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AfterAll that the restaurant industry has crossed Since the beginning of theCOVID-19 [Feminine pandemic, ashortage America's most popular condiment adds another obstacle on the road to recovery. OfFast food chain ToIndependent Restaurants, the restoration companies of all scratches are short of ketchup.

If you have found that your favorite Fast Food Drive-Thru being misered on Ketchup packets, or your dinner dinner, you suddenly serve your off-branded condiments, you are not alone, according to a report ofWall Street newspaper.Kraft HeinzThe producer of Ketchup in the country of the country, is unable to follow the growing demand for its emblematic tomato sauce. (RELATED:7 new fast food chicken sandwiches Everyone speaks.)

Although Heinz's Ketchup Tomato has been a strong demand for all shapes, it is the claim for Ketchup packets to serve a single server that throws the restaurant industry for a loop. Takeout has become the main form of patronage restaurants and businesses have trouble finding a large amount of ketchup in user-friendly packaging. These small packets were also the perfect solution when disease control and prevention centers (CDC)Advised Restaurants To remove the shared condiment bottles from their dining rooms as a precaution of pandemic.

Now the seafood chain of 700 unitsLong John Silver's Has had to search for ketchup packets from secondary suppliers. With an increase in demand demand, the company has spent half a million additional dollars to replace bulk purchases with single-server bags, depending onWSJ. Meanwhile, Steakhouse ChainTexas Roadhouse had to cleanRetailers like Costco For alternatives to Heinz, a spokesman for the company told the outlet.

As for Kraft Heinz, the company said it would beincrease production 25% to help follow increased demand. Until things are back to normal, restaurants and home cooks may have to make peace with a generic ketchup.

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