With US beef prices soaring to record highs, you might think that South Dakota cattle rancher Eric Gropper would be celebrating.
Yet while the cost of the meat in US supermarkets is now 12% higher than it was a year ago, a rise more than three times the rate of general inflation, Gropper says that he and all the other beef farmers aren’t making any more profit than usual.
They are, there’s “huge deals” on chicken burgers, chicken strips, chicken wraps, fried chicken, chicken tenders, “chicken fries”, chicken sandwiches, McChicken, chicken tacos, chicken burritos, and every other version of “chicken” there is - and a lot of offerings where the meat is nondescript have dropped the meat type in the description in favor of just “mini tacos”, “classic tacos”, “meat and bean burrito”, “chili”, etc, at least as far as I’ve seen. The biggest pushers seem to be Taco Bell, Carl Jr, and Jack in the Box.
yeah since I don’t really go anymore I likely don’t see them. just mcdonalds commercials.