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Levi Winchester

List of beers that are in low supply at Wetherspoons pubs due to driver shortage

Wetherspoon has become the latest victim of the HGV driver shortage and is running in low supply of some beers.

The pub chain apologised on Wednesday after admitting a number of its 837 outlets had run short of popular brands.

The issue is being caused by a huge shortage of lorry drivers, while Wetherspoon is also blaming industrial action.

Wetherspoon’s spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “We apologise to our customers for any inconvenience caused. We know that the brewers are trying to resolve the issue.”

So which beers are in short supply? We take a look.

Have you noticed shortages in your local Wetherspoon? Let us know: mirror.money.saving@mirror.co.uk

Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin in one of his boozers (PA)

Which beers have run out in some Wetherspoons?

Coors and Carling are the beers that have been highlighted by Wetherspoon as ones that may be unavailable in some of its pubs.

Mr Gershon said: “We are experiencing some supply problems with both Carling and Coors, which means that some pubs do not have the products available.“

Spoons hasn’t revealed a full list of which of its pubs are facing shortages, or how many roughly are being affected.

However, we've pulled out a list of ten places which we spotted had run out of these beers on the Wetherspoon app this morning.

A sign in one Wetherspoon, tweeted by one customer, also said it had run out of Bud Light.

The sign read: "No Carling, Coors, Bud Light. We regret to inform you that we are out of stock of Carling, Coors and Bud Light.

"Due to supply issues regards to lack of lorry drivers and strike action which are out of our control."

This sign was posted in one Wetherspoon pub (/twitter.com/EveryCountry)

Wetherspoon said it had initially run short of products supplied by Heineken, which provides six of its 23 draught beers, as a result of driver industrial action.

Despite the strikes being called off, the pub chain said shortages had put pressure on other beer brands.

The Heineken strike was centred around a row over pay and conditions for drivers.

Molson Coors, which owns Carling and Coors, said: "Like many in our great British brewing and pub sector, we have been hit by the HGV driver shortage.

"While overall our availability is good, there are intermittent pockets of pressure in our supply network that are unfortunately affecting a number of Wetherspoons pubs."

Heineken said: "We're working tirelessly to find solutions to delivery issues caused by considerable disruption in the haulage and logistics market.

"Pubs won't run dry - if your favourite pint isn't immediately available, there will be a tasty alternative to try."

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