The Retail Rundown: Retail Focus Shifts Toward Father’s Day Grilling Demand
Cold and wet weather across several regions of the country dampened Memorial Day grilling plans, likely creating a softer-than-anticipated kickoff to the unofficial start of the summer grilling season.
Attention is now quickly turning toward the next major grilling occasions of the summer—Father’s Day and the Fourth of July holiday period. These seasonal events historically begin to influence demand patterns for grilling staples such as bellies, loins, ribs, and steaks.
Following Memorial Day, protein promotions have shifted more heavily toward seafood, which now accounts...
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