‘Where’s the beef?’

COVID-19 factory closures causing meat shortages

  • Weatherford teachers stand along Main Street in Towne Centre as residents honored them with a parade where drivers waved and honked to the teachers as they drove by Thursday. Phillip Reid/WDN
  • Weatherford teachers stand along Main Street in Towne Centre as seen from above the street. Photo courtesy of Nick Davis
Fast food chains, such as Wendy’s and others with “never frozen” programs, are struggling to acquire beef because many of their suppliers have closed their factories or slowed operations temporarily due to COVID-19. Weatherford’s Wendy’s is limiting customers to two single hamburgers per car. Double and triple burgers are not available. The restaurant also posted signage in their drivethru which…

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