Qld McDonald’s restaurants forced to close after flooding cuts supplies

A number of South East Queensland McDonald’s restaurants have been forced into temporary closures after catastrophic flooding interrupted the supply of ingredients for some menu items.

A number of McDonald’s restaurants in Queensland have been forced to close after flooding affected the fast food giant’s supply chain in the region.

McDonald’s in the Ipswich suburb of Karalee announced they were closed until further notice on Friday after suppliers were inundated as a result of the floods.

The chain’s Brisbane distribution centre also fell victim to the severe weather.

Other stores at Tingalpa, Birkdale, Clontarf, Murrumba Downs and Hope Island were also impacted.

McDonald's Redlynch has shut its door for an unknown amount of time because of the floods down south.

Some centres were working to a limited menu, with some customers complaining last week of low supplies of eggs, hash browns and hot cakes at Logan Central McDonald’s.

The closures stretched north into other areas of the state like Gladstone.

In a statement, McDonald’s Australia said McDonald’s has been impacted by the extreme weather experienced on the east coast over the past week.

“Unfortunately, this included our Brisbane distribution centre,” the statement said.

“We immediately implemented a number of contingencies, however the continued poor weather has meant that some of our restaurants have been temporarily closed or are experiencing product shortages.”

The statement said McDonald’s was striving to ensure there was a Macca’s open in every community they served.

“We are working closely with our local licensees and suppliers to re-open impacted restaurants in the coming days.”

MCDONALD’S STORES IMPACTED

Milton

Brookside

Toombul

Myer Centre II

Morningside

Indooroopilly

Chermside

Tingalpa

Birkdale

Clontarf

Hope Island

Reedy Creek

Merrimac

Broadbeach

Palm Beach

Garden City

Robina Town Centre

Rocklea

Wishart

Underwood

Carina Heights

Oxley

Carindale

Karalee

Murrumba Downs

Beenleigh

Oxenford

Oxley

Mt Ommaney

Maroochydore

Sunshine Plaza

Coolum Beach

Kawana