Anyone noticing panic buying of meat after Tyson ran a full page ad sure to lead to panic buying?

[littlebeast]

Wow...crazy! I had planned on just calling APD and ordering one. Guess I should do that sooner rather than later. We don’t need anything huge or fancy, just big enough to keep our trips down the hill to the grocery store to a minimum. It’s a 2 hour round trip plus shopping.

yes - would recommend getting your order in as the backlog is apparently quite large. and we were also similar to you (nothing large or fancy). the one we got is a relatively small upright (13 cu ft). there’s only 2 of us, so didn’t want massive storage as it would take too long to consume it all (frozen food still has a reasonably short shelf life). the only option i was set on that cost extra was frost free (no f’ing way i want to be chopping accumulating ice out of it ongoing maintenance-wise).

WRT your round-trip to the grocery - that is seriously intimidating. we are actively looking for property up in the sierra foothills for a permanent move, and proximity to certain infrastructure is one of the questions we are asking ourselves. not sure we are prepared to go as balls to the wall as you have. trade offs. remains to be seen.

 

[BillSmith]

Additional thanks to Bill for the comprehensive report.

In answer to the topic question, "Yes."

Local Costco had 'protein limits'. Case wasn't empty, but limited selection and quantity. No chicken breasts to be had. Smattering alternative parts of the fowl. Basically, a fouled-up mess.

 

[norcalkid]

Additional thanks to Bill for the comprehensive report.

In answer to the topic question, "Yes."

Local Costco had 'protein limits'. Case wasn't empty, but limited selection and quantity. No chicken breasts to be had. Smattering alternative parts of the fowl. Basically, a fouled-up mess.

I think Costco gets hit worse than say Winco. Costco shoppers have money and buy in bulk. Winco shoppers are broke. I have noticed Costco getting hit the hardest on meats since the beginning. I actually won't buy beef from Winco as it's so poor quality, but the place is cheap.

 

[Butch]

I still love pork, the intelligent meat. They are really smart. Smarter than some of the people we know.
Except they taste good. That was dumb.

 

[GAJ]

Got our first monthly p/u of 16lbs of meat from Sonoma Meat Company yesterday to minimize our trips to Costco.

Pull up, pop open trunk, call on phone, placed in the trunk.

Works out to $10/lb for organic locally grown meat of very high quality.

Might make this a regular thing even after we have vaccine in 2022!

Not the same each month so it's a "surprise" as to what exactly is in the Meat Medley box.

2 Chickens
2 ground beef
2 hangar steaks
1 Flap steak
2 Pork loin steaks 
2 Lamb loin steaks
1 lamb leg steak which we will thaw and smoke later
1 package beef stew meat

 

[budgie45]

I don’t eat pork just beef,I hate chicken,I was the chicken guy in a butcher shop for 3 years wankers wouldn’t let me cut any other meat,I eat a little bit of fish,herring salmon

 

[Melissa]

I went to do my weekly shopping yesterday and the place was packed full of all meats waiting to be purchased.

 

[The Smokester]

I love thinly sliced, boneless pork loin...Better than bacon!

 

[Abacinator]

Both my usual supermarkets had plenty of meat today

 

[bikeama]

I broke quarantine this morning. Went to Trader Joes with a mask on, the senior hour. Not many people shopping, everyone had a mask and no shortage of meat or anything shelves look full. :thumbup New TJ record for me $376 for the cart. :wtf Good for a few more weeks.

 

[Beanzy]

The frozen Indian food at TJ's is yummy. Wish I could eat the frozen Italian stuff -- none of it uses olive oil. Instead some cheap oil that makes me break out in hives.

But I like the bacon. Forget what kind but it's tasty as heck.

The prosciutto's good too.

 

[planegray]

Uh-oh... Wendy's is running out of hamburgers :cry

 

[Agent Orange]

Uh-oh... Wendy's is running out of hamburgers :cry

I dont think I've eaten there for over 10 years.

 

[gixxerjeff]

I dont think I've eaten there for over 10 years.

Duly noted. We'll pass that on so they don't keep looking for you.

 

[Agent Orange]

Point being, that there are other options. You know instead of fixating on something out of your control.

 

[bikeama]

Thoughts on meat shortage. Production was down at meat plants before anyone got sick at the plants. Restaurants buy a lot of meat and they have not been buying much. There is an excess of meat on the hoof, price is down to the ranchers. There may well be as much meat going retail as there was before. GREED and PANIC buying is running the price up. This is sad.

 

[littlebeast]

Thoughts on meat shortage. Production was down at meat plants before anyone got sick at the plants. Restaurants buy a lot of meat and they have not been buying much. There is an excess of meat on the hoof, price is down to the ranchers. There may well be as much meat going retail as there was before. GREED and PANIC buying is running the price up. This is sad.

my maternal grandfather worked in meat packing plants his entire career. took me there a few times as a kid. it was horrifying. seriously - i think it scarred me for life. it wouldn’t break my heart if meat got so expensive that people started consuming a lot less of it.

 

[Agent Orange]

Costco limiting meat purchases:

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Costco-limits-fresh-meat-purchases-15251434.php

 

[rodr]

my maternal grandfather worked in meat packing plants his entire career. took me there a few times as a kid. it was horrifying. seriously - i think it scarred me for life. it wouldn’t break my heart if meat got so expensive that people started consuming a lot less of it.

In this regard it may help to study the evolution and philosophy of morality. It's easy to see how a species would reject cannibalism, but not so easy re preying on other species. Perhaps humans think too much.

My wife went veggie years after we married. It's not as much fun to cook for her as it used to be.

 

[FXCLM5]

I dont get it, your a 30 billion dollar enterprise who has been making bazillions off the usa public since when??? fukn forever????


just go in the negative for 6+ months (since you cant sell) but keep your workforce on since the animals are destined to be chopped up already, and like make some free gourmet dog food

or i guess play the game of asking for a handout like every other damn industry