Much of it has to do with the reason the meat shortages happened to begin with.

But will all this be enough to send meat inventories plummeting like they did last year?

Likely not, since groceries have gotten more savvy.

meat worker at a grocery

David Smith of Associated Wholesale Grocers said in early-July, “We’re buying a lot of everything.

And this is good news that many of us probably need right now.

Whole Foods meat counter in Florida