U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO Warns

Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by joegahona on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:49PM (#22858722)

As aggressive as your post is, I have to agree, and kudos for NPR for not groping for the juicier headline:

> "It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running," Smithfield Foods CEO Kenneth Sullivan said in a statement.

No, it's impossible to keep the _meat aisles_ stocked, which is an aisle I and lots of other Americans couldn't care less about.

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by bryanlarsen on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:06PM (#22859479)

Easy meat substitutes like tofu will run out very shortly after real meat does. Demand and thus supply for these is very small compared to the demand for real meat.

I hope you know how to cook with stuff like dry chickpeas. There's normally little retail demand for them but it'll be easier to shift wholesale capacity to retail.

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by throwaway55554 on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:04PM (#22858926)

Smithfield is owned by the Chinese. Their economy is getting back on track, let them bail out Smithfield.

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