“The meat supply chain is broken. Here’s why shortages are likely to last during the coronavirus pandemic”
- see https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/07/heres-why-meat-shortages-are-likely-to-last-during-the-pandemic.html
Ag Sec Perdue misspoke and said meat processing would be back to 100% shortly. Iowa Gov Reynolds was at the same meetings and said all plants might be open, but at maybe 60% capacity for some indeterminate period.
I wasn’t able to get fresh meat from Walmart. Was only able to purchase 4 meats from HEB and those were small packages that feed a family. The only chicken package held 2 leg quarters. I had requested the posted limit of 2 10 lb. leg quarter packages.
Those wings the article guy said aren’t eaten at home is blowing hot air. I’ve never had wings at a restaurant. They’re too expensive to buy at the grocery store since you’re buying half bone/half meat. Back when whole chickens were dirt cheap, I’d cut the wings off and save them until enough for a batch cooked up at home.
Hmm, after the Walmart curbside fiasco, I place a curbside pick up at HEB to get what Wally World wouldn’t give me. After waiting nearly two hours for the scheduled first thing in the morning pick up, hubby said we’d never use HEB again. They substituted too many items with tiny sizes and messed up the order. Then they tossed everything in the car willy nilly with no regard for heavy items on top of breakable or soft items. Still no cleaning products from either store. HEB also charged for the service whereas Walmart didn’t.