Biden v Big Meat: Can the US tackle rising beef prices?
Biden v Big Meat: Can the US tackle rising beef prices?
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Published October 2, 2021
It is a typically bustling day in “Little India”, a part of Queens in New York City that many South Asian immigrants call home. But things are much quieter at the Al Noor Meat Market, a local halal butchers on 73rd Street.
It’s not Covid keeping shoppers away, but the price of meat, which has risen sharply across the US lately.
Shakeel Anjum, 36, a butcher at the shop, says the wholesale cost of goat meat has climbed from around $8 to $10 a pound, while beef is up from $5 to $6.
“When meat is expensive, people eat less,” he says, adding that the shop has put up its own prices to cope. “Business is very slow.”
