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%.

Despite the supply pressure, dollar sales grew 18.7% the week of May 31 versus year ago and volume grew 2.8%.

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

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

The limited service/assortment and/or shutting down of deli counters across many stores have had severely negative impact on sales of deli products.

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For the week ending May 3, meat department dollar sales were up 51.3% and volume increased 37.2%.

In-home consumption is here to stay for the foreseeable future and the additional demand continued to push retail sales well above prior year levels.