Beef Prices Continue To Soar

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
For many of us.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
When the price of beef starts to average around ten
dollars a pound certainly has an effect on what's going
in the shopping cart.

Speaker 3 (00:07):
I'll see what the prices are and if I mean
they have to cut back on how much meat I eat.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Christines from Norwell caught up with her at the handover
market basket.

Speaker 4 (00:13):
She's taking the philosophy to the.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Checkout line, as the price tag for a stake is
just too meaty.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
At the moment.

Speaker 4 (00:20):
Exactly, the price of beef is up nine.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Percent since the beginning of the year.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Cattle inventory shortages, according to industry analysts, are dragging on
the overall industry and soaring prices. When I asked a
couple of shoppers how long they've been trimming the fat
of their meat orders over the last.

Speaker 5 (00:36):
Year or so, more so than you know usually.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
And those prices show no signs of slowing down in Hanover.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Jimmyk WBS, Boston's news radio