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Kay’s Cuts: Chicken = ‘Survival food’, beef = ‘Meat treat’ among US consumers

Food inflation is eating into Americans’ budgets and reducing consumer confidence in the economy, US columnist Steve Kay reports in his latest Kay’s Cuts monthly contribution for Beef Central. Many of the patterns now being seen among US consumers are also being observed in the Australian market.    

 

 

 

BEEF might be King of the Meat case in United States grocery stores and supermarkets. But chicken wins hands down in terms of per capita consumption, and has done so for years.

In the US, beef is still regarded as the ‘meat treat’ and chicken the ‘survival food’ in…

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