KFC chain in crisis of chicken: Hundreds of outlets closed

NewsBharati    21-Feb-2018
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London, February 21: Fast-food chain KFC has now said that half of their restaurants are now open. KFC had said on Monday it had been forced to close hundreds of its British stores because of a shortage of chicken.

The problem arose at the weekend after the chain switched its delivery contract to DHL, forcing the majority of its 900 outlets in Britain to shut.

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

 

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

DHL blamed the delivery delays on “operational issues”.

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

But now half of the problem has been resolved and half of the restaurants are now open to the public.

According to an official tweet KFC says “Good news, over half of our restaurants are now back open! Our teams are working flat out to open the rest. Equilibrium will soon be restored.”