Nandos closed...

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...McDonald’s out of milkshake, empty supermarket shelves and Iceland cancelling Christmas.

What’s next? No turkeys available for Christmas?

I can’t be the only one seeing this? Are PC parts back to normal now?
 
Are we going to go this overboard every time some fast food shop runs out of a random product.

Had about large family shop 6 deliveries in the past month due to school holidays, maybe 1 or two items substituted in each if at all, but nothing out of the ordinary apart from one time I got dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate choc ices. :(

If starting a thread on OCUK is your idea of going overboard perhaps you need to step away from the Internet.

Seemingly you think it’s normal? Those closed shops employ real people. Perhaps their pay cheque will replaced by a note saying ‘don’t go overboard, just some missing chicken’...
 
I don't just mean some random Brexit obsessed person starting a thread on Overclockers, I mean Twitter, I mean the media. Even CNN were reporting on it - bloody milkshakes out of stock at a fast food place!

KFC shut down a year or two ago when they had logistic issues, these things happen.

These things happen, lol.
 
They can be indicative of underlying problems, though. They show the fragility of modern society, its dependence on constant global just in time everything. They're not important in themselves, but they're a symptom. When localised, they can also affect the image of a country and that matters (more than it should) in international trade and politics.

Ah, some sense. I guess the thoughts will go over the head of the person you quoted who seemingly lives on social media and gets all their news there.

Quite how shortages in normal every items can be seen as just ‘one of those things’ is comical.

It’ll be interesting to see how ‘bad’ it gets. I guess people don’t care until it impacts them. NIMBYs.
 
It is "just one of those things", having plentiful & cheap supplies of everything you could possibly need, available right on your doorstep or a couple of clicks away is a relatively modern luxury

When was the last time it happened at this scale (still unfolding) in the last 20 years?

It’s unprecedented, it’s not one of those things.

Supermarkets have existed for decades, they’re not a modern luxury. In fact, having had a quick look the earlier supermarkets were founded in the 1930s? Hardly modern. Yes, I know, that’s not your exact point but I’m just highlighting this.

Now before the usual hyperoboles come along again, I’m not saying it’s the end of the world, I’m just wondering to what extent it will unfold.
 
lol buy a bbq .. grill your chicken save £££££££ just a few erbs and spices :)

So you’re going to carry your BBQ and chicken with you everywhere you go? Using that logic I guess you never eat out. I do agree that Nando’s is over priced and over rated but that doesn’t mean people should be laughing at others who can’t work due to shortages.
 
Maybe not unprecedented, but it's hardly unexpected, given the circumstances;

We've just left the largest trading bloc in the world, coupled with a worldwide pandemic which has impacted trade, travel and production across every industry. Either of those events would have had an impact, but with both together, it would be more surprising if there weren't consequences!



Maybe try it before slagging it off? It's pretty clear from this post you've never had (or even seen?) Nando's food, so TBH you're just making yourself look like an idiot at this point :D

While I agree that both are overpriced (let's be honest, what restaurant isn't), Nando's is far superior to KFC!



Absolutely this, healthier, tastier, better quality, and cheaper :)

So you actually agree that it isn’t just one of those things. The things you mentioned are unprecedented. Anyway the OP doesn’t mention the cause, only the impact and consideration of things to come.
 
Annoys me when the media and companies blame Brexit for shortages of lorry drivers and low stock on the shelves. Have relatives in France and a friend’s parents living in Portugal, both experiencing similar things.

You can’t blame Brexit for this

There are multiple factors, if you want to talk about Brexit do it in the Brexit thread else the powers that be will close this thread.
 
Some of the drivers we've had in have said the supermarkets are having trouble with moving chilled goods and other perishables in a timely fashion, one was claiming (no idea if true) he was paid £1000 just to pull an extra shift to run several lorry loads of them which otherwise would have to be disposed of due to a lack of drivers and backlog building up in storing them.

Would say that £1000 extra per shift is just a case of ‘these things happen’?

From what you see, is the problem getting worse? I see that Tesco and Co-Op are now stating there will be more shortages.
 
yes i eat outish most nights .. as most nights i bbq .. but plz tell me when i laughed at those out of work ? and seeing as there is a great lack of people in the trade .. i'm sure they won't be out of work long .. even i changed jobs 2 months ago (chef) for a hell of a lot more money ..as feeding the suits atm is very profitable ...

You take a bbq out with you to eat most nights? How does that work? Apologies if it looked as though I said you were laughing, it was another poster who was.
 
It’s not just Nando’s...


Trade body the National Pig Association (NPA) said some abattoirs were running 25% below usual capacity.

"If the government doesn't do something soon there will be a lot of perfectly healthy pigs on farms that will have to be destroyed," said Zoe Davies, chief executive of the NPA.

Each week, the number of excess pigs is growing by 15,000, the NPA said.
 
They have no Carling and Coors, only about another 10 beers at least on tap to choose from, that thankfully aren't Carling or Coors. Is this really going to happen when a particular product isn't available somewhere that we'll hear about it here every time?

Unprecedented things are often reported in the news. Nobody is asking you to read the thread or check the news.
 
I hate to tell you this, but pubs running out of a certain lager isn't unprecedented. A friend of mine has worked for Heineken for a couple of decades (via Courage, Scottish and Newcastle and then Heineken), and it happens more often than you think. People/the media weren't so obsessed by a couple of crap lagers being out of stock previously though.

Still here then?
 
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