Belgian supermarkets might run out of Leffe since brewery workers are too lazy to work.

Belgians will next week face supermarket shortages of Stella, Leffe and Jupiler, the country’s most popular beers, as a workers blockade of breweries in protest over job cuts continues over the weekend, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Trade unions have kept a stranglehold over the main breweries of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest beer maker, which has its origins and headquarters in Belgium.

Workers have blockaded breweries at Leuven, home of Stella Artois, Jupille, where Jupiler is made and Hoegaarden, the brewery which manufactures the famous biere blanche, for over a week.

The protests are over AB InBev plans to cut 263 out of 2,700 brewery jobs in Belgium, where beer making, and drinking, is an essential part of national culture.

Delhaize, the Belgian supermarket chain, warned that supplies of popular beer brands will start to run out from next week, although most bars and restaurants have stockpiles for longer.

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