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Although you can never be used toPay more At the grocery store, it might not surprise that some pantry staples are more expensive right now. Pandemic coronavirus has rubbed havoc on grocery prices since cases initially started increasing in March. The widespread empty shelves and the strong demand of certain products have resulted in major changes at the cost of things like flour,eggsand meat.

Although some of these prices fell, two types of meat find a 20% cost increase. If you want beef and calf meat, you will have to pay more,According to CNN.

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TheOffice of economic analysis Recently published data on the amount of grocery price has changed during COVID-19. Beef and veal recorded a sharp increase in costs from April and can reach figures of 18% higher than those of the previous year. It's a jump about$ 3.99 a book for chopped beef, at $ 7.99 per book. It continued to June, but it increased by 2% more.

Overall, the prices of meat and poultry increased by 11% during these three months. In parallel with an increase in demand, because people eaten more at home, many meat plants were to close their doors temporarily because workers get the virus.

This happened to manyBig Name companies. Installing Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls, South Dakota is a huge provider of pork products. They had to stop on April 14 because there were more than 230 positive cases among their workers. Cargill also had more than 150 employees catching the virus in April, also leading to a closure of their Pennsylvania installation.

As for Tyson, more than10,000 employees have tested positive For the coronavirus between March and end of July. The revelation led the company to announce that they now test all employees every week to their meat plants across the country. They also hire a chief doctor and nurses to administer the tests.

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