on July 22, 2020
Everyday demand continues to drive meat sales in July
Department sees 17th week of double-digit gains since the onset of COVID-19.
The week ending July 12 was a non-holiday week, but did bring better prices in the meat department along with more consumers shopping for food.
The elevated everyday demand resulted in a 21.4% increase in dollar sales versus year ago. Non-holiday weeks had been seeing some erosion in gains, but…