{"id":147226,"date":"2018-06-27T12:40:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/co2-shortage-britains-biggest-pub-chain-runs-low-on-beer-brands\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T12:40:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:40:57","slug":"co2-shortage-britains-biggest-pub-chain-runs-low-on-beer-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/co2-shortage-britains-biggest-pub-chain-runs-low-on-beer-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"CO2 shortage: Britain&#8217;s biggest pub chain runs low on beer brands"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Glasses of beer\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/4A80\/production\/_102227091_mediaitem102212744.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Britain&#039;s biggest pub group says some outlets are running out of certain beer brands as CO2 gas shortages continue to hit the food and drink sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Ei Group, which has 4,500 properties, said it was working with publicans to source alternative beers where needed.<\/p>\n<p>Some Wetherspoon pubs are temporarily without draught John Smith&#039;s and Strongbow cider.<\/p>\n<p>Many pub landlords are unable to pick and choose which brands they can sell because of restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>Carbon dioxide has multiple uses in the food and drink industries, from putting the gas in beer and cider, stunning farm animals before slaughter, and as a preservative to increase the shelf-life of packaged products.<\/p>\n<p>But the temporary closure of some UK and mainland European factories involved in producing the gas has created a shortage.<\/p>\n<p>Ei Group, the former Enterprise Inns, would not disclose which brands are out of stock or running low. However, it is thought to include some Heineken products.<\/p>\n<p>An Ei spokesman said: &quot;We are aware of the issue relating to a shortage in the supply of CO2 and are working with our suppliers to minimise any disruption to our customers and our publicans.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A Wetherspoon spokesman said some of its pubs would be without John Smith&#039;s and Strongbow cider, which are both are made by Heineken.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &quot;Wetherspoon has the advantage that it sources its wide range of drinks from a number of suppliers, so has not been too badly affected.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Heineken has been the company with the biggest issues and they have told us that all is getting back to normal.&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why the CO2 shortage really matters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Beer sales rationed amid CO2 shortage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pig welfare at risk as CO2 shortage bites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heineken said last week that the CO2 scarcity had caused production problems.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman said on Wednesday: &quot;We&#039;d like to reassure beer drinkers that all our breweries are operating at full capacity, and we&#039;re working 24\/7 to get beers to our customers as quickly as possible.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, meat processors say changes to &quot;sell by&quot; dates may be needed because of delivery problems.<\/p>\n<p>Many producers are having to use lower levels of CO2 in their packaged meat and need to shorten their sell by deadline. <\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      Carbon dioxide has a range of uses including packaging fresh food                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nick Allen, spokesman for the British Meat Processors&#039; Association, said that if the practice became widespread it could cause big logistical headaches. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;If you shorten the sell-by date everyone has to move stuff more quickly. The supply chain is very complicated,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Science event cancelled<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, Scotland&#039;s biggest abattoir shut until further notice because it ran out of C02 used to stun pigs before they are processed. <\/p>\n<p>The facility, at Brechin, which processed 6,000 animals a week, is sending pigs to England for slaughter. But these abattoirs are also running low on carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Tuesday, the wholesale retailer Booker, which sells to bars and restaurants, started rationing beer, cider and soft drinks sales to customers.<\/p>\n<p>Coca-Cola temporarily paused some production lines, and retailers Morrisons and Ocado has shortages of some frozen product lines. CO2 makes dry ice, used to keep products cool in transit.<\/p>\n<p>The carbon dioxide shortage has also had a knock-on outside the food and drink sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) visitor attraction has cancelled a summer programme due to the shortage because it was unable to get the dry ice it needed for its new show.<\/p>\n<p>Resident scientist Sam Langford said: &quot;Here at GSC we use carbon dioxide in its solid form in our science shows to demonstrate a number of scientific phenomena, including sublimation, ocean acidification and the three states of matter.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our plans for our brand new summer show have been put on hold,&quot; he said. &quot;Whilst this is a small problem for GSC, dry ice and other forms of CO2 being in short supply is a major problem for a number of industries for whom it is an essential product.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Britain&#039;s biggest pub group says some outlets are running out of certain beer brands as CO2 gas shortages continue to hit the food and drink sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}