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Let Them Eat Bugs: Americans May Have to Say Goodbye to Steak and Burgers as Beef Costs Rise: Bloomberg News
Gateway Pundit ^ | 3/9/2022 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 03/10/2022 6:39:25 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom

Americans could be cutting steaks and burgers from their diets as inflation soars, if beef-packer profit margins are any indication.

Processors like Tyson Foods Inc. and JBS USA are making the least amount of money per head of cattle slaughtered in more than two years, according to data from HedgersEdge LLC. That’s a sign that demand for the luxury meat is flagging.

Consumers more likely to splurge on steaks and chops when the stock market is up. That’s in doubt as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pressures markets. Meat prices are part of what’s behind soaring inflation that’s the worst in four decades, and consumers are getting sticker shock.

“On the demand side, the concern is discretionary spending,” said Don Roose, president of brokerage U.S. Commodities Inc. in West Des Moines, Iowa. “Will consumers look to cheaper proteins or will they skip proteins?”

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


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Hope the 81 million people who voted for this regime are happy!
1 posted on 03/10/2022 6:39:25 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: LoveMyFreedom

bugs are yummy

its coming


2 posted on 03/10/2022 6:41:38 AM PST by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: joshua c

“Slimy, yet satisfying.”


3 posted on 03/10/2022 6:42:08 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

“In 2020, the global elites at WEF told the public to start eating weeds.

The strange diet plan comes from a recent virtual event hosted by the WEF, called Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good. The WEF highlighted 5 main reasons that you should start grazing on some weeds:

1. They’re easy to grow
2. They can be rich in nutrients
3. We need to diversify our diets
4. They know more about the soil than we do
5. They taste great”

Basically, the North Korean Famine Diet.

Not that certain people here care, but the people pushing this are the SAME PEOPLE who support Ukraine against Russia.


4 posted on 03/10/2022 6:45:14 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

“Hope the 81 million people who voted for this regime are happy!”

As long as they are made to feel intellectual and virtuous, they’ll eat it up... pun intended.


5 posted on 03/10/2022 6:46:09 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: BobL
Not that certain people here care, but the people pushing this are the SAME PEOPLE who support Ukraine against Russia.

That's quite a broad brush you've got there...

6 posted on 03/10/2022 6:47:08 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Fauci is a despicable little turd)
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To: COBOL2Java

“That’s quite a broad brush you’ve got there...”

...but it’s true.


7 posted on 03/10/2022 6:51:39 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

I could say goodbye to Bloomberg instead.


8 posted on 03/10/2022 6:51:46 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: LoveMyFreedom

Didn’t the recent infrastructure bill put some enormous tax on each and every cow? Seems like that might affect beef prices.


9 posted on 03/10/2022 6:51:48 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Ukraine is not a good country and does not deserve active US support.)
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To: BobL

Basically, the North Korean Famine Diet. Not that certain people here care, but the people pushing this are the SAME PEOPLE who support Ukraine against Russia.

Yeah but what about tree bark and grass? Is this some sort of foodie racism?

That’s a hell of an unwarranted assumption. Please.


10 posted on 03/10/2022 6:55:20 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

long pig will be on the menu before we are forced to eat bugs.


11 posted on 03/10/2022 7:00:03 AM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: BobL
Of course...
12 posted on 03/10/2022 7:00:22 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Fauci is a despicable little turd)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

“Will consumers look to cheaper proteins or will they skip proteins?”

Essential amino acids:

histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine

Without getting these through eating protein, you will die. Maybe that’s the point.


13 posted on 03/10/2022 7:01:44 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: LoveMyFreedom

In the recent episode of Law & Order. Season 21 episode 2 - one of the DA’s actually ordered salted crickets for lunch. I just thought to myself - here we go. Subliminally working us.


14 posted on 03/10/2022 7:06:40 AM PST by HollyB
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“That’s a hell of an unwarranted assumption. Please.”

It’s a big deal to me, as the WEF is clearly trying to take my family’s meat away and seeing them defeated ANYWHERE on this planet can only mean good things.


15 posted on 03/10/2022 7:09:34 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: BobL

Oh please!


16 posted on 03/10/2022 7:10:55 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

Nah, get a good book on casseroles, you can stretch a little meat to go a long way. It’s only 2 1/2 years until we get a real president.


17 posted on 03/10/2022 7:20:35 AM PST by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: LoveMyFreedom; dfwgator

18 posted on 03/10/2022 7:29:42 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

41 million people are on food stamps so they can afford the meat the rest of us can’t If they were not overbuying our share we could afford some too. I see it virtually every time I’m in a store.


19 posted on 03/10/2022 7:48:50 AM PST by oldasrocks
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To: BobL

Don’t forget “Bark, Grass & Mud Sandwiches”...


20 posted on 03/10/2022 7:55:05 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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