Iowa restaurants puzzled by soaring meat prices
Iowa restaurants puzzled by soaring meat prices ELLE WIGNALL, Des Moines Register June 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Darren Warth noticed that chicken was getting more expensive last December. First, it was $90 a case, then $100. $120. $150. By April, it was beef prices that were shooting up. And in June, it was pork. At Smokey D’s BBQ, Warth’s Des Moines barbeque joint of 15 years, skyrocketing meat prices spell trouble. In the second week of June, Warth decided to be transparent with his patrons in a Facebook post detailing a change to the restaurant’s custo...
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