Furious fast food lovers went into meltdown this morning after dozens of McDonald’s restaurants in the UK ran out of bacon.
Customers were unable to purchase popular breakfast items from the menu, including bacon rolls, bacon and egg McMuffins and bacon and egg bagels.
Restaurants in Devon, Essex, West Sussex and Greater Manchester have run out of pork and customers took to Twitter to vent their anger.
Customers have been told that it is a ‘national shortage’ and one woman joked that she is ‘off to Greggs’ instead.
McDonald’s has confirmed that it has run out of pork at a number of its restaurants in the UK, meaning customers cannot purchase the popular bacon and egg McMuffin (pictured)
![Twitter user Ellis Johnson questioned what was going on after driving to two restaurants only to find they had run out of bacon](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/11/46DF432300000578-5136205-image-m-74_1512128880080.jpg)
Twitter user Ellis Johnson questioned what was going on after driving to two restaurants only to find they had run out of bacon
![Helen Hutchinson tried to get a meal from McDonald's in Liverpool this morning and joked that she was 'off to Greggs' instead](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/11/46DF4CE800000578-5136205-image-a-73_1512128878927.jpg)
Helen Hutchinson tried to get a meal from McDonald’s in Liverpool this morning and joked that she was ‘off to Greggs’ instead
![Tom Symes, from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, said he was letting people know so that it wouldn't 'ruin their day'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/11/46DF38E200000578-5136205-image-a-79_1512129483882.jpg)
Tom Symes, from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, said he was letting people know so that it wouldn’t ‘ruin their day’
![Another Twitter user Chris Baldwin wrote 'did I wake up to a nightmare' after learning McDonald's had run out of bacon](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/11/46DF433C00000578-5136205-image-a-80_1512129541456.jpg)
Another Twitter user Chris Baldwin wrote ‘did I wake up to a nightmare’ after learning McDonald’s had run out of bacon
McDonald’s apologised for a ‘short-term issue with the supply of bacon’ and said items on their menu will be unavailable in some of their restaurants.
One disgruntled customer said it had ‘ruined’ his day while a woman quipped she had never seen her mother so angry about not getting a McMuffin.
Sue Smith wrote online: ‘Today I fancied a bacon/egg McMufin… I was told at the order desk that you didn’t have any bacon in any McDonald’s in the UK today…? Seriously??’
Ellis Johnson, from Greater Manchester, said: ‘Been to 2 different maccies for breakfast and neither have bacon @McDonalds what’s going on?’
Twitter user @graham247fit added: ‘NO BACON at @McDonalds Stonecross… WHAT?!?!?! Poor work…poor work!!!!!’
Chris Baldwin added: ‘”National shortage of bacon”. Did I wake up into a nightmare or something?!’
![A number of their items which include bacon (pictured) are not available to purchase today](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/11/0E9308AF00000578-5136205-image-a-57_1512128439967.jpg)
A number of their items which include bacon (pictured) are not available to purchase today
![Twitter user @Alphaglitchgirl joked that she had never seen her mother get so upset about not being able to buy a McMuffin](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/11/46DF432800000578-5136205-image-a-77_1512129066560.jpg)
Twitter user @Alphaglitchgirl joked that she had never seen her mother get so upset about not being able to buy a McMuffin
![A woman called Sarah said she was told there was a national bacon shortage and asked whether it was a 'joke'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/11/46DF38D600000578-5136205-image-a-78_1512129302438.jpg)
A woman called Sarah said she was told there was a national bacon shortage and asked whether it was a ‘joke’
![McDonald's apologised for a 'short-term issue with the supply of bacon' and said items on their menu will be unavailable in some of their restaurants](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/11/46DF38DB00000578-5136205-image-a-81_1512129578971.jpg)
McDonald’s apologised for a ‘short-term issue with the supply of bacon’ and said items on their menu will be unavailable in some of their restaurants
Tom Symes, from Shoreham, said: ‘McDonald’s on Eastern Avenue has run out of bacon and egg McMuffins , just a heads up. Don’t want them to ruin anyone else’s day.’
A spokesman for McDonald’s said today: ‘We are experiencing a short-term issue with the supply of our bacon, meaning some of our breakfast menu may temporarily be unavailable in some of our restaurants.
‘We’re working with our suppliers to rectify this as quickly as possible and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.’