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Meat shortage fears deepen as Tyson Foods closes its largest pork plant
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 22, 2020 | Rachel Siegel

Posted on 04/23/2020 11:53:53 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: C19fan

“Fear” is becoming so over-used (like “racist” or “better safe than sorry” or “shelter in place”) that it’s losing it’s impact. It seems that a vast number of Americans are “fearful” of just about anything to do with the Chinese Virus and “fearful” of most everything else over the past six weeks ... including far, far too many “men”.


41 posted on 04/23/2020 1:22:21 PM PDT by glennaro
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To: Sacajaweau

I love Spam in any imaginable form. I especially love Spam singles when I’m backpacking. A perfect, and desperately needed, combination of protein, fat, salt, and calories.


42 posted on 04/23/2020 1:22:53 PM PDT by Cheesehead in Texas
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To: oldtech

gosh my boycott of Tyson has been ongoing for over 2 decades....hasn’t done any good but at least I feel better about it....


43 posted on 04/23/2020 1:26:02 PM PDT by cherry
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To: C19fan

Hundreds of employees are out sick for a couple weeks for what for most of them will be a crappy cold. Probably single digits will die if that. And most of those will be the “exercise sucks dieting sucks” overweight diabeetus types.

Meanwhile, the plant has some downtime, cleans up, and the employees come back to work when they’re better.

This “food shortage” crap is just more panic mongering, probably trying to trigger panic buying and empty shelves for the TV cameras.


44 posted on 04/23/2020 1:31:31 PM PDT by Mr. Rabbit
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To: catnipman

Many thanks for the info!

catnipman wrote:

““I definitely more limited meat selections at Costco. The Costco I go to has not had boneless chicken breast for a while.”

costco and their sister warehouse chains sell mostly factory overruns, that is, excess goods the regular grocery stores can’t sell ... with all the restaurants closed, folks who used to eat out are having to buy their own groceries and cook for themselves and the regular grocery stores can barely keep up, so there are few factory surpluses for the warehouse stores for now ...”


45 posted on 04/23/2020 1:48:17 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: C19fan
Eight Meatpacking Plants Close In Weeks Across America Stoking Food Shortage Fears
46 posted on 04/23/2020 2:11:29 PM PDT by blam
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To: Mr. Rabbit
I remember the beef (and sugar too) shortage around 1977. I was in the freezer beef businesses back then and we had no problem getting hanging beef.
47 posted on 04/23/2020 2:12:38 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Youth is blunder,Maturity is struggle,old age is regret.....Disraeli.)
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To: C19fan

I can’t imagine how hard it is for a company to keep people working at a meat packing plant, when those same people can quit, say “I was worried about getting sick”, and get paid almost $3000 a month in “unemployment” to sit at home and watch Netflix.


48 posted on 04/23/2020 2:36:18 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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Well I've been wondering what Canadian goose tastes like. We have a gazillion of them in the lake behind our house. 😆
49 posted on 04/23/2020 4:21:27 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight neiyour way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

They taste wonderful. They’re all dark meat, and when prepared properly, the meat falls right off the bone.


50 posted on 04/23/2020 4:24:51 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Makes great jerky. Honk!


51 posted on 04/23/2020 4:30:06 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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