[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.

[libertarian27]

Big Y is saying Butterball had a mistake in the production
(I shouldn’t have written miscalculation in the comment)
if this is true that is a lot of birds.

Most people buy 16+lbs for Thanksgiving -barely anyone buys the smaller birds in comparison to the larger ones for this holiday.

Something screwed up pretty bad to have 50% of the volume slashed for the whole country, and being told today - so close to Thanksgiving - is very sort notice.

I’m still not seeing this story anywhere else so who knows...

[Right Wing Assault]

That's the first thing that hit me, too.

Kind of like if the candy companies forgot to make extra candy for Halloween.