Food Companies Have Cut Back On Product Varieties Like Double Stuf Oreos During The Pandemic
If you haven’t been able to find a specific flavor of Frito-Lay chips or variety of Oreo lately, it’s not because everyone collectively decided to buy them all up. Food brands have cut back on making some of their product varieties to meet the demand for traditional ones while more people eat at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Companies including General Mills, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Campbell saw a huge uptick in demand for some products when the pandemic first started and stay-at-home orders were in effect. To keep up with demand, food brands channeled their efforts into producing their most popular items at a quicker rate, which means putting a halt to less crucial products, according to CNN Business.
On shelves, the regular Oreo cookies, along with Oreo Thins and fudge-covered Oreos, have been given top-priority. From Frito-Lay, Lay's Lightly Salted potato chips and Crunchy Xxtra Flamin' Hot Cheetos were paused but are back in production again. Some items are still unavailable, like Tostitos Multigrain Scoops tortilla chips, for example. And if you’re a big Progresso soup fanatic, General Mills has cut down some of its nearly 90 varieties for now.
With fewer flavor options in stores, we’ll all have to indulge in the basics for a bit. The pause on certain products isn't so bad, though, because it will make getting your hands on them once again even more exciting. It's the little things in life, folks!
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