New York (CNN Business) Chicken, lumber , microchips, gas, steel, metals, chlorine and ketchup packets : What do they all have in common? Shortages are popping up across the supply chain as the pandemic messes with shipping, demand, supply and all the other levers of the global economy. Interest in the product, along with tight chicken supply, has made keeping pace with customers' orders the "main challenge" for KFC as it enters the second quarter, according toCEO David Gibbs. As the pandemic crushed the US economy last spring, sawmills shut down lumber production to brace for a housing slump. SteelA steel shortage is also gripping the country.

Source: CNN May 08, 2021 14:13 UTC