Wetherspoon’s serves Christmas pigs in blankets WITHOUT bacon after supply shortage
WETHERSPOON'S has been forced to serve Christmas pigs in blankets without bacon after a labour shortage over the festive season.
The cut-price pub chain said supplies were hit at "a number of pubs" across the country.
Customers eating their Christmas dinner's at 'Spoons' pubs were disappointed by the bacon shortage.
Xander Yarney, 21, ordered a bacon-less Christmas dinner at The Angel in Basingstoke on December 2.
He said:"I ordered them through the app and when they got delivered to me they didn't have the bacon on them.
"Matey asked me if I wanted a refund and I said not to worry about it.
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"Obviously was a bit disappointed, I mean who wouldn't be? But I kind of just found it funny more than anything so I gave it no stress, ate them and then went about my day."
The pub chain launched its festive menu last month with the Christmas food already rolled out into its 875 boozers.
Spoons has eight new main courses to choose from, including a chicken, stuffing, bacon and brie pizza.
The 11-inch dish features a tomato base with pieces of chicken breast and an apricot and cranberry stuffing.
The suppliers in the UK had the bacon and the sausages but didn't have enough labour to put the blankets on the pigs
Wetherspoon's spokesman Eddie Gershon
There’s also a new Christmas-themed burger, made with a grilled chicken breast, bacon, stuffing, cranberry sauce and topped with two pigs in blankets.
The supply problems that hit Wetherspoon's supply of bacon has now been resolved.
Wetherspoon's spokesman Eddie Gershon said: "It wasn't across all 900 pubs and it was only for a day or so.
"There is no shortage of meat. The suppliers in the UK had the bacon and the sausages but didn't have enough labour to put the blankets on the pigs.
"It was nothing to do with supply, it was to do with labour.
"There was a stop in some supplies, they got the sausages in without the blankets."
The British Meat Processors Association previously warned the UK was not attracting enough EU workers, which it said could have a detrimental impact on the supply of "fiddly" items, such as pigs in blankets.
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Last year, Wetherspoon's was temporarily unable to serve drinks on draught due to a shortage of CO2.
Steak was also pulled from chain's steak night menu in 2018 due after a "supplier failure".
The Christmas menu launched on November 13 and is available until December 24 in all Wetherspoon pubs.