Small-town Sask. grocers stable through pandemic economy
He has owned JMR Meats since 1983, moving the business from Craik to Davidson in 1999. “Probably May and June were the busiest months of my life I ever had being in the retail business,” he said. Normally Sperling earns most of JMR’s income from custom work, what he called “on-farm slaughter” ordered by specific livestock producers. “Cattle, pork, bison,” he used as examples. The retail side of his business usually makes up just a small portion. But retail surges in May and June were “a shot in the arm,” he said, recalling the fall period into December was somewhat busi...
Source: humboldtjournal.ca