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Originally Posted by Idle
I live in a small town and there are three grocers here. One of them is Wal-Mart and the other two are hometown types of places.
I patronize Wally World now and then, but I mostly shop at the sorta local supermarket which is part of a small chain.
Anyway, Monday I notice they had a few signs up pointing out that none of their meat came from this place and that all of it was sourced 'locally' which could mean anywhere with-in the state. I asked why the signs and they said their meat sales had taken a massive hit so they just wanted to get the word out that they were not a part of this deal.
There is one small grocer that sells only the meat they grow on their ranch. Their sales have picked up a bit but not much. Most people just seem to be avoiding all meat if they are concerned about this, at least around here.
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Are they included in the list either by city or in the national section? There is a very small one family ~70year old grocery near me, I'd have to check how long they have been there maybe longer, in an unincorporated community in a 6x6 township. Nearest other grocer is well over 10 miles, next about 30. They actually have cattle out back and their own slaughter house and butcher facilities, they provide services for all sorts of cattle and game as well, run a smokehouse etc on top of a full grocery. They are on the list by name and city. Because at some point they took in at least a box of this meat in question for their processing. This stuff must have been gawd awful cheap for them to use it. It also casts dispersions on their "home grown' type products claims. Why on earth would they need to be importing pre-packaged meat from afar? What product(s) did they put it in?