Wed, 06/09/2021 - 9:22am
Jerry “Freeway” Purcell, Hawaiian chef for Sundayís Loko Moko Deli, looks for takeout containers at Alaska Restaurant Supply on June 4 in Anchorage. Purcell said that he had to visit three stores to find what he was looking for. (Photo/Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News)
Owner Kelvin Guzman flips fried egg while preparing Moco Loco at Sunday’s Loko Moko that serves Caribbean and Hawaiian cuisine off Boniface Parkway on June 7. (Photo/Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News)
A surge of diners returning to restaurants are squeezing food supply chains, with impacts extending all the way to Alaska, where suppliers are short on stock and restaurant owners are scrambling to find ketchup, chicken and other items.