Brace yourself for a frozen pizza shortage
Huge sales of one of the easiest comfortable foods of all times have made frozen pieces that are difficult to find.
The coronavirus epidemic has put significant slots in AmericaFood Supply Chain. OfMeat ToBeerThe articles of the common grocery store are now faced with temporary shortages through slowed production caused by CVIV-19 epidemics to food supply companies. At a time when the demand for food is at a height of all time, it's not good.
Now, a new food object seems to be dangerously close to becoming unavailable: frozen pizza.
According to the analytics data companyIRI,Americans bought approximately $ 275 million of frozen pizza since the beginning of the pandemic in March, 92% more than the same period last year.
"I am in this case over 25 years old and I have never seen a point like this throughout the country", "President of Newman and Coo Dave saidWeek of the ad."This is unprecedented."
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It is not only an increased demand; The limited supply of ingredients necessary for the assembly and production of frozen pies also has its own set of challenges. A region of ChicagoWhole foods put a quota on the number offrozen pizza that customers can buy, which has been memorized in the following tweet ::
Many major brands of frozen pizza are experiencing an increase in sales up to 190%. Adwek compared the increase in frozen pizza sales at the recent toilet paper precipitation. (As the news of the coronavirus and the imminent stops have erupted, the Americans stored on toilet paper, resulting in an increase of about 104%.)
Ashley Lind, Director of Request Sciences at Conagra Marques, which makes pizza of popular frozen celeste pizza, saidAdweek Outlet, "It's not difficult to imagine that many people are looking for easy and practical solutions that are also family favorites that appeal to the crowd. In addition, when they live in uncertain times - as many of them. We right now, we see an increase in consumers are turning to very loved comfort food. Frozen pizza checks many of these boxes for consumers.
Beer and pizza have long been holding hands, but with the shortage of carbon dioxide student threatening the offer of malt cereal beverages, combined with the sudden shortage of frozen pizzas, we may have to find a new food of comfort and twinnings of drinks to pass through thecoronavirus confinement.
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