A perfect storm of factors has created the intense price hike just in time for July.
Less green grass means fewer slaughtered cows to feed to the supply chain.
There also may be one more sinister answer lurking behind the high price tagprice gouging.
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“We basically have four meat processors in the whole country,” he saida few weeks ago.
“They process the meat that goes into the hamburgers you buy, so they set the price.
When there’s no competition, they can set the price higher and higher.”
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