Summer Grilling Had Me a Blast

About this episode

The episode discusses the rising demand for burgers and the current state of beef production as summer approaches.

BEEF We are rolling into the summer demand for things that go on the grill. The most common will be burgers, and I do think we will see burgers to continue higher every week, probably all the way to Independence Day. Production numbers continue in the same volume we’ve seen for months now. 535K head harvested last week, 527K the week prior. I really don’t see that improving anytime soon. We are seeing Middle meats, those ribeyes, tenderloins and strips moving up again after a few weeks' breat...

People in this episode

Host: Tracy

Topics covered

• summer grilling
• beef production
• burger demand
• meat prices
• grilling trends

Keywords

• summer grilling
• beef
• burgers
• meat production
• ribeyes
• tenderloins
• grilling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Saval Foodservice

Products: burgers, Middle meats, ribeyes, tenderloins, strips

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