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The elevated everyday demand resulted in a 21.4% increase in dollar sales versus year ago.

So far, the 2020 pandemic-affected holidays have seen strong sales performances.

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

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.

Prices remained elevated, which resulted in high dollar gains of 15.9%.

The first week of June marks three full months of Coronavirus-related shopping patterns.

Plant-based meat alternatives, both refrigerated and frozen, have experienced robust growth throughout the pandemic.

Year-to-date through May 24, meat department dollar sales were up 24.7%, boasting double-digit growth for eleven weeks running.

Year-to-date volume sales through May 10 were up 17.6% over the same period in 2019.

Ed Woods of Woods Smoked Meats talks about how the demand for meat is unlike anything he’s ever seen in his 40+ years in the meat industry.