Things are getting critical.
A SHORTAGE of Mars bars has led to empty supermarket shelves and hit Scottish chip shops that serve the chocolate treat deep-fried in batter.
Retailers have warned of weeks-long shortages as Mars Wrigley, the company behind Mars, Snickers, Bounty and Twix bars, said it was “experiencing high levels of demand ”.
“ Out of stock” messages have also appeared on supermarket websites with reports of food wholesalers also experiencing shortages.
Joe Andreucci, owner of the Clam Shell takeaway on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, said: “We buy from cash and carry wholesalers and we currently have no stock today because we couldn’t get them.
We think there is a shortage. ”
Multi-packs of Mars, Snickers and Twix were unavailable on the Tesco website last night, although it did stock single bars.
Only single bars of Mars could be bought on Asda’s website while Waitrose, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s were fully stocked on their Mars products .
Asked about the shortages, one retailer told The Guardian: “[It] looks like a production issue on Mars’s end may be causing gaps across retailers “
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