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Posted on 04/07/2021 10:01:15 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shortage of one of America's favorite condiments: ketchup.
Restaurants have relied heavily on takeout orders to survive during the pandemic, which has caused a need for more ketchup packets.
But once those started running low, some eateries began pouring out bulk ketchup into individual cups.
The Wall Street Journal reports that low inventory of ketchup is hitting mom-and-pop restaurants as well as chains like Texas Roadhouse.
According to the restaurant-business platform "Plate IQ," the ketchup shortage has caused packet prices to rise 13% since January 2020.
USA Today reports that Heinz is working to increase its supplies in order to produce 12 billion packets a year.
:) dey loves that tartar sauce...
They can have mine. I only use it on burgers, and I don’t have those enough to even miss it.
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Thanks for the recommendation! Making my grocery run list, today. ;)
Just this week or week past, CDC said surface transmission of COVID-19 is virtually non-existent.
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