Shoppers are facing shortages of pre-breaded schnitzel slices, chicken nuggets and Kievs on store shelves and KFC restaurant trays thanks to supply bottlenecks at major poultry supplier Inghams Group, sparked by the latest wave of COVID-19 cases.

Inghams said on Tuesday it had suspended deliveries of these poultry products amid critical staff shortages and supply chain disruptions caused by the soaring rate of COVID-19 cases and enforced isolations on the east coast.