'Pingdemic' | Supply chain woes force Nando's to close restaurants

Nando's aims to reopen all its restaurants from Saturday after shutting around 50 outlets because of supply problems.

The popular chicken chain was forced to close several of its restaurants this week after staff shortages at its suppliers’ factories led to some outlets running out of food, the BBC reported.

Nando's said it sent around 70 staff to the stricken factories to get supply chains back up and running, the BBC added.

The South Africa-owned chain, which operates more than 400 eateries across the UK, said it expected all of its shuttered branches to be open again by the weekend.