Fewer meat cutters cause long line of deer to be processed

SUN JOURNAL • November 12, 2020

The cutters who process the deer are typically butchers who work in the meat departments at supermarkets and small local grocery stores. During deer season, those butchers work additional jobs processing deer at the Sabattus business. Not so much this year, Provost said. With worker shortages across Maine, those same butchers are choosing to earn overtime from their full-time employer rather than moonlight.