Americans love paper towels
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Part of the shortage has been caused by hoarding, as panic buyers turned out in droves to stock up on the product. But part of the problem has been because of a breakdown in supply chains, leaving paper towel manufacturers struggling to keep up due to not having access to all the necessary materials. “Meeting a large surge in demand such as that experienced in reaction to the pandemic is beyond the capability of a functional supply chain,” explained the Lean Enterprise Institute’s The Lean Post.
Paper towels are a particularly hot commodity in the United States, making the shortage even more dire. The Atlantic reported that, based on data from market-research company Euromonitor International, sales of paper towels for home use totaled $12 billion in 2017. Americans spent $5.7 billion of that — nearly as much as the rest of the world combined.
Why We’re Facing Another Paper Towel Shortage
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By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Sept. 14, 2020 4:58 pm EST
Americans love paper towels
Part of the shortage has been caused by hoarding, as panic buyers turned out in droves to stock up on the product. But part of the problem has been because of a breakdown in supply chains, leaving paper towel manufacturers struggling to keep up due to not having access to all the necessary materials. “Meeting a large surge in demand such as that experienced in reaction to the pandemic is beyond the capability of a functional supply chain,” explained the Lean Enterprise Institute’s The Lean Post.
Paper towels are a particularly hot commodity in the United States, making the shortage even more dire. The Atlantic reported that, based on data from market-research company Euromonitor International, sales of paper towels for home use totaled $12 billion in 2017. Americans spent $5.7 billion of that — nearly as much as the rest of the world combined.
Paper towels are a particularly hot commodity in the United States, making the shortage even more dire. The Atlantic reported that, based on data from market-research company Euromonitor International, sales of paper towels for home use totaled $12 billion in 2017. Americans spent $5.7 billion of that — nearly as much as the rest of the world combined.
