Joel Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Bacon Shortage?? The Aporkolips is here, or is this Bacon Gate? The USDA Cold Storage December Report came out January 24, 2017 and shows a huge reduction in the cold storage volume of pork bellies. THE amount in cold storage is DOWN 4% from last month and DOWN 67% from this time last year. This means that belly & bacon prices will rise and probably stay up through the summer. http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/ColdStor/ColdStor-01-24-2017.pdf Wenneman Meat Company in St. Libory makes over 10,000 lbs of its award winning bacon each week said that they were going to keep making enough for their customers demand, however the price just has to go up to reflect their fresh belly costs. There are a lot of different bacons out there, some sliced paper thin to appear to have more slices in it per package (retail package), some thicker like the more common 14/16 slice per pound. Either way, people love bacon and will buy it, perhaps just not as much. It will be interesting to see what chefs do to subsidize the bacon crave.. Perhaps Canadian Bacon will have a comeback, beef bacon, or specialty hams, all of which are great breakfast items. Now, just how do I wrap my scallops or filet with canadian bacon? Hmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wing Nut Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 I saw this too... Thanks for the link to the USDA report. It'll be interesting to see how high quality bacon gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Heads Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) Noooooo!! What am I going to wrap my scallops with? I guess the big warehouse packers are going to offer cheaper and cheaper bacon. And when I say cheaper, I mean less quality, not price. Recently, a friend had some wrights bacon from their wholesale provider and it had spots that seemed raw, as though the cure hadn't gone all the way through, and the slices fell apart as though it had been frozen for a long time too. You'll have to pay for quality, and it's worth it. The 20 cent increases each week are hopefully going to stop soon. Edited February 15, 2017 by Fish Heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Average Joe Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) I can hardly wait for the bacon prices to come back down... seems that they're nearly $2/lb (retail) higher than they should be this time of the year... Edited April 18, 2017 by Average Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wing Nut Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 They're still a little high... hope belly and bacon prices come back down before they go up again for tomato season for BLT's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Heads Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 I didn't even think about BLT season making prices go up... wouldn't there be excess bellies during the summer since everyone wants ribs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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