KFC runs out of chicken

[s p a c e m a n]

Dick head logistics, it's what they do. Undercut everyone to get a contract for a few years, screw it up and suck as much money out of it as possible and then move on to the next gullible company when the contract is terminated.

[cuprabob]

Pebbles167 said:

Bear-n said:

Switch the thread title first & last word around for hilarious consequences.

I thought this deserved a quote

Indeed

[paua]

Perhaps they could change to Courier- pigeons, would still be KFC

[Piersman2]

Moonhawk said:

paua said:

hide your horses

Don't - I spent 6 months working in Iceland - horse (it turns out) is delicious

I tried horse steak in a restaurant in Iceland, it was as good if not better than most beef fillet steak I've had.

[Yipper]

Word on the street is that DHL and refrigeration partner QSL screwed up the IT transition and handover from Bidvest. They'd been preparing for ~6 months and still got it wrong. A motorway crash last week disrupted the local Midlands delivery timetable and it quickly snowballed out of control into a national crisis.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dhl-apologis...

[SidJames]

QSL are KFC's logistics partners in Europe, and who also provide the IT solution for their warehouses in that market.

QSL Won the logistics contract from bidvest in the UK largely because of this existing relationship and IT provision.

QSL then subcontracted the warehousing and delivery to DHL.

It wasn't a TUPE, it's a different/new warehouse with different people.

DHL's business in the UK is primarily 3rd Party Logistics like this, not parcels.

Just stating the facts.

[dudleybloke]

I like my women like my KFC.
Big breasts, hot thighs and a greasy box I can stick my bone in.

[eharding]

dudleybloke said:

I like my women like my KFC.
Big breasts, hot thighs and a greasy box I can stick my bone in.

Enjoy it while it lasts - in a few years you'll be struggling to achieve a 4 Piece Boneless Dip.

[Digger]

Even made the Beeb news.

Another awesome PR stunt.

[Halmyre]

Vaud said:

techiedave said:

https://www.kfc.co.uk/crossed-the-road

Check local availability

To be fair that is a pretty fast piece of corporate PR...

Yes, extremely fast...where's my tinfoil hat...

(although for a publicity stunt it does seem a bit excessive)

[yellowjack]

nonsequitur said:

Funkycoldribena said:

yellowjack said:

I pulled into a parking bay opposite, went to the Cashpoint at Lloyds, then noticed that the store was strangely dark inside. Ah well, we didn't bother crossing the road to see if there was a note on the door

There's a joke there somewhere...

More like the first paragraph of a literary thriller. What happenened next? I need to know.

Turns out the DHL franchisee was spending too much time counterfeiting tenners, and not enough time delivering chicken. Coincidentally Jack Reacher happened to drift into town that same week. He was hungry. He searched high and low for chicken, but was surprised to find the local KFC closed. He was warned off by some heavies. He quickly worked out what was going on with a minimum of actual evidence. The police weren't interested (as they all eat at Burger King anyway). Reacher hung around looking mean and moody for a while until the heavies tried to chase him out of town, whereupon he kicked all their asses, broke the DHL franchise into little pieces, and returned the contract to Bidvest after bedding their Operations Manager in a local Premier Inn.

The end.

There. It wasn't even that hard. I reckon I could knock one of those out every 18 months or so, sell the film rights, and live comfortably in the USA for the rest of my days...

[paua]

paua said:

Perhaps they could change to Courier- pigeons, would still be KFC

& they could be trained to self deliver. No need for a logistics company at all.

[Rovinghawk]

dudleybloke said:

I like my women like my KFC.
Big breasts, hot thighs and a greasy box I can stick my bone in.

I like my women like my whisky- 12 years old & full of coke.

[Bear-n]

Think I've solved the crime.

[CAPP0]

hyperblue said:

Wiccan of Darkness said:

I bet DHL only got the contract because they offered to do it for a poultry sum....

Fixed.

Ah, thanks for that. I hadn't a clue what Wiccan was on about until you stepped in.

[bloomen]

21TonyK said:

Several days ago numerous KFC's across the South West closed as they reported they did not have chips! All smacks of a bit of a balls up all round, our local KFC has been closed since last Thursday.

The few times I've done KFC I wound up with 8-10 fries which at least beats Wetherspoons who give you 5-6.

I've only ever had one KFC that didn't fill me with regret.

[forsure]

There's a KFC near me that's been closed for two days.

I've noticed a significant reduction in litter and inconsiderate/illegal parking.

[greygoose]

yellowjack said:

Turns out the DHL franchisee was spending too much time counterfeiting tenners, and not enough time delivering chicken. Coincidentally Jack Reacher happened to drift into town that same week. He was hungry. He searched high and low for chicken, but was surprised to find the local KFC closed. He was warned off by some heavies. He quickly worked out what was going on with a minimum of actual evidence. The police weren't interested (as they all eat at Burger King anyway). Reacher hung around looking mean and moody for a while until the heavies tried to chase him out of town, whereupon he kicked all their asses, broke the DHL franchise into little pieces, and returned the contract to Bidvest after bedding their Operations Manager in a local Premier Inn.

The end.

There. It wasn't even that hard. I reckon I could knock one of those out every 18 months or so, sell the film rights, and live comfortably in the USA for the rest of my days...

You forgot Reacher's romance with a beautiful female DHL driver, every book gets him a roll in the hay.

[Welshbeef]

On R4 Today programme this morning it was mentioned and the reality was this isn’t a days issue but weeks to months to resolve.

It’s going to cost KFC millions

[Super Slo Mo]

SidJames said:

DHL's business in the UK is primarily 3rd Party Logistics like this, not parcels.

Just stating the facts.

Used to be Exel Logistics (remember them?), DHL bought them circa 2005-6 from what I remember (I was staff at the time so you'd think I would know the year ).
It was called DHL Exel Logistics for a while before being branded DHL Supply Chain.