re: Meat prices spiking. Here is supposedly why.

Here is a hot take for you.

A factor in the increase in beef prices can be attributed to the increase of food stamps and government benefits with corona aid. The meat industry/food retailers are looking to cash in by artificially raising prices knowing people have to use these benefits to buy their products.

This weekend I was doing double takes at Cannata’s in Houma where a roast was going for over 10 dollars a pound. Ground meat was like 8 dollars a pound. But here is the kicker at those prices no one was buying so the product would need to be reduced or it would rot on the shelf.