Retail meat sales were 91 per cent greater for the week that ended March 22 than the comparable week a year ago, reports a tracking company in the United States.
Sales increases were even higher for local and regional grocers; one independent grocer said he sold six times as much meat as usual.
Volume was up by 78 per cent, so the rest of the increase was because of higher prices.
In the ground-meat category, this is how things were:
· Ground beef increased 104%
· Ground turkey, +87%
· Ground chicken, +69%
· Ground pork, +89%
· Ground lamb, +33%f
On the other hand, movement via restaurants and cafeterias is probably down sharply.
