Grilling season is here, perhaps bringing a slice of normalcy to a world turned on its head.
Here’s the catch: It’s going to cost you more this summer.
Prices in the grocery store meat bin are climbing to levels not seen in at least two decades as the coronavirus pandemic affects yet another industry.
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The Biden administration is targeting a small group of meat packers for high beef, pork and poultry prices that it says are squeezing consumers and fueling inflation, arguing that they are abusing their market power. …
The reduction of meat processing capacity caused by U.S. plant closures and slowdowns has created a massive bottleneck in the nation’s meat and livestock supply chain. Nearly two dozen plants that process beef and pork products closed in April due to the COVID-19 outbreak, while many others have had to slow their production as a result of the disease. …
The fresh meat cases at local grocery stores are almost bare any given day as consumers have stockpiled hamburger meat, roasts and other cuts of beef for the past two weeks. …
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