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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1742294" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>It is partly that the butcher paper and vacuum packing supplies are costing more. It is also that the butcher needs the increase in wages just to keep up... inflation was 8.5% as of yesterdays data... bigger is harder to handle and requires more time... so that translates into more wages... if the butcher is employing anyone, he is paying more in wages, more in insurance and all that... a little might be that they are the "only game in town" also, so charge more because they can get it... but most are not that callous... Electricity and all that costs more too... and add in that most are swamped with work so they charge a little more to maybe slow down the work load??? 2017 I paid $45 kill, .48/ to process, cube steak was .35 lb, vacuum pack .10 lb... 2019 I paid $55 kill, .57 /lb to process.. same on the rest. I don't have a ticket for this year in front of me. I think my son said it was .75/ lb to process last Dec... We have always figured that it cost around $1.00 lb for the hanging weight to get it into the freezer... it will be more this year. </p><p>Due to the nature of my job, and a cap on any increases in wages, I make the same as I did 5 years ago... 25 yr seniority is the cap for "raises" ... got an increase in the mileage back in January, but that is long used up with the huge increases in gas in the last 3 months... If I was 15 years younger, I would have been looking for a different job or a side part-time job, to make up for the actual "decrease" in what my wages can buy. Since I am working less, and don't have to rely on this to just pay the bills, I can manage on it. A young person cannot take this job and make a living on it anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1742294, member: 25884"] It is partly that the butcher paper and vacuum packing supplies are costing more. It is also that the butcher needs the increase in wages just to keep up... inflation was 8.5% as of yesterdays data... bigger is harder to handle and requires more time... so that translates into more wages... if the butcher is employing anyone, he is paying more in wages, more in insurance and all that... a little might be that they are the "only game in town" also, so charge more because they can get it... but most are not that callous... Electricity and all that costs more too... and add in that most are swamped with work so they charge a little more to maybe slow down the work load??? 2017 I paid $45 kill, .48/ to process, cube steak was .35 lb, vacuum pack .10 lb... 2019 I paid $55 kill, .57 /lb to process.. same on the rest. I don't have a ticket for this year in front of me. I think my son said it was .75/ lb to process last Dec... We have always figured that it cost around $1.00 lb for the hanging weight to get it into the freezer... it will be more this year. Due to the nature of my job, and a cap on any increases in wages, I make the same as I did 5 years ago... 25 yr seniority is the cap for "raises" ... got an increase in the mileage back in January, but that is long used up with the huge increases in gas in the last 3 months... If I was 15 years younger, I would have been looking for a different job or a side part-time job, to make up for the actual "decrease" in what my wages can buy. Since I am working less, and don't have to rely on this to just pay the bills, I can manage on it. A young person cannot take this job and make a living on it anymore. [/QUOTE]
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