KFC UK Now Dealing With Gravy Shortage After Fixing Their Chicken Shortage Problem
What the fuck is going on with KFC UK lately? First, they run out of chicken and hundreds of stores have to close. Just as that mess gets sorted out, they’re hit with a gravy shortage.
KFC now facing gravy shortage – just days after running out of chicken https://t.co/3Y4p2JIi1e pic.twitter.com/3j4NThEqSO
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 28, 2018
As the Colonel’s UK locations reopened following the poultry crisis, BBC reports that the KFC gravy shortage has forced many spots to serve limited menu as they recoup the sauce loss.
This is all happening as KFC has recently moved to a new supplier for the UK that’s been unable to keep up with the demand necessary to operate 900 stores at once. While those issues appeared to have been resolved in regards to the chicken, the gravy crisis shows that there’s still a few kinks to work out.
When Twitter learned of the shortage, users were less than pleased, to say the least.
WHAT IS GOING ON
KFC faces gravy shortage days after chicken crisis https://t.co/YzftOHToCt
— Brit Devine (@brit_devine) February 28, 2018
what the fuck are @KFC_UKI playing at?? HEARTBROKEN💔 pic.twitter.com/ZuKyAt4EnN
— Lauren Knightley (@laurenjk_) February 26, 2018
This is worse than the chicken shortage https://t.co/MQBm4KfJVf
— Rosie (@dreamingofdash) February 28, 2018
KFC is working to get their latest issue resolved, though, and issued out a statement saying they’re working on bringing the gravy back ASAP. “We’re working as hard as we can to get this sorted out. We know that our gravy is a big favourite!” a spokesperson told the BBC.
Interestingly, this same statement was given to a user on Twitter by KFC UK’s Twitter account, but the tweet has apparently since been deleted and replaced with a GIF response.
No, Lauren. Please forgive us😔 pic.twitter.com/Ly7zOdyhtn
— KFC UK & Ireland (@KFC_UKI) February 27, 2018
