Effects of COVID-19 on supply chains

Numerous industries across the supply chain have been impacted by COVID-19. Production plants and businesses have been forced to shut down, resulting in disruption of distribution. Companies are having trouble acquiring the materials needed to make products and are struggling to ship their products to stores and wholesalers. Almost overnight, COVID-19 has transformed the way we live and work.

The entire restaurant supply chain has been affected, as have the people at the center of it. Food packagers and producers that supply restaurants are seeing orders greatly reduced. Farmers are sitting on produce. Food Banks that depend on extra produce from catering companies, stadiums, hotels and  restaurants are also looking at major shortages. While these are hopefully not lasting challenges, the short-term impact has been severe.