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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Jones and Jess Clark

Mars bar shortage causing gaps on UK supermarket shelves

Empty shelves in Walthamstow Tesco.
Empty shelves in a Tesco store in Walthamstow, north-east London. Photograph: Rupert Jones/The Guardian

Shoppers looking for Mars bars have been encountering empty shelves and “out of stock” messages on supermarket websites, with some stores warning they are not expecting deliveries for two weeks or more.

When asked about the apparent shortages, one major retailer told the Guardian that “[it] looks like a production issue on Mars’s end may be causing gaps across retailers”.

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