Posted on 05/28/2022 12:38:48 PM PDT by mylife
Record-high meat prices are having a chilling effect on summer-grilling demand in the US
With costs for ground beef and chicken breasts at all-time highs, consumers have few alternatives to switch to different proteins -- so some may skip them entirely.
The US Memorial Day holiday on Monday is considered the unofficial opening of the outdoor grilling season, and the surging costs are pointing to a disappointing start. Price pain in meat comes after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stalled crop exports in the Black Sea, pushing up the costs of animal feed. Even prices for propane used to power grills have soared.
“The inflationary environment is starting to take its toll,” said Michael Nepveux, senior analyst for animal protein at Stable USA, which offers risk-management tools for some commodities. ‘‘Instead of steak or chicken, we might have pasta or a pizza.’’
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
get peppers ;)
...and Yahoo got their marching orders that this is Russia’s fault..... Couldn’t be this Administrations policies, could it?
They never include Biden’s policies in the stories of bad news.
putin personally killed the beef
For an extra $6 (or even $16) a REAL griller is not going to pass up a good piece of beef for the weekend barbeque.
depends on yer wallet
Price pain in meat comes after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stalled crop exports in the Black Sea, pushing up the costs of animal feed.
Total BS ... Yahoo must have been sniffing the butt of the Ministry of Truth and inhaled an overwhelming amount of BS.
the squirrels are looking good...
agreed
all set here...
scraped up a fresh deer roadkill a little while ago...
“The inflationary environment is starting to take its toll,”
Actually that should be, “the environmental movement
is starting to take it’s inflationary toll.
indeed, we are doing sausage and pepperoni pizza.
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Wow, you’re eating high on the hog. We can only afford one topping this year. LOL
Great post!
Funny:
My weekend plans were for pizza.
Just made the dough (rising now) and letting the flavors develop in the sauce.
Lunch in about an hour or so.
fwiw: Italian sausage, uncured pepperoni, olives, mushrooms & pepperoncini.
They never include Biden’s policies in the stories of bad news.
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That’s because nothing is ever his fault.
Let’s see if he get’s a pass in November however.
“We can only afford one topping this year”
not pineapple ;)
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