{"id":414696,"date":"2022-03-11T03:16:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T00:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/shoppers-crossing-beef-off-grocery-lists-as-prices-soar-16\/"},"modified":"2022-03-11T03:16:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T00:16:50","slug":"shoppers-crossing-beef-off-grocery-lists-as-prices-soar-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shoppers-crossing-beef-off-grocery-lists-as-prices-soar-16\/","title":{"rendered":"#Shoppers crossing beef off grocery lists as prices soar 16%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35847dd6647\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed consumers who have already made the switch to proteins like chicken, which is no bargain, either.<\/p>\n<p>Chicken breasts reached a 16-year high in February of $3.82 per pound, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u00a0They\u2019re also up around 13.2% since last year, but that compares to $11.65 a pound for sirloin steak or $4.63 a pound for ground beef.<\/p>\n<p>More families are swapping out burgers and steaks for chicken, say grocers and meat wholesalers, who have adjusted their purchasing as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing this shift to poultry in lower-income neighborhoods, where consumers who had more disposable income last year are now being more cautious about spending,\u201d said Daniel Romanoff, president of Bronx-based meat wholesaler Nebraskaland.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-03-ground-chuck.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Trays of ground beef.\" class=\"wp-image-21487402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-03-ground-chuck.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-03-ground-chuck.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-03-ground-chuck.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ground beef cost $4.63 a pound in February.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-05-meat-shelf.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A meat shelf at a grocery store.\" class=\"wp-image-21487482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-05-meat-shelf.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-05-meat-shelf.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-05-meat-shelf.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chicken breasts are at 16-year highs at $3.82 a pound.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jeff Greenberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And the extra bite of inflation on other goods \u2013 on everything from gasoline to clothes \u2013 is taking an even bigger chunk out of food budgets as prices on everything are at a 40-year high, up 7.9% from last year, according to the latest federal data out Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Morton Williams, which operates 16 stores in the New York metro area, is now purchasing 30 60-pound boxes of rib meat a week compared to 60 boxes a few months ago, Victor Colello, the grocer\u2019s director of meat, told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout most of the pandemic demand for all things beef was strong despite historically high prices because consumers had more purchasing power, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur chicken business shifted to beef last year and now in 2022 we are seeing the reverse,\u201d Romanoff added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-01-steak-cuts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A grocery worker holds packaged beef over a refrigerated shelf.\" class=\"wp-image-21487504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-01-steak-cuts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-01-steak-cuts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/meat-prices-01-steak-cuts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Inflation has turned beef into a luxury for many households.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rapidly rising inflation is taking a bite out of budgets and putting a crimp in what families can afford.<\/p>\n<p>Even Walmart, the largest and lowest-cost grocer in the US, has raised prices \u201cdramatically,\u201d according to Gordon Haskett analyst, Chuck Grom, who surveyed budget retailers across the country in late February and found that the average price increase at Walmart, Target and the dollar stores was 8.1%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the fall of 2021, price increases at supermarkets were between 4% and 5%, \u201cbut all of a sudden that nearly doubled,\u201d Grom said.<\/p>\n<p>At Walmart a dozen eggs cost $2.13 in February, up from $1.21 a year ago, while a box of DiGiorno pizza cost $5.94 in February \u2014 or 94 cents more than a year ago \u2014 and a gallon of milk cost $3.51, up from $2.82.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople got their pandemic checks last year, which helped them to buy more beef,\u201d said Dean Baker, a senior economist with Center for Economic and Policy Research.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Gottschalk, founder of HedgersEdge.com, which provides market research on the ag industry, said wholesale beef prices are starting to tick down from their sky-high prices, but that isn\u2019t helping the budget-strapped consumer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLower-income households could afford to move up the protein ladder during the pandemic and 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