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KFC branches close after national chicken shortage

Postby dutchman » Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:31 pm

Hundreds of branches across the UK have been affected

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KFC has been forced to close at least one of its Coventry restaurants - after a chicken shortage.

The fast food chain has been forced to close a raft of stores after a new delivery contract with DHL resulted in chicken shortages across the country.

And one of Coventry’s restaurants has fallen victim to the shortage.

On Monday lunchtime, a note was posted on the door in Cross Cheaping to say they were closed.

Two of the restaurants in Nuneaton have been closed since Thursday. It is unclear if they are still closed.

The company said that of those outlets that were still open, many were offering a limited menu or had cut their hours.

It gave no notice of when operations would be back to normal.

“We’ve brought a new delivery partner onboard, but they’ve had a couple of teething problems - getting fresh chicken out to 900 restaurants across the country is pretty complex!”KFC said in a statement.

“We won’t compromise on quality, so no deliveries has meant some of our restaurants are closed and others are operating a limited menu, or shortened hours,” the company added.

“We know that this might have inconvenienced some of you over the last few days, and disappointed you when you wanted your fried chicken fix - we’re really sorry about that.”

KFC was previously a client of Bidvest Logistics but has since swapped contract to enlist DHL for food deliveries.

The chicken chain gave a “shout out” to its restaurant teams, who the company said were “working flat out to get us back up and running again”.

In its own statement, DHL said: “Due to operational issues a number of deliveries in recent days have been incomplete or delayed.

“We are working with KFC and our partners to rectify the situation as a priority and apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.”

DHL announced in November that it had been appointed alongside QSL to manage the supply and distribution of food products and packaging for more than 850 KFC restaurants throughout the UK.

It said DHL would manage the physical warehouse and distribution service, with KFCadding it had specifically chosen the pair for their reputation of “innovation in logistics” across other industries.

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Re: KFC branches close after national chicken shortage

Postby rebbonk » Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:56 pm

Have they employed CCC?
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Re: KFC branches close after national chicken shortage

Postby dutchman » Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:21 pm

KFC staff caught 'sneaking chicken in' after delivery blunder closes branches

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A KFC customer caught staff appearing to smuggle chicken in through the back door of the fast food restaurant as the company's delivery problem saga continues.

A video shows two men in KFC uniforms lifting crates containing black bags out of the back of a Volvo.

The employees then sneak them through the back door of the KFC branch in Erith, south east London.

The footage has been shared as KFC restaurants across the UK have been forced to close their doors amid a nationwide delivery blunder .

But Danny Mercer, who captured the video, said he thinks workers at this branch tried to implement a back up plan.

Mr Mercer claims he was told to f*** off by employees when they saw he was filming.

He told Kent Live : "I got KFC in Erith shut down because I caught them on videos smuggling raw chicken into the back of the restaurant out of the back of a car in black bags and boxes and unrefrigerated.

"Turns out there has been a delivery problem nationwide for all KFC restaurants.

"But I guess the manager of KFC in Erith took it into his own hands to get chicken."

The Erith branch was still open when the video was taken on Saturday, at which time Mr Mercer said people were "lining up in the drive thru".

But the popular fast food chain closed late afternoon with a message to customers pinned on the door.

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Re: KFC branches close after national chicken shortage

Postby rebbonk » Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:40 pm

Oh dear, how sad, what a shame, never mind! :rolling:
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Re: KFC branches close after national chicken shortage

Postby rebbonk » Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:43 pm

KFC...

...KAN'T FIND CHICKEN
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Re: KFC branches close after national chicken shortage

Postby rebbonk » Wed Feb 21, 2018 6:39 pm

Why did the chicken cross the road ??

Because he got fed up with waiting for DHL to give him a lift!
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