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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78863970 United States 05/03/2020 11:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is all BS. Our stores have everything low not just meat low. The hours are cut and no workers got sick. People that got 50 pounds of bacon for a basement freezer did it a month ago. People that are poor didn't buy more. We still do not have enough food to sustain. Something doesn't seem to add up. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 46800121 United States 05/03/2020 04:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nearly 21% of the 391 employees at a Massachusetts Walmart have tested positive for COVID-19, [link to www.wcvb.com (secure)] |
Azaziah
User ID: 74271112 United States 05/04/2020 06:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heard on national radio today that Costco is now limiting meat to 3 items per customer... Our freezers are stuffed, but it still makes me uneasy. Protein is one of the biggies for health and vigor, and I think we are going to see serious shortages soon. Consider the toilet-paper wars in recent months... how will people act when they cannot get meat? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73051730 United States 05/05/2020 03:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heard on national radio today that Costco is now limiting meat to 3 items per customer... Quoting: Azaziah Our freezers are stuffed, but it still makes me uneasy. Protein is one of the biggies for health and vigor, and I think we are going to see serious shortages soon. Consider the toilet-paper wars in recent months... how will people act when they cannot get meat? Costco limits meat purchases as ‘high demand merchandise’ flies off shelves [link to www.miamiherald.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73051730 United States 05/05/2020 03:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 58 percent of workers at Tyson meat factory in Iowa test positive for coronavirus An Iowa Department of Public Health report released Tuesday showed more than 700 workers contracted the virus at a meat plant in Perry, Iowa. [link to www.nbcnews.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73051730 United States 05/05/2020 03:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More than 100 Oklahoma meatpacking employees test positive for coronavirus The infections at the Seaboard Foods facility in Guymon, Okla., come as outbreaks have occurred in meat processing plants across the country. [link to thehill.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72613811 United States 05/06/2020 07:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nearly 150 federal meat inspectors diagnosed with coronavirus, 3 dead The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) told CBS News this week that 145 employees were diagnosed with the coronavirus and an additional 130 are currently under self-quarantine as a precaution due to possible infection. The three who died were based in New York, Chicago and Mississippi, according to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union that represents food inspectors in the U.S. [link to www.foxnews.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 46792580 United States 05/06/2020 12:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mark Killian with Arizona's Agriculture Department said it's the same here in Arizona where demand for milk has dropped 50% since the shutdown. "We have dairymen in this state that are in deep trouble. I mean real trouble," Killian said. And, Arizona's farmers tending to crops, he added, "are growing produce that they've had to just let sit in the field. It has impacted us." [link to kjzz.org (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76440435 United States 05/06/2020 10:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | From the main Covid thread: Going to bed... Quoting: CleverCreator Another food plant... Hormel. I am not worried about the beach goers... but what happens when the food supply does become the bigger vector? [link to www.kcci.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76440435 United States 05/07/2020 11:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Number of workers with coronavirus at Waterloo Tyson plant more than double earlier figure More than 1,000 workers at the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo have tested positive for the coronavirus, a county public health leader said Thursday — more than double the number Gov. Kim Reynolds had said were infected the day before. [link to www.desmoinesregister.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76453576 United States 05/08/2020 11:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Canada 1 dead, 24 test positive for coronavirus at dairy facility in Vaughan: public health [link to globalnews.ca (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76485720 United States 05/10/2020 04:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All these folks will gain immunity and our food production will run at 100% soon...right? ....Right? Coronavirus outbreak causes Tyson Foods to close NC plant for cleaning "The Wilkes County Health Department went onsite at Tyson to conduct 200 COVID-19 tests," the county said. "They had 39 positive tests out of the 200 which is 19%." [link to www.foxbusiness.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76447999 United States 05/11/2020 09:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All these folks will gain immunity and our food production will run at 100% soon...right? ....Right? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76485720 Coronavirus outbreak causes Tyson Foods to close NC plant for cleaning "The Wilkes County Health Department went onsite at Tyson to conduct 200 COVID-19 tests," the county said. "They had 39 positive tests out of the 200 which is 19%." [link to www.foxbusiness.com (secure)] Sounds like cleaning is take a bit longer than originally planned. WILKESBORO, NC. – After initial testing for the coronavirus (COVID-19) at Tyson Foods Inc.’s chicken processing plant in Wilkes County, NC, indicated the majority of the positive cases in the community were linked to an outbreak there, the company reportedly suspended operations for three days to deep clean and sanitize the facility. Processing is expected to resume May 12. [link to www.meatpoultry.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76440643 United States 05/12/2020 07:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As COVID-19 Spreads In Meat Plants, 200 USDA Inspectors Test Positive A U.S. Agriculture Department spokesperson told Food Dive that 197 field employees in the Food Safety and Inspection Service are absent from work after testing positive for coronavirus and 120 FSIS employees are under self-quarantine due to contact with or exposure to COVID-19 as of May 5. [link to www.zerohedge.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76414193 United States 05/15/2020 02:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oregon: Fry Foods processing plant closes after at least 8 employees test positive for coronavirus [link to www.oregonlive.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76414193 United States 05/15/2020 04:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “We will not be able to go to full capacity anytime soon as we fight this virus because of all the changes we have implemented,” [link to thehill.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76457693 United States 05/18/2020 08:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tyson poultry plant remains closed past USDA head's reopening goal Tyson Foods poultry facility in Wilkesboro, N.C., remains closed 12 days after Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said that all U.S. meatpacking plants would fully reopen in the next seven to 10 days. [link to thehill.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76457693 United States 05/18/2020 08:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Food Inflation Meat Shortages and Skyrocketing Prices May Blindside Consumers Over the Summer By Memorial Day meat supplies at retail grocery store could be 30% lower, with prices for both pork and beef 20% higher than those paid just one year ago. That projection is part of a just-released analysis by CoBank lead economist Will Sawyer, who says as communities begin to reopen across the country there remains only about a one-week supply of meat in cold storage. [link to www.dtnpf.com (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76457693 United States 05/18/2020 09:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Chicago: Harold’s Chicken Charges 26% ‘COVID-19 Fee’ On Bills, Claiming Spike In Food Supply Prices Restaurant manager Jacquelyn Santana said their food suppliers raised their prices by 26 percent on Saturday “due to the COVID pandemic.” [link to chicago.cbslocal.com (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76473653 United States 05/20/2020 11:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ~25% Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76473653 HUNDREDS of Workers Test Positive For COVID-19 at Tyson Foods Chicken Plant In N.C. Of the 2,244 team members and contractors who work at the facility and were tested, 570 tested positive, the majority of whom did not show any symptoms [link to breaking911.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78785509 United States 05/20/2020 11:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It doesn't matter where people eat. It shouldn't have made a difference if kids were eating lunch at school or home. Or family eating at a restaurant or home. So, why has food not been harvested to go to a produce outlet if nothing else? They can tell you where a head of lettuce came from to track for e-coli but they can't figure out how to direct traffic from areas that are well stocked to areas where there are shortages? BS. The food shortages are being engineered. I went to a grocery store today. Not a big chain but an independent grocer and it gets worse every week. The things they are out of they have continued to be out of. Here are the shortages I've seen: Butter Cheeses Chicken Thighs with skin and bone, same with the breast. Hamburger shortages and high prices Dog Food Dry Beans Canned veggies except tomatoes they seemed plentiful Rice Packaged macaroni, rice dishes and Hamburger Helper and pasta type stuff. Paper products including napkins. Sugar Flour Bread It makes me very nervous because I know it is gradually getting worse. I've been pricing a/c units and they are sold out in many models and don't know if or when they can be re-stocked. You'll notice where the shortages are when you need to find something you don't normally buy when it comes to bigger items or home goods. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76461289 United States 05/22/2020 09:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 57 at Santa Teresa meatpacking plant test positive for COVID-19 [link to www.ktsm.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76461289 United States 05/22/2020 09:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Dodger Dog Meatpacking Plant Has a Coronavirus Outbreak [link to la.eater.com (secure)] |