Well, I braved the corona virus to make a trip to Sam's Club, and apparently there was another run on meat that I didn't know about.
Yesterday afternoon my 78 year old folks were there (with masks and social distancing), and all meat counters fully stocked. Today at noon when I ran up there, the meat counters were pretty much bare. I came away with a pack of bone-in chicken thighs (limit 1 chicken item per person, and that was ALL they had), and a small pack of 6 center cut pork chops. There were two very poor examples of boston butts, a couple of packs of pork shoulder steaks, and some 90/10 hamburger meat. That and the chicken thighs and some salmon was about it in the entire meat department.
When the COVID-19 scare first started it was like this. Several weeks ago I went to Sam's and everything was fully stocked, but limits of 3 of any one item - I came away with 2 butts, which have now been consumed.
Today's email on specials at The Fresh Market, where they have a weekly Tuesday special on ground chuck and boneless skinless breasts, indicates they are limiting you to 3 pounds of meat on a purchase due to a reduction in their meat supply.
Am I seeing the effect of the meat processors being shut down, or is this more of the TP hoarding effect?
Yesterday afternoon my 78 year old folks were there (with masks and social distancing), and all meat counters fully stocked. Today at noon when I ran up there, the meat counters were pretty much bare. I came away with a pack of bone-in chicken thighs (limit 1 chicken item per person, and that was ALL they had), and a small pack of 6 center cut pork chops. There were two very poor examples of boston butts, a couple of packs of pork shoulder steaks, and some 90/10 hamburger meat. That and the chicken thighs and some salmon was about it in the entire meat department.
When the COVID-19 scare first started it was like this. Several weeks ago I went to Sam's and everything was fully stocked, but limits of 3 of any one item - I came away with 2 butts, which have now been consumed.
Today's email on specials at The Fresh Market, where they have a weekly Tuesday special on ground chuck and boneless skinless breasts, indicates they are limiting you to 3 pounds of meat on a purchase due to a reduction in their meat supply.
Am I seeing the effect of the meat processors being shut down, or is this more of the TP hoarding effect?
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