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Mick	19-02-2018 17:40

If you feel like chicken tonight....

....Be prepared that your local KFC store may be closed, is having supply issues and having to close practically every store in the UK due to delivery issues.

https://news.sky.com/story/kfc-closu...icken-11257581

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KFC has had to shut most of its restaurants across the UK and Ireland after "teething problems" with a new delivery contractor meant it ran out of chicken.

The fast food chain said it was "working flat out" to reopen stores after there were issues with deliveries on Friday and over the weekend.

Its problems appeared to have deepened on Monday as an update on its website listed just over 80 UK and Ireland restaurants, out of a total of 900, that were open at midday.

That number had grown to almost 300 later in the afternoon.

On Sunday night 270 branches were open.

A spokesman said it was "too early to say" how long it would take to reopen those that had been closed.

The chain also said that where possible, staff would be "redeployed onto alternative tasks or to other restaurants that remain open".

denphone

19-02-2018 17:46

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Don't touch the stuff as we much prefer our own cooking.

daveeb

19-02-2018 17:48

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Many years ago I popped into a KFC on New Years eve. All they had was diet coke (it was quite late) but quite how they ran out of chicken but still stayed open still amazes me. :shocked:

papa smurf

19-02-2018 17:57

Re: If you feel like chicken tonight....

They're closed around here no delivery's but there's a chicken stop around the corner .

Mr K	19-02-2018 18:00

Re: If you feel like chicken tonight....

Have a baked potato, you'll feel better and richer in many ways for it ;)

denphone

19-02-2018 18:12

Re: If you feel like chicken tonight....

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35937605)

Have a baked potato, you'll feel better and richer in many ways for it ;)

Cheese on top or tuna and mayonnaise are lovely toppings.:drool::drool:

Mick	19-02-2018 18:17

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35937606)

Cheese on top or tuna and mayonnaise are lovely toppings.:drool::drool:

Do you eat the skin too?

I do, best part, just wash, bake, smother it with butter, cheese and coleslaw. Best when it’s baked to a crunchy state.

denphone

19-02-2018 18:22

Re: If you feel like chicken tonight....

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35937609)

Do you eat the skin too?

I do, best part, just wash, bake, smother it with butter, cheese and coleslaw. Best when it’s baked to a crunchy state.

Absolutely Mick as that is my favourite part of it although some in the family don't think so.

Mick	19-02-2018 18:25

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My local KFC is shut, so I’m told.

heero_yuy

19-02-2018 18:34

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If it was actually coated and cooked on the premises they could send a YTS round to Sainsbury's to pick up a job lot of drumsticks. Tells you all you need to know why it's not good for you.

alanbjames

19-02-2018 18:43

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35937604)

They're closed around here no delivery's but there's a chicken stop around the corner .

Chicken stop? is that like a Zebra Crossing? ;)

Hugh	19-02-2018 21:23

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Originally Posted by alanbjames (Post 35937619)

Chicken stop? is that like a Zebra Crossing? ;)

Yes, but you have to ask why it wants to cross the road... :D

Qtx	19-02-2018 21:37

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KFC, you had one job....

I rarely eat KFC but there have been two times in the last 5 years I have gone in to a KFC and they have told me they have run out of chicken.

This time they changed delivery company so are blaming teething problems. Could have been worse, they could have chosen Yodel or Hermes instead of DHL :PP:

TheDaddy

20-02-2018 09:25

Re: If you feel like chicken tonight....

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35937609)

Do you eat the skin too?

I do, best part, just wash, bake, smother it with butter, cheese and coleslaw. Best when it’s baked to a crunchy state.

It's good for you to, especially if you have crohns disease

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35937656)

Yes, but you have to ask why it wants to cross the road... :D

Because the KFC was shut :shrug:

heero_yuy

20-02-2018 10:36

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Stephen

20-02-2018 10:37

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I love how the BBC article reportrs that KFC knew they had made a mistake weeks ago in switching to DHL but by then it was too late.

Ooops. My local was open at the weekend but no just eat deliveries. However it's now closed totally.

CassieJ

21-02-2018 15:57

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Ok, from now on I'll have homemade Chicken then...

techguyone

22-02-2018 09:10

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Heads will roll somewhere, it's costing KFC £!million/day allegedly, DHL are trying to run things from one centre, versus the previous ones 6 centres.

Previous ne also had to shut one of their places, causing 300 job losses.

Wonder if DHL's undercut price was really worth it.

oliver1948uk

22-02-2018 09:23

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I wonder what is happening to all the chicken that is not being delivered?

papa smurf

22-02-2018 09:24

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On the plus side this should ease the burden on the nhs heart wards .

Mr K	22-02-2018 09:27

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Originally Posted by oliver1948uk (Post 35937982)

I wonder what is happening to all the chicken that is not being delivered?

It's 'maturing' nicely in a DHL depot ! Enjoy when you finally get it ;)

techguyone

22-02-2018 09:34

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35937985)

It's 'maturing' nicely in a DHL depot ! Enjoy when you finally get it ;)

THE depot (they're only using one) bet it smells ... chickeny :D

Hugh	22-02-2018 09:47

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I can’t believe the amount of coverage this has had in the media - other fried chicken shops are available... ;)

(and Nando’s, if you’re feeling cheeky)

denphone

22-02-2018 10:00

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35937990)

I can’t believe the amount of coverage this has had in the media - other fried chicken shops are available... ;)

(and Nando’s, if you’re feeling cheeky)

Best to do it homemade then you know what is in it.:)

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35937984)

On the plus side this should ease the burden on the nhs heart wards .

l am surprised you never mentioned smokers and drinkers in the same sentence.;)

papa smurf

22-02-2018 10:11

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35937991)

Best to do it homemade then you know what is in it.:)

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l am surprised you never mentioned smokers and drinkers in the same sentence.;)

i think alcohol should carry the same type of pictures of diseased organs as tobacco products do .

Uncle Peter

22-02-2018 12:26

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35937990)

I can’t believe the amount of coverage this has had in the media - other fried chicken shops are available... ;)

(and Nando’s, if you’re feeling cheeky)

Well this story seems to have ruffled a fair few feathers and left a fowl taste in the mouths of the masses. The media is doing a sterling job keeping us abreast of the situation.

But how much longer can the company survive with such a poultry level of supply??

Mick	22-02-2018 12:31

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35937990)

I can’t believe the amount of coverage this has had in the media - other fried chicken shops are available... ;)

(and Nando’s, if you’re feeling cheeky)

Or the stories that people are phoning 999 to report their local KFC is closed. This is desperate times indeed.

papa smurf

22-02-2018 13:18

Re: If you feel like chicken tonight....

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35938014)

Or the stories that people are phoning 999 to report their local KFC is closed. This is desperate times indeed.

They said the world would end if we voted leave this is just the beginning .;)

heero_yuy

22-02-2018 13:28

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Quote from papa smurf:

They said the world would end if we voted leave this is just the beginning .;)

Just wait 'til they run out of whoppers. :D

papa smurf

22-02-2018 13:58

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35938022)

Just wait 'til they run out of whoppers. :D

If they close McDonald's my neighbor would die.

pip08456

22-02-2018 16:39

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35938026)

If they close McDonald's my neighbor would die.

You mean they'd have to learn how to cook?

papa smurf

22-02-2018 16:49

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35938045)

You mean they'd have to learn how to cook?

she gets breakfast /lunch and evening meal even drives there to get coffee or cola.

OLD BOY

25-02-2018 14:52

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35938048)

she gets breakfast /lunch and evening meal even drives there to get coffee or cola.

A big lady, huh?

heero_yuy

26-02-2018 10:57

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Quote from Devon Live:

Over 100 kilograms of packaged KFC chicken which was set to be delivered to a nearby branch was found dumped on the side of a busy Devon road in broad daylight this week.

Dean Kenny, a civil engineer who was working in area, returned from his lunch break to find five crates of KFC chicken dumped by a set of traffic lights on Alphington Road, Exeter, just minutes away from the branch in Marsh Barton.

Staggered by what he saw, Mr Kenny reported the findings to the manager of the KFC branch on Ashton Road, where he was met by the manager of the store who went to collect the chicken-filled crates.

I wonder how long that chicken had been basking on the side of the road? :erm:

papa smurf

26-02-2018 11:22

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35938539)

I wonder how long that chicken had been basking on the side of the road? :erm:

i knew they used road kill ;)

RizzyKing

27-02-2018 19:04

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We stopped eating kfc a longtime ago our local branch served anything but crispy chicken it was grease laden crap the last one we had spent nearly 40 minutes in the oven and still tasted bad. It would be nice to think the people that ate kfc a lot would have used this recent trouble to go find a better alternative but being realistic they probably just went to the next fast food joint.

Mick	28-02-2018 17:45

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An actual 999 call someone reporting an emergency because their KFC is closed...

https://news.sky.com/video/999-call-...losed-11270942

Strewth beyond strewth. :rolleyes:

OLD BOY

01-03-2018 13:25

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35938819)

We stopped eating kfc a longtime ago our local branch served anything but crispy chicken it was grease laden crap the last one we had spent nearly 40 minutes in the oven and still tasted bad. It would be nice to think the people that ate kfc a lot would have used this recent trouble to go find a better alternative

Like the nearest cake shop!

richard s

01-03-2018 19:12

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Well if they dump more KFC on the roadside it will stay frozen at least... that is if you could find it under a snow drift!

denphone

01-03-2018 19:24

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Oh dear KFC have got themselves in quite a pickle with some customers up in the air again...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43226105

Paul	01-03-2018 19:35

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Im still confused as to why they switched suppliers ?
If it was to somehow save money thats backfired spectacularly.

denphone

01-03-2018 19:38

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l suspect it was to save money and as you have said it has backfired massively.

Mr K	01-03-2018 19:44

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Linda McCartney's sales have rocketed. Macca will be pleased. :)

papa smurf

02-03-2018 08:10

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35939132)

Linda McCartney's sales have rocketed. Macca will be pleased. :)

Any Proof ?
or just more wishful thinking.

TheDaddy

02-03-2018 08:20

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35939195)

Any Proof ?
or just more wishful thinking.

Can't see why Macca would be unhappy about it tbf...

denphone

02-03-2018 08:22

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35939195)

Any Proof ?
or just more wishful thinking.

Here we are old boy as one must pay attention more sometimes..;)

https://www.betterretailing.com/risi...etarian-trends

heero_yuy

02-03-2018 09:15

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Quote from cips.org:

Mick Rix, GMB’s national officer, said he told KFC that it could face a repeat of supply issues that hit Burger King when it dropped Bidvest in favour of DHL six years ago.

“We warned them a few months ago. I wrote to KFC. I alluded to Burger King trying to cut costs and ending up with poorer quality service and poorer distribution – they had shortages too but not on the scale we’re seeing now at KFC,” he said.

“Within six months they [Burger King] were pleading with Bidvest Logistics to take it back.”

Rix blamed the current crisis at KFC on dropping a supply system based on six warehouses run by Bidvest to a system of one distribution centre in Rugby, run by DHL.

He said the conditions at the Rugby warehouse were “an utter shambles”.

“They took a lower tender with a load of promises that have not materialised – the system can’t cope,” he said.

So this is a repeat fiasco by DHL. You'd have thought they could have learnt that replacing a specialist distributor of groceries with a courier firm was unlikely to be plain sailing.

In addition:

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He added that since losing the KFC contract, Bidvest had made 255 staff redundant and he urged KFC to reinstate Bidvest.

“We’ve never had redundancies at Bidvest before on this scale – some of those staff would come back. It is the only way of resolving the problem,” he said.

“DHL will not be able to provide the service they quoted for. Even if the industry experts piled into that depot now to sort out the mess at Rugby, it would take weeks and even months to sort the problems out.”

papa smurf

02-03-2018 09:22

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35939197)

Here we are old boy as one must pay attention more sometimes..;)

https://www.betterretailing.com/risi...etarian-trends

Fad food for weirdo's and tree hugging fantasists .

Mr K	02-03-2018 09:28

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35939209)

Fad food for weirdo's and tree hugging fantasists .

Any proof or wishful thinking ;)

Aubergines are 50p each in Morrisons atm - i can see an aubergine parmigiana coming on tonight !
Veg food is considerably cheaper, wish wine would go down in price though :)

papa smurf

02-03-2018 09:34

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35939212)

like i said weirdo's and tree hugging fantasists .

You have no shortage of whine it's your favorite pass time ;)

TheDaddy

02-03-2018 09:36

Re: If you feel like chicken tonight....

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35939212)

I remember a recent advert where a woman phones a helpline in a panic to say there's something nasty in her kitchen and the operator says what like an aubergine...

Mr K	02-03-2018 09:37

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35939215)

like i said weirdo's and tree hugging fantasists .

You have no shortage of whine it's your favorite pass time ;)

Well that's your invite withdrawn tonight Smurf ! :D

denphone

02-03-2018 09:37

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35939209)

Fad food for weirdo's and tree hugging fantasists .

Perhaps you need to say that to these people when you bump into them in the street next time..

papa smurf

02-03-2018 10:12

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35939218)

Perhaps you need to say that to these people when you bump into them in the street next time..

no problem 17 stone meat eater meets 7 stone vegewierdian ;)

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35939217)

Well that's your invite withdrawn tonight Smurf ! :D

i was bringing steak and stout ;)

denphone

09-03-2018 05:35

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KFC goes back to old supplier in part after restaurant delivery crisis.

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KFC has returned to its old delivery contractor to supply chicken to restaurants after hundreds of outlets were forced to close last month.

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In its statement, KFC confirmed it was yet to fully resolve the delivery problems but would not comment, for commercial reasons, on whether it had been forced to pay over the odds to get Bidvest back on board.

https://news.sky.com/story/kfc-goes-...risis-11281283

Paul	09-03-2018 12:45

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Not just a short term fix either ;

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On Thursday, Bidvest said it was "delighted" to confirm a new long-term agreement with KFC UK to supply 350 restaurants across northern England and Wales from later this month.

"I told you so" and "serves you right for moving" spring to mind here. :)

techguyone

09-03-2018 12:54

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That's good, they've got a 1/3 back, maybe they can save 1/3 of the employees they had to lay off now.

denphone

09-03-2018 12:58

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Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 35940106)

Not just a short term fix either ;

"I told you so" and "serves you right for moving" spring to mind here. :)

Yep that is what l certainly would have said.

pip08456

09-03-2018 15:10

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Keep an eye open for the compensation they will be claiming. Good result for shareholders!

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