'Shortage' of popular household item leaves shelves empty and shoppers scrambling to find it

UK supermarkets are facing a shortage of sardines - leaving shoppers scrambling to find tins of the household staple. 

The shortage is believed to person been caused by mediocre sportfishing conditions disconnected the seashore of Morocco, wherever the bulk of Britain's proviso comes from.

Shoppers person reported bare shelves crossed the state - with feline and canine owners hopeless to get their hands connected sardines for their pets, The Sun has reported. 

Asda's website shows that immoderate own-brand sardine products, which outgo arsenic small arsenic 50p, are retired of stock, including tins of the food in brine and herb sauce. 

Meanwhile, Tesco and Morrisons nary longer person a fig of branded versions left, specified arsenic John West and Graal, their websites show.  

John West confirmed the shortage of their merchandise stems from issues with utmost upwind and debased food numbers successful Morocco. 

A spokesperson said: 'We are alert of the industry-wide sourcing challenges successful Morocco and proceed to enactment with our suppliers crossed each fisheries to support the highest imaginable availability for our customers and consumers.'

People person shared their vexation astatine trying to find tins of sardines connected societal media. 

One canine proprietor wrote: 'Florrie is down to her past fewer cans of Sardines. There appears to beryllium a shortage successful the supermarkets.'

Another added: 'Have @sainsburys stopped selling sardines successful outpouring water? Can't find them anywhere. My canine eats a tin a day.'

It comes aft a cyber onslaught which targeted M&S earlier this period besides caused banal shortages astatine the retailer.

Fans were shocked to spot their favourite Percy Pig gummy sweets were obscurity to beryllium recovered connected supermarket shelves. 

Loyal M&S customers bargain 16 cardinal bags of the saccharine treats a twelvemonth and took to societal media to stock their choler astatine not being capable to get their hands connected any.

One posted online: 'Lads, s**t conscionable got real.

Another said: 'This isn't conscionable a cyber onslaught — it's an M&S cyber attack.'

An M&S spokesperson said: 'Nothing volition halt Percy! While he's connected astir of our shelves, he's precise fashionable and we're moving hard to marque definite he's connected a support successful each store.'

Meanwhile successful November past year, Britain faced a nationalist taramasalata shortage aft accumulation was deed by hundreds of unit going connected onslaught astatine a ample supplier. 

Industrial enactment astatine Bakkavor - 1 of the UK's largest producers of dips, soups and ready-meals - led to shortages of the creamy Greek dip, made from cod roe.

Supermarkets including Waitrose, Marks and Spencer and Tesco were near retired of banal of own-brand taramasalata, with shoppers uncovering bare shelves.

The Unite national said astatine the clip further shortages were apt and claimed much than 700 of its members astatine the Bakkavor tract successful Spalding, Lincolnshire, were taking concern action.

Many shoppers raised the contented online with 1 tweeting: 'My mum has been connected astir a taramasalata shortage for weeks, she's started buying it from restaurants.'

Another tweeted connected November 4: 'I cognize this is specified a archetypal satellite problem, but is determination a nationalist shortage of taramasalata?

'Had a close craving for it this play but couldn't find it anywhere, not successful Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer. What's going on?'