on August 6, 2021
Supply chain shocks drive protein price increases
Commodity and labor stressors in food production are affecting the consumer’s bottom line.
The COVID-19 global pandemic stressed the poultry supply chain, fueling consumer food prices to their highest levels in 13 years.
“What we saw is that there was a big jump in food prices immediately after the onset of the pandemic,” Jayson Lusk, Distinguished Professor at Purdue University and food…