By Lucy Hooker & Katie Prescott
Business reporters, BBC News
Jawbone Brewing, a newly launched craft brewery in Twickenham, south-west London, was all ready with its new pale ale when it came across a stumbling block.
It couldn’t get hold of any boxes.
The boom in online ordering during the pandemic has also meant rocketing demand for cardboard, as consumers have started taking delivery of everything from bicycles to houseplants.
In the end Jawbone had to delay the launch of online deliveries by three weeks while the company looked for packaging.
