date:May 07, 2014
f that additional expense is due to a deadly piglet virus, called PEDv, that has reduced supplies and driven up the price of pork, she said.
Hillshire normally spends just over $1 billion a year for meat, Henry said.
The Jimmy Dean fresh sausage business has been one the hardest hit by the spike in pork costs. The base price for that product, which is sold in plastic rolls, is up 15 percent.
History has shown that poorly managed price increases can give customers sticker shock and drive them