Does the meat selection in your local grocery store seem sparser and more expensive than usual? You’re not the only one to notice. Many stores across the country are reporting fewer shipments of beef, pork and chicken after more than a dozen large meat processing facilities have closed their doors in response to thousands of workers testing positive for the coronavirus. …
Prices in the grocery store meat bin are climbing to levels not seen in at least two decades as the coronavirus pandemic affects yet another industry. …
The national meat shortage has come for Wendy’s. The fast food chain says some menu items are unavailable, and one analyst estimates nearly one in five of Wendy’s restaurants are out of beef. …
The reduction of meat processing capacity caused by U.S. plant closures and slowdowns has created a massive bottleneck in the nation’s meat and livestock supply chain. Nearly two dozen plants that process beef and pork products closed in April due to the COVID-19 outbreak, while many others have had to slow their production as a result of the disease. …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to keep meat and poultry processing facilities open during the COVID-19 national emergency. …
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