Healthy Living

Consumers are still choosing meat

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way consumers grocery shop, cook, and eat, according to the National Pork Board.

And while the pandemic may have changed the way people buy their groceries, one thing remained a constant. Kiersten Hafer, with the National Pork Board says when the going gets tough, the tough eat meat.

She says since the start of the pandemic the percentage of households purchasing pork has increased by 5 percent, with a 3 percent increase in repeat purchasers. 

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