A Takeout Box and To-Go Cup Shortage Is the Restaurant Industry’s Latest Supply-Chain Problem
By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie Demand for takeout has gone up while pandemic-fueled logistical issues have made supplies harder to come by. The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has created all sorts of shortages. Looking just at food, we've seen low supplies on everything from ketchup for our summer barbecues to pumpkins for Halloween. And now, we're reportedly seeing a shortage on the things we put our food in: to-go containers. Even as restaurants have opened back up, changes to Americans' dining habits mean that takeout orders this past September were still up about 20 percent from where they were in…