Skip to main content
Global Edition
Saturday, June 15, 2024

DWYM: Pepperoni Shortage

Credit: WCPO Cincinnati
Duration: 01:08s 0 shares 1 views

DWYM: Pepperoni Shortage
DWYM: Pepperoni Shortage

DID WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER SHORTAGE.... AFTER FIGHTING ALL YEAR FOR TOILET PAPER, WIPES, AND EVEN COINS?

BUT NOW ITS PEPPERONI THAT'S IN SHORT SUPPLY.

THE PANDEMIC IS PROMPTINGPEPPERONI PROBLEMS FOR SOMESHOPPERS.CONSUMER REPORTERJOHN MATARESE IS LOOKING INTOTHE LATEST ITEM SHORTAGEBROUGHT ON BY THE CORONAVIRUS-- SO YOU DON'T WASTE YOURMONEY.DID WE REALLY NEEDANOTHER SHORTAGE.... AFTERFIGHTING ALL YEAR FOR TOILETPAPER, WIPES, AND EVEN COINS?BUT NOW ITSPEPPERONI THAT'S IN SHORTSUPPLY.--------------PIZZA FAN?

DON'T BE SURPRSIEDIF YOUR NEXT PEPPERONI PIZZACOSTS MORE.

THATFAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING IS THEPANDEMICS LATESTVICTIM....WITH THE COSTDOUBLING IN RECENT WEEKS INMANY STORES!BLOOMBERG NEWS BLAMES TWOTHINGS: ONE, SOARING DEMANDFOR PIZZA, WITH EOPLEORDERING MORE PIZZA WHILESTUCK AT HOME.

ANDTWO...SHUTDOWNS OF PORKPROCESSING PLANTS, THE SAMEISSUE THAT SENT MEAT PRICESSOARING IN JUNE..BLOOMBERG SAYS LARGE PIZZACHAINS LIKE DOMINO'S HAVE NOTHAD TO ADJUST PRICES...BECUASETHEY LOCKED INTO LONG TERMCONTRACTS.

BUT IT SAYSYOUR NEIGBHORHOOD PIZZA PLACEMAY HAVE TO CHARGE YOU MORE,BRCAUSE THEY ARE PAYINGMOREPEPPERONI MAY BE THEMOST POPULAR PIZZATOPPING...BUT IT IS NOT THEONLY TOPPING.

SOCONSIDER CHANGING UP YOURORDER SO YOU DON'T WASTE YOURMONEY.

JOHN MATARESE WCPO 9

You might like