Popular restaurant chain Nando's has shut several outlets after reportedly running out of food with other branches forced to open with reduced hours.
The restaurant group, renowned for its spicy peri-peri chicken, said the problem was issues with its suppliers, reports the Mirror reports.
A Nando's spokesperson said: "The UK food industry has been experiencing disruption across its supply chain in recent weeks due to staff shortages, and a number of our restaurants have been impacted.
"However, we can confirm that from today Nando’s will be lending seventy of our brilliant team members to support our key suppliers – working in partnership to help get things moving again."
The spokesperson added this should have "a positive impact on the affected restaurants very soon".
Another tweet added: "The UK supply chain is having a bit of a ‘mare right now. This is having a knock-on effect with some of our restaurants across England, Scotland and Wales. Not ideal, we know. We are doing everything we can to get the PERi-PERi back where it belongs – on your plates.
The Mirror found the following Nando's stores are currently shut:
- Leicester
- Dudley
- Hornchurch, Essex
- Basildon, Essex
- Sevenoaks, Kent
- Chiswick, London
- Bethnal Green, London
- Park Royal, London
- Kensington, London
- Hove, East Sussex
- Swindon, Wiltshire
- Manchester, Arndale branch
- Manchester, Oxford Road branch
- Manchester, White City branch
- Cardiff, Wales
The firm's Twitter account confirmed branches at Braintree, Camberley, Coventry Arena, Eltham, Enfield, Shrewsbury and Telford arealso closed for a time this week.
Last week fried chicken restaurant KFC warned customers that there may be food shortages in some of its restaurants following weeks of "disruption".
To check if your local Nando's is open, look it up on the restaurant's website.
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