Wetherspoons has banned customers from bringing their own salt to pubs as the chain experiences shortages.
Punters up and down the country have noticed a lack of salt over the past couple of weeks - but a spokesperson has said customers can't bring their own to dinner.
When asked if people could bring some from home to the pub, a spokesperson told Cornwall Live : “There is a shortage in most pubs – not sure regarding Cornwall.
“Wetherspoon is working with a supplier to resolve this.
“No, people can’t bring their own into the pubs.”
Diners have taken to social media this week complaining about the lack of sachets containing the popular condiment.
The Tim Martin-founded chain reportedly blamed "supplier disruption" for the absent condiment, according to the Sun.
One Twitter user ranted that no salt at a Spoons means the "country has gone to the dogs" and another bemoaned having to eat their fish and chips "unseasoned".
The punter, at a branch in Piccadilly, Manchester, added: "I had to settle for vinegar instead. It just wasn’t the same — my chips were ruined."
A third said after one customer became outraged at a pub in Rochester, Kent, they were told "it hasn't been on the lorry for two weeks".
They then questioned: “No one could go to a local supermarket to fill up. Corporate firms huh?”
A fourth person said their brother had spotted a sign outside his local Wetherspoons also informing people there was no salt.
It comes after firm chiefs said they were looking for new providers for certain food products in August.
And last month ran out of certain types of beer - confirming a nationwide shortage due to a lack of delivery staff fuelled by Britain's withdrawal from the EU.
The pub chain was forced to issue a public apology after admitting a number of its 837 outlets had run short of popular brands, including Carling, Coors and Heineken.
The shortage was linked to both a 90,000 shortfall in lorry drivers triggered by Brexit and industrial action.
Mirror.co.uk has contacted Wetherspoons for further comment.
