Beef Cost is Unreal!

[chopsaw]

Before the beef prices started to tick up one market had a Friday senior special on burger: 1.5 lb packages for $5. Their next move was to label 1 lb packages with the $5 tag.

Here's one for ya . In the catagory of read your labels and pricing .
Mentioned above that ground beef chubs were on sale , and I normally grab a whole chicken or turkey breast for slicing .
Well I went and bought 20 lbs. of ground beef , and also grabbed a whole oven roasted turkey breast to slice , that was Thursday . Got it out this morning and got ready to slice it , and was just reveiwing the lable before I opened it .
Sell by 10/7 . I always look at that before I buy , but was just checking again .

Something looked strange , so I got to picking at the corner of the label .
Hmmm,,, This was underneath .

Anyway , it was relabeled for a price increase , but they got the sell by date wrong .
That's not a freshness date , but 12 days past that and not even opened is a no go .
Took it back up there , and he replaced it no issue . He also showed me the stamp on the package that they go by . That over rides any mis-labeling .


Pay attention to what you're buying . Especially package weights , because they're shrinking .

 

[sandyut]

Yesterday Costco briskets were $5.89 for choice. Most were around $100. Hard to choke down. I likely will again at some point. But it stings. Didnt look at anything else. Bought my chicken, bourbon, wine, and a couple other random things and left.

 

[thirdeye]

The three hundred thousand metric tons of (trim?) ground beef on their way to the United States from Argentina is hard to fathom. It's reported that the weight represents 12 times the weight of the Statue of Liberty. Wow.

 

[clifish]

The three hundred thousand metric tons of (trim?) ground beef on their way to the United States from Argentina is hard to fathom. It's reported that the weight represents 12 times the weight of the Statue of Liberty. Wow.

I will be going back to grinding my own or paying the premium to my butcher for their brisket, chuck, ribeye grind.

 

[sandyut]

The three hundred thousand metric tons of (trim?) ground beef on their way to the United States from Argentina

I will be going back to grinding my own or paying the premium to my butcher for their brisket, chuck, ribeye grind.

It all sounds sketchy AF to me. I heard some was already recalled or blocked? I also read the safety standards of this beef is highly questionable.

Glad I stocked up a little when 93% was around $7 I think.

It would have been better to help the cattlemen with more cows, feed, water, etc. This is the worst Band-Aid imaginable. It would not surprise me in the least if the costs rebound even higher after this iffy beef is gone.

 

[Issikka]

Wish we saw those kind of prices here in Finland, brisket is not a domestic cut so what we get is imported. Right now only option i have locally is frozen/thawed Black Angus from Australia at 12 USD per LB out the door. Silver lining is that i don't have to worry about questionable safety standards, they are thorough here.

 

[sandyut]

Looking at my first post: Prime Brisket $5.99. I should have bought a couple or more.