Beef price is getting stupid .

[voyager 663rd]

AND another store this week:

That's $18 USD/lb

 

[chef k-dude]

I'm impatiently waiting for the prime rib sale this year. Usually always in december and this year I intend to buy enough and get them cut into bone in rib eyes for the year. I'm nervous there won't be a sale this year. Always saw them at Kroger in december

I'm still trying to reduce my freezer population so I may not buy any, but like you I always look around Christmas. I never understood why stuff like this goes on sale at the time when people are most likely to buy it. Seems like a stupid strategy. You would think they would put rib roast on sale in the middle of summer when people arent as likely to want to buy it.

Cheapest rib roast I found around here is this.

Rest of their beef prices are still stupid high. That's OK, I vary our diet quite a bit anyway so beef is only a small portion of what we eat regularly.

I have a load of spiral ham slices in the freezer from earlier this year we will have for Christmas eve dinner (our traditional Christmas dinner gathering). They need to be "et" and almost no one hates ham! Less stress too...

 

[clifish]

I'm still trying to reduce my freezer population so I may not buy any, but like you I always look around Christmas. I never understood why stuff like this goes on sale at the time when people are most likely to buy it. Seems like a stupid strategy. You would think they would put rib roast on sale in the middle of summer when people arent as likely to want to buy it.

Cheapest rib roast I found around here is this.

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Rest of their beef prices are still stupid high. That's OK, I vary our diet quite a bit anyway so beef is only a small portion of what we eat regularly.

I have a load of spiral ham slices in the freezer from earlier this year we will have for Christmas eve dinner (our traditional Christmas dinner gathering). They need to be "et" and almost no one hates ham! Less stress too...

what is "et"? Agree Wegmans beef prices suck.

 

[Torch&Tone]

I never understood why stuff like this goes on sale at the time when people are most likely to buy it. Seems like a stupid strategy.

People are actively looking for a deal on the big centerpiece items - like turkeys at Thanksgiving - but stores are counting on them also buying all the rest of their (full price) groceries there, too, enough to turn an overall profit. Technical term is "loss leader"

Agree on the Christmas ham approach, always popular!

what is "et"?

The way some people say "eaten"