packers
- plural of packer.
Example Sentences
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When herd sizes fall, cattle become more expensive for packers, often squeezing their margins even as retail beef prices rise.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
And meatpacker JBS just paid $83.5 million to settle claims that the major packers have worked to suppress cattle prices and inflate profits.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
The build‑out didn’t just hire coders; it hired coordinators, pickers, packers and drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
You’ll start at the Swift Creek Trailhead, taking good care not to park in “stock parking” areas, where mule packers and horse riders store their trailers during their treks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
Bleak as the area was, there was no money for anything better; the low wages paid by Swift and his fellow packers kept the unskilled masses living in squalor.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
