The global supply chain crisis is hitting home in many ways.There is a number of avenues to explore when it comes to items that are now in short supply. But you know it starts getting serious when you mess with Cincinnati favorites like Graeter's Ice Cream."A lot of things we're getting about half of what we should be getting," Chip Graeter said Friday while surveying inventory at the company's Reading Road location.Richard Graeter recounted how the lid adhesive that attaches to the rim of his ice cream pints was about to appear on the endangered list."That would have been a catastrophe," he told us.Longtime pizza parlors like LaRosa's are feeling the pinch, too."Packaging's been really bad," lamented Mike LaRosa at his restaurant on Boudinot. "Paper products and cups. Things like that."If you're thinking Skyline time sometime soon, don't count on chili ranch dressing. They're also experiencing a cup shortage, though they described both as "mild" situations."Like many others in our industry, supply chain issues have mildly disrupted our inventory," said Sarah Sicking, Skyline's vice president of marketing. "Thankfully, it has only affected a few items, including one of our sauces and our supply of cups."Izzy's, another iconic institution in this city, found out this morning some of the rolls it uses won't be available for another two weeks.A pack of Gulden's Mustard is another spicy sore point."They weren't making packets," said John Geisen at the restaurant on Red Bank Road. "We couldn't get packets for three months. So, I bought 150 cases. We went through that."Izzy's is famous for its corned beef and its pastrami. It comes out of Detroit. But with a shortage of truck drivers, Geisen had to hit the road. He went up there himself and got it.Improvise or perish.That could be the working motto at local staples like Izzy's and Graeter's nowadays. You can still get double-buttered coffee cake there. It usually sits on a square piece of cardboard."Those are in short supply," Chip Graeter told us. "We can't get 'em at all."So, he's using round plastic foam containers until that runs out.Graeter's does a ton of shipping which takes a lot of dry ice. They are getting about half of what they would normally get."We get dry ice twice a week and they've had real big production problems where they make the dry ice," he said.LaRosa went so far as to post a public apology about shortages. He explained why."With social media, we were beginning to see posts from people that you guys are not runnin' the business well, you're out of everything, what's wrong with you guys? So, people were kind of making things up," he said.He asked for patience.The businesses are planning ahead for the holidays with no shortage of determination."Come hell or high water, we're going to make it happen," Geisen said.
The global supply chain crisis is hitting home in many ways.
There is a number of avenues to explore when it comes to items that are now in short supply. But you know it starts getting serious when you mess with Cincinnati favorites like Graeter's Ice Cream.
"A lot of things we're getting about half of what we should be getting," Chip Graeter said Friday while surveying inventory at the company's Reading Road location.
Richard Graeter recounted how the lid adhesive that attaches to the rim of his ice cream pints was about to appear on the endangered list.
"That would have been a catastrophe," he told us.
Longtime pizza parlors like LaRosa's are feeling the pinch, too.
"Packaging's been really bad," lamented Mike LaRosa at his restaurant on Boudinot. "Paper products and cups. Things like that."
If you're thinking Skyline time sometime soon, don't count on chili ranch dressing. They're also experiencing a cup shortage, though they described both as "mild" situations.
"Like many others in our industry, supply chain issues have mildly disrupted our inventory," said Sarah Sicking, Skyline's vice president of marketing. "Thankfully, it has only affected a few items, including one of our sauces and our supply of cups."
Izzy's, another iconic institution in this city, found out this morning some of the rolls it uses won't be available for another two weeks.
A pack of Gulden's Mustard is another spicy sore point.
"They weren't making packets," said John Geisen at the restaurant on Red Bank Road. "We couldn't get packets for three months. So, I bought 150 cases. We went through that."
Izzy's is famous for its corned beef and its pastrami. It comes out of Detroit. But with a shortage of truck drivers, Geisen had to hit the road. He went up there himself and got it.
Improvise or perish.
That could be the working motto at local staples like Izzy's and Graeter's nowadays. You can still get double-buttered coffee cake there. It usually sits on a square piece of cardboard.
"Those are in short supply," Chip Graeter told us. "We can't get 'em at all."
So, he's using round plastic foam containers until that runs out.
Graeter's does a ton of shipping which takes a lot of dry ice. They are getting about half of what they would normally get.
"We get dry ice twice a week and they've had real big production problems where they make the dry ice," he said.
LaRosa went so far as to post a public apology about shortages. He explained why.
"With social media, we were beginning to see posts from people that you guys are not runnin' the business well, you're out of everything, what's wrong with you guys? So, people were kind of making things up," he said.
He asked for patience.
The businesses are planning ahead for the holidays with no shortage of determination.
"Come hell or high water, we're going to make it happen," Geisen said.
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