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No matter how you prepare them, some foods are simply not the same without the good finishing touch. After all, even a small mustard on your hot dog or mayo on your hamburger can make a huge difference in flavor. But anyone who is obsessed with condiments should prepare for a bad news: there is currently aMajor Shortage of Ketchup,Wall Street newspaper reports. Read on to see why suppliers can not catch up with the pantry clip and for larger news, discoverIf you have this snack at home, eliminate it now, said FDA.

What was a problem once when updating the disinfection of the hands or the hygienic paper that is now entered in the kitchen. Due to the Pandemic of Covid-19,Ketchup packets are short supply Due to the arrow in take-away business brought by closed restaurants for on-site meals for months during lock-floors.

Now, the restaurants have trouble keeping the beloved condiment in stock for their guests, with some individually packed recourse shots of generic brands purchased in bulk to keep the guests happy. "We hunt up and down [for ketchup]", "Chris Fuserier, owner of the Blake Street Taverne restaurant, based in Denver, saidWall Street newspaper.

Ketchup is already themost popular condiment in the United StatesAccording to the Euromonitor research company, 300,000 tons of the beloved sauce were sold at the food service last year and even more was consumed in people's homes. But as the restaurants were obtained during locking, Ketchup retail sales were pushed by more than $ 1 billion in 2020, representing a 15% jump from the previous year, showed Euromonitor data.

According to the IQ plate, the overvoltage of the sauce alsovague prices for precious packs, What has been 13% followers since January 2020. This put a pinch on MOM-AND-POP restaurants and national channels, with a 700 long chain John Silver chain that devotes half a million dollars to guarantee their order of packages, according toWall Street newspaper. And for more than you should purge your refrigerator, checkFDA has just released Salmonella warning for this popular grocery store.

Unfortunately, the return of restaurants on the other side of the United States has not done much to help reduce the pressure on the supply of packets. Many local agencies stillAdvisor against setting up condiment bottles on tables As part of the ongoing health precautions, Texas officials write in their guidelines: "Providing condiments only on request, and in unrealized single-use portions."

Fortunately, the scarcity may not be felt too long. Kraft Heinz, who dominates Ketchup's sales at the US 70% of the market share, has already announced that itOpen two new manufacturing lines In April, with more to follow. The company says it will allow production to increase by 25% and a total of 12 billion packets of $ 12 billion a year.

"We are busy doing everything we can"Steve Cornell, president of the improvements, specialty and away from the home business unit for Kraft Heinz, saidWall Street newspaper. And for more information on how the pandemic has affected the food industry, checkThis popular pizza chain has just filed a bankruptcy.