For health reasons it is better to use personal doses than to share items that are used by other people.
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The coronavirus not only changed the way we work, have fun, or study, too changing consumption habits and as a result there is a shortage of ketchup in the United States, Which has forced the company Kraft Heinz to increase its production by 25%.
According to information from EFE Heinz dominates more than 70% of the condiment market in the US and has seen demand for ketchup envelopes soar since the start of the pandemic, due to the fact that restaurants that offered bottled tomato sauce on their business tables have had to switch to small individual doses by the increase in home food deliveries.
Kraft Heinz commented that some of the largest fast food chains in the U.S., such as Long John Silver, with about 700 locations nationwide, or Texas Roadhouse, with more than 630 restaurants, they are suffering from scarcity.
The problem has increased in such a way that the company has had to increase production so that the final number of ketchup envelopes reach 12 billion in a year to meet demand.
Steve Cornell, a spokesman for Kraft Heinz, said the company had to make strategic manufacturing investments at the start of the pandemic. to be able to meet the accelerated demand for individual ketchup packages for home delivery increases or takeaway food.
To this is added that even customers who today decide to stay to eat at restaurants they are using the envelopes, as a preventative measure to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
It should be noted that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls for the use of single-use or digital menus or single-serving condiments. “Avoid using or sharing reusable items, such as menus, condiments, or any other food packaging”.
With information from EFE and Media
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