Some Brits may be unable to cry into their beers over the beverage’s reported scarcity.
A spokesperson for pub operator JD Wetherspoon, which has 872 watering holes throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, faulted supply issues for the beer shortage and apologized after some of its locations posted signs telling customers they were out of top brands.
“We are experiencing some supply problems with both Carling and Coors, which means that some pubs do not have the products available. We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience caused,” Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon said Tuesday. “We know that the brewers are trying to resolve the issue.”
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A sign posted to Twitter apparently informed pub-goers one location was “out of stock of Carling, Coors and Bud Light,” blaming supply issues stemming from a “lack of lorry drivers and strike action.”
Gershon said the strike was being conducted by delivery drivers that were acting on behalf of Heineken, which supplies 6 of the 23 beers Wetherspoon serves.
“As a result of a shortage of deliveries of Heineken, some other products ran out in some locations — for example Carling and Coors lagers,” Gershon said, according to the Telegraph, adding that the demonstration has been called off and that he hoped the issues would be resolved shortly.
Others were quick to blame Brexit, the U.K.’s 2016 referendum voting in favor of the 2020 withdrawal from the European Union, for disrupting the supply of beer and other goods, indicating the decision to leave the EU led to an understaffing of drivers.
“Brexit, a story in 3 parts,” tweeted Ross Colquhoun, a Scottish National Party strategist, who included screenshots of headlines showing Brexit-backing executives calling for increased EU migration.
?? Brexit, a story in 3 parts. pic.twitter.com/wvNeTfwnRK
— Ross Colquhoun (@rosscolquhoun) September 1, 2021
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The fast food industry also experienced shortages of supplies, with McDonald’s restaurants in the U.K. recently exhausting their stocks of milkshakes and bottled drinks, while fast food chains Nando’s and KFC declared chicken shortages.
“The fact that it’s happened should take nobody by surprise,” food and Brexit critic Jay Rayner said of the shortages.
