BRITS face a chocolate shortage after the Mars factory was hit by a mechanical glitch.
It has stopped producing some of the UK’s favourite brands, including Galaxy Ripples, Maltesers, Revels and Minstrels.
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Chocolate lovers have been complaining of a shortage in shops and supermarkets over the past month. Mars is the UK’s second biggest chocolate firm with typical sales of around £650million a year.
But its factory in Slough, Berks, is believed to be at less than half capacity while engineers work “round the clock” to fix the problem.
Galaxy fan Matt Cottrell, 32, from St Neots, Cambs, said: “Every time I go into the shops, the date of delivery keeps changing and it’s been like this for a month now.”
James Dillinger, 42, from Leeds, said: “What’s happened to Galaxy Ripples? I haven’t been able to find them anywhere for a month.
“People are worried about coronavirus, but this is the real crisis. My favourite bar to cheer me and the wife up.”
Bosses apologised for a “mechanical breakdown” but said Snickers and Mars are still being made, while its Easter egg availability is “largely unaffected”.
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