freight rates are expected to continue to reach new highs this year and will remain above their pre-pandemic levels in the longer term. 
https://think.ing.com/articles/the-rise-and-rise-of-global-shipping-costs

So perhaps we should prepare for a year of shortages and rising prices...

[papasmurf]

No shortages?  Really?

More at link:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58315152

McDonald's runs out of milkshakes in England, Scotland and Wales
Published2 hours ago

McDonald's has run out of milkshakes and some bottled drinks at restaurants in England, Scotland and Wales.

The fast-food chain said it was facing supply chain issues affecting the availability of some products at its 1,250 outlets.

McDonald's did not specify the reason, but there have been widespread reports of food and drink shortages due to a lack of HGV lorry drivers.

Last week, Nando's closed some outlets after running out of chicken.

A McDonald's spokesman said: "Like most retailers, we are currently experiencing some supply chain issues, impacting the availability of a small number of products.

"Bottled drinks and milkshakes are temporarily unavailable in restaurants across England, Scotland and Wales."