Meat Markets see uptick in sales, help from community

While some national meat and poultry suppliers are having to close up shop due to CoVid-19 concerns, other local and regional meat markets are seeing an uptick in sales.

Sales at meat markets are strong... despite grim economic damage in other industries.

Kezi reporter andrew haubner spoke with local markets about what this means for small business.

Nat pop david cooper: we set it up to where we could limit the amount of people and from there we could dwindle that down as things started to progress and all of that happened in the span of five days.

There's a steady flow of customers at long's meat market in eugene...even in the middle of arguably the toughest economic span its' seen in its' 93 year history.

But long's...who sources all of their meat locally and regionally...say it's the perfect time to help local small businesses over big chains.

David cooper: customers are their bread and butter.

Their livelihood depends on their customers so they want to ensure they're taking the best care possible.

But why local meat markets instead of a grocery store?

The answer is in the suppliers...local and regional meat and poultry producers instead of big national chains like smithfield...which is giving consumers more confidence in the safety of the product and of course the desire to help oregonians.

David cooper: some of those bigger chains, they don't necessarily care about the product itself.

They don't necessarily care about the customers.

They're just worried about the bottom line sometimes and that's kind of what makes small businesses just as a general rule, a lot better.

While there are still questions about prolonged effects on the local and regional supply chains down the line...places like long's have made the message clear: keeping it local is the best way to support your area right now.

Reporting in eugene...andrew haubner...kezi 9 news.