Individual ketchup packets are in high demand — and suppliers can’t seem to keep up with it.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the price for individual ketchup packets has increased by 13%, the Wall Street Journal reports. Restaurants have been trying to stock up on the packets since the CDC recommended to “avoid using or sharing items that are reusable such as menus, condiments and any other food containers.” That, combined with many eateries reverting to take-out only orders where packets would be included, has resulted in a shortage at chains like Long John’s Silver and Texas Roadhouse, according to WSJ.
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