Revealed: The major supermarket running low on poultry products

A major grocery store has confirmed its experiencing a chicken shortage as customers are left in the lurch. Find out which shops are impacted.

A shortage in raw materials is impacting Coles supply of chicken.

A household favourite for groceries is experiencing a chicken shortage with stores across two states impacted due to a supply issue in raw materials.

Coles stores across Victoria and New South Wales are reportedly running low on some of their poultry products with the company hoping to recover in the coming days.

The Ballarat shop displayed signs over the weekend apologising for the limited range as customers had to go without.

“Due to shortages in raw material, we are currently experiencing short term supply impacts across some poultry products in our Victorian and New South Wales stores,” a Coles spokesperson said.

The supermarket chain didn’t specify which products were affected but said it expected the issue to resolve over the next five days.

“Supply is expected to recover later this week.”

Woolworths told Leader they weren’t experiencing any supply issues and the Australian Chicken Meat Federation said the issue hasn’t reached the national level.

Its unknown if fast food operators such as KFC and Red Rooster are experiencing the same issue.

This time last year the industry experienced a similar shortage as a Covid outbreak left businesses with reduced workers.

Isolation regulations saw the supply chain impacted with chicken breasts, steaks, pet food and even paracetamol and ibuprofen unavailable.

KFC and Red Rooster were contacted for comment.