Not me personally, but my cousin shut down the family meat packing business that had been open since the 40s. This is in Chicago.
He said that all of his usual buyers just have no business. One huge one is just buying meat to freeze for later so they can keep their boners (knife guys) working since they are hard to find.
He closed up because of 90 clawbacks on bankruptcy. He was afraid one of his customers would file, and the courts would come to him demanding cash he didn’t have anymore.
I don’t understand how his business is slow if everyone is still consuming.
And I see that same issue in your post. If we are all still consuming, why are sales in your industry down?
“I don’t understand how his business is slow if everyone is still consuming.”
I have stopped buying beef.
I see no reason why meat from free-range animals that eat grass [i.e. bulls] should cost more than meats from animals that eat grain and need to be housed [ i.e. pigs and chickens].
That’s odd. The slaughterhouse just west of Chicago is building a huge addition to increase their capacity to 1,300 head a day.
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