A MCDONALD’S restaurant has warned clients that some substances could also be lacking from their meals “because of Brexit”.
A department in Penge, south east London, right this moment put up an indication on its window alerting clients that a few of its menu “could also be unavailable” after the UK leaves the European Union.
The notice learn: “As a result of provide challenges following Brexit, a few of our menu could also be unavailable or have substances lacking eg. lettuce, tomato.”
They key substances function in most of the quick meals large’s burgers, together with its flagship Massive Mac and the Massive Tasty, which returns to menus today.
However McDonald’s instructed The Solar that it was a mistake and the restaurant eliminated the poster round half an hour after it was put up.
The chain had handed out the posters to branches final week when it regarded just like the UK would be leaving the European Union without a deal.
What’s new at McDonald’s right this moment?
MCDONALD’S is bringing again the Massive Tasty as a part of its newest menu change, which comes into drive right this moment (December 30).
The brand new menu will likely be accessible for six weeks. This is what else you will discover:
- The Massive Tasty – £4.39
- The Massive Tasty with bacon – £4.89
- The Massive Tasty – £5.99 (meal)
- The Massive tasty with bacon – £6.39 (meal)
- 6 Katsu Curry Hen McNuggets – £3.59
- 9 Katsu Curry Hen McNuggets – £4.09
- 20 Katsu Curry Hen McNuggets Sharebox – £5.99
- Galaxy Salted Caramel McFlurry – £1.39
- Galaxy Salted Caramel McFlurry Mini – 99p
The chain added that they had been a precautionary measure and that it isn’t anticipating any provide points regarding Brexit.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced on Christmas Eve the 2 blocs had agreed to an eleventh hour trade deal.
The final minute settlement will permit us to commerce freely with the EU with out tariffs or quotas from January 1, 2021, which means there’s much less more likely to be disruption to provide chains.
MPs are anticipated to back the government’s Brexit trade deal after they vote on it at 2:30pm right this moment.
It comes every week after Sainsbury’s warned it will run out of some fruit and vegetables, together with lettuce, except France opened its borders to freight again, following a 48-hour journey ban.
Vehicles transporting recent produce from the EU into the UK had been held up on the border in Dover over fears a mutated coronavirus variant would unfold to France.
McDonald’s mentioned it has contacted its eating places to allow them to know that the indicators aren’t wanted.
Not everybody was satisfied of the drama although, with one particular person writing on Twitter: “Who buys a Massive Mac for the lettuce?”
One other mentioned: “I actually cannot see the typical McD clients objecting to the omission of lettuce and tomato.”
Another person added: “Saves you selecting them out of the bun”.
In some areas of the UK, branches are closed to sit-ins because of being positioned beneath strict coronavirus lockdown measures.
Confused? Don’t fret as a result of we have put collectively a spherical up of all the rules for different McDonald’s branches throughout the UK, together with the Tiers system in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Eire.
In the meantime, McDonald’s is bringing out new Katsu curry chicken nuggets right this moment.
