11 February 2020, Berlin: Popcorn bags lined up at the box office at Kino Zoo Palast. Photo: Gerald Matzka/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Gerald Matzka/picture alliance via Getty Images) The popcorn market may have popped.With movie theaters shut down, people are obviously eating less movie theater snacks.
This has left the farmers who supply theaters (and other venues) with a massive surplus of unsold food.Popcorn farmers who typically sell to movie theaters and other venues (bars, concert halls, sporting events, etc.) are struggling amid the pandemic, The Washington Post reports.