Many of these delays can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused some manufacturers to cut back on production, notes Melissa Haber, vice president of EuroChef USA, which imports Verona brand appliances. Combined with low supplies and rising costs of raw materials, this created shortages of essential components such as microchips, stainless steel, and plastic, as well as shipping containers used to transport the products. And as more homeowners plan to update their kitchens after more than a year of cooking and eating at home for most meals, high demand is making these supply-chain disruptions even worse....