[libertarian27]

Full title: Butterball has shortage of unfrozen, large turkeys, according to Big Y officials; other Butterball turkeys, brands available

I looked around the net for other articles and this is the only one so far about this apparent national problem. 50% of birds 16 lbs and over is a huge production miscalculation. Cutting every retailer 50% of their orders in this weight class with this brand will lead to shortages across the board. Buy early and often :)

[GraceG]

Butterball Trukey....Shortage?????

Last I checked there was no shortage of his fat butt....

[Boogieman]

Production mistake? Or was there a mass turkey escape that they don’t want to tell us about, hmm?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ham and Roast Goose to the rescue!

[dforest]

Don’t worry about it. There are plenty of big fat turkeys in DC.

[Rio]

LIVE turkeys. That's the ticket!

[mojo114]

Uh Oh this will be an issue no doubt.
Thanks for posting.

[PapaBear3625]

I looked around the net for other articles and this is the only one so far about this apparent national problem. 50% of birds 16 lbs and over is a huge production miscalculation. Cutting every retailer 50% of their orders in this weight class with this brand will lead to shortages across the board. Buy early and often :)

I don't buy the "miscalculation". How can they "miscalculate" by 50% on something they do every year, and for which they have many years of sales data?

Sounds more like they are tightening belts, and are unwilling to risk have any unfrozen turkeys in inventory post-Thanksgiving.

[JoeProBono]

[Hardraade]

Large turkeys?

Try Congress.

[Repeat Offender]

A mistake was made in the production of fresh Butterball brand turkeys

This is what happens when you let liberals control the FDA.

1 gobbler + 1 hen = 1 fertilized egg.

I don't care what the turkey identifies as.

[muir_redwoods]

Congress is full of them

[GeronL]

They praise Allah over every slaughter to appease the Muslims now.

[SamAdams76]

If a turkey is meant to be fresh for Thanksgiving, then it should not have been slaughtered yet. Something stinks about this story.

[Dysart]

[ErnBatavia]

I spent a ton of years in the frozen food biz, and would bet that the percentage of toikeys sold “fresh” is really minimal.

[OwenKellogg]

If you like your butterballs, you will be able to keep your butterballs. Period.

If you like your turkey, you will be able to keep your turkey. Period.

[newbie 10-21-00]

Buy a fresh (unfrozen) early and often? Does not compute, does not compute.

[P.O.E.]

Beware of Turkey Lurkey

[bgill]

Sounds like an excuse to raise the price. Maybe hold off on stocking the freezer with Christmas prices.

[Slyfox]

Here's a whole load of turkeys: