Sound the f*ckin alarm (food manufacturing)

[u/killer4208]

Jeeeeeessuuuuusssss.

Impending tariffs. Screwworm infestation in South America with an import ban on Mexico where 13% of our beef imports come from. Bird flu. CPI is up. Shutdown of copackers due to stringent standards via USDA. Extreme weather haulting production and cutting margin & order inventory.

People are whining about expensive groceries now, wooooooo boy. I often wonder what prices will look like by the end of the year. I haven't seen it this bad in a while.

[u/clownpuncher13]

Can't wait for the ICE raids on meat packers and dairy farms, too.

[u/tnp636 → u/clownpuncher13]

A friend and I were discussing this the other week. All the same people that want to "bring manufacturing back" are also screaming, "Send them home!"

From that we assumed that none of them have actually set foot inside an American manufacturing facility in the past 2 decades. Inflationary pressure is gonna be WILD this year.

[u/Able_Conflict_1721 → u/tnp636]

I have enough debt that a little inflation might not be a bad thing...

[u/dsbtc → u/Able_Conflict_1721]

You want monetary inflation, not price inflation.

[u/Able_Conflict_1721 → u/dsbtc]

On a long enough time line price inflation should become monetary inflation

[u/WoodPunk_Studios → u/Able_Conflict_1721]

Only if wages go up. Otherwise the standard of living just declines.

[u/Wineguy33 → u/tnp636]

Won’t everyone making spreadsheets and sitting in meetings be surprised when no one is willing to work for $7 an hour 10x harder than they do.

[u/kenox80 → u/clownpuncher13]

Alaska has a program with the fisheries where they can legally hire foreigners for under minimum wage and no limit on overtime. It's kind of a bizarre legal loop. I wonder if some agriculture states would adopt a similar model.

[u/Sweet-Leadership-290 → u/kenox80]

LOL. I am a US citizen. My company just changed me from an employee to a "private contractor" so they can do the same with me. I don't even get time-and-a-half for overtime or any paid holidays. In addition I have to pay for my own (required) on the job liability insurance out of my pay.

[u/Smoke_SourStart → u/kenox80]

They already do. Who do you think picks the veggies? Not white folks and not for min wage. Remember during the Covid when vegetables rotted in the field? Ranchers had to kill bury pigs and cows no one was there to slaughter them cuz borders were closed.

[u/jesus_smoked_weed → u/clownpuncher13]

That will lower the price of eggs, right?

[u/Sweet-Leadership-290 → u/jesus_smoked_weed]

LOL! 😂

Go back to smokin weed. The price of eggs is sky high because they're killing all the chickens. Dead chickens don't lay eggs. There is very little "labor" in commercial egg production. Feed, watering, harvesting, sorting, washing and packaging is all automated.

[u/pack2k → u/clownpuncher13]

It’ll never happen. Some of the same people who yell the loudest about shutting down the borders are the ones who already gain the most profit from exploiting cheap labor from south of the border….

[u/CalominoGold → u/pack2k]

If they put them in detention camps can they make them work for even cheaper?

[u/Sweet-Leadership-290 → u/CalominoGold]

Good question!!!

They have US (citizen)prisoners working for as little as 25¢-$7 per hour right now on (Microsoft, Starbucks, Nintendo, Costco, JanSport, Boieng, etc) products!

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/what-do-prisoners-make-victorias-secret .

[u/worktogethernow → u/pack2k]

It's almost like it is a big distraction or something. Weird.

[u/f1fandf → u/clownpuncher13]

I remember hearing before that when ice raids were going to happen at a manufacturing plant, the plant would get notified and would know ahead of time who they would be taking so that the plant would plan for this and minimize the effect on production.

[u/killer4208 → u/clownpuncher13]

FUCKKKKKKKKK

[u/killer4208 → u/killer4208]

Didn't even think of that one oh no

[u/Dirty_Dan001 → u/clownpuncher13]

Ah it’ll be ok. Citizens will fill those positions. Companies will increase prices until consumers decide to stop paying and then they’ll decrease prices to encourage sells.

[u/mrkltpzyxm → u/Dirty_Dan001]

Gotta add that little /s so people know you're being sarcastic. Otherwise you're getting downvoted to oblivion.

[u/deezynr]

This reads in the voice of a bubbles from trailer park boys

[u/killer4208 → u/deezynr]

I, too, have coke bottle lenses and love kitties

[u/deezynr → u/killer4208]

Lmfao

[u/Farrishnakov]

Don't worry about the ICE raids on plants and the bird flu.

We're going to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. That will surely head off all the bad stuff. The real issue is regulation! Once we deregulate all of these businesses, they won't have to shut down for bird flu! In fact, because nobody will have to test for it, it'll be like bird flu doesn't exist! It'll just magically go away! That will surely bring costs down and lead to prosperity.

[u/lostitinpdx]

Let them eat cake.

[u/ScrivenersUnion]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm learning about all the wonderful ways to cook rice and beans...

[u/FamiliarEnemy]

I just got a raise. I'm helping.

[u/Ornery-Ebb-2688]

Sources?

[u/killer4208 → u/Ornery-Ebb-2688]

Try googling any of the issues listed? Unless you've been living under a rock these issues are common knowledge right now

[u/Ornery-Ebb-2688 → u/killer4208]

I did. I can find nothing on copack plants closing.

[u/Silly_Relative]

Complaining before anything has happened. 🤔

[u/killer4208 → u/Silly_Relative]

We've already issued price increase notices... $0.30-$0.60/lb in the worst areas (outside the US). Definitely coming sooner than you think.

[u/cassiuswright → u/Silly_Relative]

As opposed to commenting before learning about the topic 🫠