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Hawaii restaurants dealing with staffing, supplies, capacity issues ahead of holiday season
HONOLULU (KHON2) — During the summer 2021 season on Oahu, long lines were seen outside restaurants, and wait times were well over an hour. “Part of it was because we had reduced hours because it was hard to get staffing. We still had the plus-up that hadn’t lapsed yet. We had then and still do have terrible supply chain issues and costs going up; meanwhile, the numbers of guests coming back to the islands were just increasing like crazy,” explained Greg Maples, Hawaii Restaurant Association chairman. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You “We saw this kind of this special storm that…