Key facts
- The report said beef purchases rose while pork, turkey and soy products stayed flat.
- Chicken remained the most-bought protein in the account, with beef second.
- The item carried no figures, no period and no named data source.
Consumers in the United States bought more beef than pork, turkey and soy products, which the report described as flat, according to an account attributed to The New York Times and republished by The Wire.
The item gave no figures, no period over which purchases changed and no data source, and it did not date the shift in buying. Chicken remained the leading protein in the account, with beef second.
No price, volume or retail sales data accompanied the report, and no company, retailer or industry body was named in it.