IBP plant fire

[blackdogbbq21]

This may have already been a thread on here but I don't recall seeing it.

I was at my local Costco last night and noticed they didn't have any prime packers out. This is odd because that store normally always has them. I may need a couple in a little over a week. I asked a butcher and he said they were out of a lot of cuts. He said a fire at a plant in Kansas had really affected their supply. I looked on the web and confirmed the fire in mid august.

Just curious if other brethren are seeing this in their areas?

 

[TheHojo]

Have noticed at our local Costco's in Dallas they don't seem to have the same number out for sale - and the ones they do have tend to be very large

Use to be able to easily pick up an 11 to 12 prime packer - now it seems everything is in the 16 to 18 pound range

 

[sudsandswine]

I didn't see any when I went last weekend either. I assumed maybe they had sold out for NFL opening weekend but maybe the fire is to blame...I'm certainly a lot closer to that plant than you are so there's a high probability that's where my stores source from.

 

[mcyork28]

My Costco had one twenty pounder out earlier this week.

 

[sudsandswine]

This is a good example of why I have both a Sam's and Costco membership :becky: Sam's had some real nice looking briskets there last weekend.

 

[harrybbq]

Had to do to two different Costcos last night to get a packer. The first one by my house, which always had them, had only 3 little sad 12 pounders, the thinnest cuts I've even seen, probably impossible to cook right. I drove to another Costco, and they had about 8 pieces left, better ones.
Yes, it seems they are running out