PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (KMTV) – Jerry Krause, owner of Meat Garden in Plattsmouth says he has never seen beef prices this high, and now he has to pass those higher prices on to the consumer.
- Beef prices have hit record highs.
- Some products like steak and ground beef jumping over 10%.
- “Any of the box beef that we buy and resell, of course, the prices went up; we have to pass that on to the consumer because our price of purchase goes up,” butcher Jerry Krause said.
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Jerry Krause has been in the beef industry for decades, having worked in a packing plant and then owned his butcher shop. According to Krause, he has never seen beef prices this high, and now he has to pass those higher prices on to the consumer.
“Any of the box beef that we buy and resell, of course, the prices went up; we have to pass that on to the consumer because our price of purchase goes up,” he said…