There may be a shortage of cookies on the shelves this holiday season. Campbell’s Soup Company, which makes cookies under the Pepperidge Farms brand, warned that it is facing a shortage ahead of its busiest season. The shortage is being blamed on an increase in demand and a labor shortage, both of which are results of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a report compiled by Top Data, American cookie consumption has increased by 25 percent since the start of the pandemic, with 1 in 5 Americans eating three or more cookies per day.
Food shortages have been happening all year due to the ongoing pandemic, including a meat shortage that affected major producers like Tyson Foods and Smithfield Foods.

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