Fiji is currently facing a shortage of McDonald’s burgers – so much so, that Big Macs, Cheeseburgers and Quarter Pounders have all temporarily been removed from the menu.

Due to global shipping issues, the country is having problems receiving beef and as a result, Mcdonald’s has removed all beef burgers.

Fiji Maccas has shared the sad news with their social media followers.

“Dear Valued Customers, We wish to advise you that our Cheeseburger, Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, McFeast and Happy Meal with Cheeseburger is temporarily unavailable at all our restaurants until further notice. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused,” the post read.

The post’s caption gave a little more insight, “Please note the unavailability of beef patty products at our restaurants till further notice.”

“We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

In even more grim news for Mcdonald’s lovers in Fiji, the country’s operations manager Damon Gregg has said he isn’t sure when the normal Maccas menu will be restored.

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“The container ships have been late loading and late leaving so that’s the key issue behind it,” he said, adding local restaurants have turned to bringing in frozen stock by air from New Zealand instead.

He added; “We understand it’s very frustrating for the customers to come in, expect something and not get it.”

“So we’re just trying to lessen the frustration on our customers.”

In more positive news, Australian Maccas have reduced their trusty McChicken burger to just $1 a pop today.

Over the past week, the fast food chain unveiled a social media campaign to heap praise on the McChicken for supposedly being the “menu middle kid.”

“Just want to finally shine the spotlight on all those menu middle kids out there. We’ll go first: We love you McChicken,” they tweeted earlier this week.

You can grab a McChicken Burger for $1 via the MyMacca’s app between 10:30am and 11:59pm today, July 14th. And remember it’s only one McChicken per customer, so you can’t stockpile the menu item.

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