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"It's the end of the world."

That's how one distraught fast-foodie described the news that nearly every KFC in the country has closed including most of Bristol's.

UPDATE:

The fried chicken restaurant started shutting down stores last night as delivery problems mean the stores have run out of chicken.

Several city stores including the KFC on Union Street, in Cabot Circus and in Hartcliffe have not answered their phones.

UPDATE:

Union Street KFC was closed yesterday while the store in Bradley Stoke has also been reported shut.

The restaurant at Shield Retail Centre in Filton has confirmed it is closed and a spokesman said they were not sure when they could reopen.

Restaurants are reported to be closed up and down the country - and people are not taking it well.

A KFC spokesman said delivery problems were causing the closures but did not confirm when they would be restocked or which restaurants were closed.

The spokesman added: "We deliver fresh chicken to our restaurants, but we’re having a few hiccups with our delivery system at the moment.

"We’re really sorry for any inconvenience, and we’re working to have all our restaurants back up and running as soon as we can!”

A national situation

All four Plymouth restaurants have been shut since Thursday evening after they started running out of ingredients, and it is unclear when they will reopen, reports Plymouth Herald.

Restaurants in Manchester, London, Durham, Exeter and Bradford have also all been closed, and would-be customers have gone into meltdown on social media.

(Image: Image: Penny Cross)

People say they have been driving miles to other stores - only to find they are closed too.

Natalie Page tweeted: '@KFC_UKI_Help would be great if you announced on the sign that all branches were closed to save people from driving to a different place!!'

And @noodle3087 said: '@KFC_UKI any reason the Bradford greengates store is closed? Just had to drive for another 20 mins to not break a promise to a child. Sign on window just said closed, no reason.'

A Twitter user in Manchester said people are queuing at a city 'Drive Thru', which has no closure notice on the outside.

The Man in Black tweeted: '@KFC_UKI why are all of your lights on when you've closed the store? Customers are #queuing outside without any information on the #drivethru window #CustomerService #manchester #Chorlton #kfc'

A customer at Plymouth's Wolseley Road restaurant said they were told it would be hopefully open again on Saturday morning.

An employee said on Thursday night: “Unfortunately we are still closed this morning due to delivery issues.

“We’re not sure at the moment when we will be back open.

“We have no products so are unable to open the stores at the moment. Sorry.”

It was revealed on Thursday that Plymouth's Union Street store was closed after a mix up was caused after a new supplier was ushered in which has led to no chips being delivered.

A sign on the door read: “Sorry we’re closed.

“We deliver our chicken fresh into our restaurants, but we’ve had a few hiccups with the delivery today.

“We wouldn’t want to open without offering our full menu, but we’ll be back at the fryers as soon as we can.

“Apologies for any inconvenience.”