Meatpackers hyped 'baseless' shortage to keep plants open despite covid risks: report

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9. They have huge refrigerated warehouses with freezers, etc

They also have them at ports, etc.

Some examples -

https://clui.org/project-page/10236/10356

https://www.refrigeratedfrozenfood.com/articles/88099-tyson-foods-adds-cold-storage-capabilities-to-fresh-meats-facility

https://dentonrc.com/news/tyson-foods-asks-for-incentives-to-build-denton-warehouse/article_34a23949-1c7f-5e6d-ac24-64eb889dfab6.html

And then just like that, they could manipulate their use during the pandemic - https://www.perishablenews.com/meatpoultry/tyson-to-shut-down-emporia-cold-storage/

They had done it back in 2010 after the Great Recession too - https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2010/may/23/ripple-effect-cold-storage-fights-chilly--20100523/

Eventually due to the massive COVID infections at the processing plants, they had to shut those down and that eventually drained the stuff in storage (that had been held).

The latest "business model" is to operate as a "just in time" style manufacturing/storage/distribution system. That is what killed the TP industry during the early part of the pandemic, with that product quickly disappearing from the shelves but not enough capacity to scale up production to meet an increased demand.