![]() Kraft Heinz, the distributor of the Capri-Sun juice brand, told Newsday that a shortage of apple and pear juice concentrate, as well as of raw materials like straws have hampered production. Companies across the board are suffering.” I assume there is a shortage because of people being out of work, no one to process the product means there is no supply. “My husband and I noticed the start of the shortage about a month ago, Target, Stop& Shop and ShopRite have very little to no stock,” Patruno said. ![]() Lauren Patruno, 39, a mother from Amityville said she has looked near and far for her children’s favorite Capri Sun squeeze boxes. We went in the evening,” the Long Island mom said. I wasn’t aware that there was a juice box shortage honestly. I went through Instacart and just bought 2 boxes. “We actually went to BJs the other day and we couldn’t find any Capri sun,” Valerie Jacques, 41, a mother of 3 from Brentwood, NY told The Post. Sports drinks are in short supply, according to King Kullen spokesman Lloyd Singer. The shortage is putting the squeeze on parents. Other items - ranging from pet foods and sports drinks to other household items - are also in short supply, the spokesman, Lloyd Singer, said. Hauppauge, New York-based grocery chain King Kullen is also seeing “sporadic shortages” of juice boxes and pouches, a spokesman told Newsday, citing shortages of labor for production, warehousing, and transportation. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesĬapri-Sun and Kool-Aid are expected to resume production on some products shortly, she said, “which should help with assortment and availability.” A cargo ship moves under the Bayonne Bridge as it heads into port on Oct. Some juice box manufacturers are now scaling back production efforts on some flavors to focus on ones that can be produced more easily, O’Brien said, adding that “cranberry-based juices and cocktails are not reporting any crop or product supply issues” - though they might be less popular with kids. “Additionally, juice suppliers have noted that volatile crops this past season have in part created a shortage on apple concentrate,” she added. “Like many retailers, we are seeing some shortages on juice boxes and bottles of juice as suppliers are experiencing labor, logistics and packaging challenges due to COVID-19,” said Maura O’Brien, a spokeswoman for Stop & Shop, the largest grocery chain on Long Island. Supermarkets are running low on the children’s favorite thanks to a smaller-than-expected apple crop this year and shortages of bottles and juice box containers. ![]() Juice boxes are the latest victim of the supply-chain issues causing shortages of various products across the country. Workers just want to do their job, not be on the front lines of public safety Understanding this food label could save you thousands Grocers cry foul as NYC weighs ban on face-ID tech that stops shoplifters US approves nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat - made from animal cells ![]()
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