CINCINNATI-Kroger and Costco stores nationwide are limiting customer purchases of beef and pork in their stores, per a press release from last Friday.
Smith’s, which is a subsidiary of Cincinnati-based Kroger, will follow suit. This is also true of the Heber City location, located at 550 N. Main.
Kroger and Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco are doing this because of a meat shortage throughout the nation.
The announcements come days after several of the country’s largest meat processing plants have shuttered their operations because of COVID-19.
When reached via email Friday, a Kroger spokesperson could not immediately elaborate on which stores or regions would be placing limits on customer purchases, or what those specific limits would be.
Last week, United States President Donald Trump ordered meat-processing plants to remain open during the pandemic.
