Meat and poultry sales post a strong October; inflation moderating

November 18, 2020

Meat department sales during the week ending October 4 through November 1 increased 11.8% in dollars and 5.5% in volume versus year ago.

While many shopping habits are normalizing, meat remains king

Anne-Marie Roerink

October 15, 2020

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Anxiety levels over in-store visits have decreased significantly, with 58% of shoppers feeling relaxed.

Beef dazzles in strong meat department Labor Day performance

Anne-Marie Roerink

September 16, 2020

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For the week ending September 6, dollars gained 18.2% over year ago levels during one of the biggest grilling weekends of the summer.

Going up against Labor Day 2019, meat sales experienced a pandemic first

Anne-Marie Roerink

September 10, 2020

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The last full week of August saw the smallest increases since the start of the pandemic across virtually all departments.

Value-added meat holds its own with pandemic gains of 29.2%

Anne-Marie Roerink

August 26, 2020

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The meat department has ruled the fresh perimeter since the onset of the pandemic.

Club and grocery take above average share of pandemic meat dollars

Anne-Marie Roerink

August 19, 2020

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Economic pressure is being compounded by the delay over the extension of unemployment benefits and uncertainty over a second round of stimulus payments.

Twenty weeks of double-digit sales gains for the meat department

Anne-Marie Roerink

August 6, 2020

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As COVID-19 concerns increase, meat department dollar sales increased 22.2% versus year ago.

Meat department volume gains hit double digits once more

Anne-Marie Roerink

July 29, 2020

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The week ending July 19 was the second of eight non-holiday weeks between Independence Day and Labor Day.

Price saves the non-holiday week with volume flat versus year ago

Anne-Marie Roerink

July 8, 2020

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The meat department had much improved its in-stock position and assortment continued to recover from May lows.

Father’s Day weekend provided a huge boost to meat sales

Anne-Marie Roerink

July 1, 2020

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The week ending June 21st was Father’s Day weekend and the results for the meat department as a whole, and beef in particular, were astounding.

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