The Ketchup Shortage Is
Affecting Fast Food Chains, and Restaurants Across US.
The switch during the pandemic from
shared bottles to individual packets in order
to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
and the increase in food deliveries have
played a significant role in the shortage.
Data reveals a 13 percent increase in
ketchup packet prices since Jan. 2020.
Retail ketchup sales increased by 15 percent, as well.
Because the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
currently recommends the use of
"single serving condiments,".
Heinz has plans to increase
its production of single serving
ketchup packets by 25 percent.
This equates to a production goal of over
12 billion packets of ketchup per year.
Flour, pepperoni and aluminum cans have also been
in shorter supply over the past year