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💸 Grocers, Restaurants Benefit From Hedging Prices of Beef, Pork
對抗疫情，食材供應商與餐飲業者如何出招？提前鎖定肉類價格
-benefit from sth 從某事獲益、透過做某件事而得到好處
-hedge 避險交易
✍常見用法：hedge fund 避險基金
🥩 Some grocers, food manufacturers and restaurant chains weathered the supply-chain disruption in recent months in part because they use a common hedging practice: Locking in beef prices and quantities of meat purchases months in advance.
近幾個月以來，一些超市、食品供應商與連鎖餐廳抵禦了供應鏈中斷的影響，原因之一是他們採取了一種常見的避險操作：提前好幾個月鎖定牛肉價格與肉類購買量。
-weather 抵擋住、抵禦
-disruption 中斷、混亂
-in advance 提前、事先
🧐 Costco Wholesale Corp. and Jack in the Box Inc. are among the companies that have said they negotiate prices of some supplies in advance, providing finance chiefs with a forward look on costs. That practice became a key tool for these companies after the pandemic and prices soared.
好市多 (Costco) 和 Jack in the Box 等公司表示，他們已事先針對部分供應品的價格進行協商，為財務長提供關於成本的前瞻性展望。在疫情蔓延和價格飆升的當下，這種做法成為這些公司的關鍵工具。
-negotiate 協商、談判
-a forward look 前瞻性的展望
✍常見用法：forward-looking 有遠見的、高瞻遠矚的；forward-planning 預先計畫
🍽 Many businesses that use frozen protein products—including food manufacturing companies and restaurants—agree on prices and volumes with their suppliers roughly one year out, said Matthew DiFrisco, a managing director at investment bank Guggenheim Securities LLC.
投資銀行Guggenheim Securities LLC的總經理馬修・迪佛里斯可(Matthew DiFrisco)表示，許多使用冷凍蛋白產品的企業，包括食品製造商和餐飲業者，會提前大約一年與供應商協調購買價格和數量。
-protein 蛋白
-volumes 數量，此處指購買量
🌭 “It removes uncertainty or volatility,” Mr. DiFrisco said. Companies usually negotiate these contracts in February, with some staggering them throughout the year, he said.
迪佛里斯可指出，「如此可以消除不確定性和波動性。企業通常在每年2月份商議這些合約，有些企業則在一年之中交錯協調。」
-volatility 波動性
-stagger 錯開時間，意思同 spread over time
未完待續...
持續走高的物價與強勁的消費者需求
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❓❓多益模擬題❓:
Food manufacturers _____ price locks at a minimum to mitigate risk of price _______ and to prevent speculation on future pork prices
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A. keep / fluctuations
B. keeping / depreciations
C. holds / inflations
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