I figured somebody would be talkin 'bout how that cornvirus got everybody under coneteen by now...
Personally, I've read, heard, seen enough of the Wuhan flu to last me 20 lifetimes. What can be said that hasn't already been said.I figured somebody would be talkin 'bout how that cornvirus got everybody under coneteen by now...
I live about 10 min from a JBS meat plant. It's probably THE plant if not one of the biggest beef plants in the US. The reason you don't have much beef on the shelves right now is because there was a mass out break of the virus at the plant. They had to use the local Universities dorms for the spill over from the hospital. So the cows are still out there, there just isn't anybody to butcher them. They changed their stuff around and are now back to work but I would say their capacity to crank out beef is down by at least 60%. So beef will SLOWLY start to trickle back into the stores at a very limited supply. The rules for distancing don't allow for mass production of anything ESPECIALLY time sensitive products like beef. So unless you have a local butcher, and a local person raising, your out of luck. I have both and they are both swamped with business. The rules also have introduced extensive additional costs to the plant. They hired more cleaning staff, and have to supply and unending amount of PPE. So yes the price of your beef is going to skyrocket. I don't believe anybody is price gouging. I have local examples of the fact that to get butchered meat to your store it's now costing 25% more if you have a plant withing 100 miles. Drastically more cost for more distance. The poor grocery store clerks are getting the brunt of the stress because most people are yelling at them because of the price of things, but the reality is the company isn't going to loose money to get you your "stuff" otherwise they have to close down, and a lot of them are dangerously close to closing already. Again not globally I'm speaking about my area locally ( which happens to have the #1 global provider of beef).
Have you noticed amazon is canceling most if not all of their "amazon basics" items? I've order 3 in the last couple of months and all 3 were deliveries were cancelled. I suspect they had the exact same problem JBS is having. Warehouses are a terrible place for viruses. The items that come from a different location all still get delivered, but the Amazon warehouses aren't cranking much if anything out. I worked in a software packaging plant 20 years ago and they basically lined people up shoulder to shoulder on a production line having them fold, pack, and label as fast as their hand could move.... that isn't going to happen anymore with any products.
I assume you are talking about ground meat.I am confused as to why 90/10 beef is my area is cheaper then 80/20
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