Food Prices - RU Fucking Kidding Me?

tTito wrote:So I pop a Marie Callender's chicken pot pie in the micro for lunch. Never had one before. Nothing is inside but air, a few peas, a couple pieces of chicken. So fucking lame.

I haul a pound of 90 % lean ground beef out of the fridge to begin cooking dinner. Tacos. I look at the price tag, $6.49 per lb. Wife says it's all super expensive.

Next year I'm pulling small game, deer and fishing licenses and killing as many game animals as I can. Seriously pondering a garden.

Beef Pricing
¼ or ½ Black Angus or Holstein $
3.49
Whole Black Angus or Holstein $
3.39

The_Dude wrote:The middle and lower class in this country are tapped out.  Food prices have been going up for a long time now, but they way the government calculates inflation is like it does unemployment numbers--they manipulate and spin.

For example, lets say this month a ribeye is 9 a pound and tbone is 10.  You decide you will spend 10 a pound on steak and get the tbone.  Next month, the ribeye is 10 a pound and tbone is 11.  You pay 10 a pound again but this time you only get ribeye and not tbone.  The government says nope isn't inflation--you paid the same amount for food even though we know that's not true.

LooseGoose wrote:

Buy your own cow.

http://www.gallagherfarms.com/localmarket.php



http://www.gallagherfarms.com/media/beef/beef-pricing-info.pdf

tTito wrote:

Is there a preferable time of year to buy beef, pork as far as quality and price?

75alum wrote:

But hers can tell you. Get a big freezer and fill it. buying bulk is best if you have a good source.

tTito wrote:Is there a preferable time of year to buy beef, pork as far as quality and price?

kingstonlake wrote:Anybody holding their breath waiting for that corporate America price correction reflecting lower transportation cost on goods with gas dropping like a led balloon?

Yeah, me neither

kingstonlake wrote:Anybody holding their breath waiting for that corporate America price correction reflecting lower transportation cost on goods with gas dropping like a led balloon?

Yeah, me neither

LooseGoose wrote:I've posted this link elsewhere and had people scoff at it, but I buy probably 80-90% of my meat at this little store. Literally a little hole in the wall old store but on busy days they'll have 8-10 people running hard behind the meat counter to keep up with orders. They do huge volumes so everything is pretty fresh. You select your whole loins, etc and they cut to order.

This week's ad for example of their prices:
NY Strips 3.99 Ribeyes 7.99 Boneless Skinless Chicken breasts 1.49
Lean Ground beef 3.59

No debit cards, no credit cards - cash or check only.

http://baycityshopping.mlive.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=1287150&adid=14819967&type=

LooseGoose wrote:I've posted this link elsewhere and had people scoff at it, but I buy probably 80-90% of my meat at this little store. Literally a little hole in the wall old store but on busy days they'll have 8-10 people running hard behind the meat counter to keep up with orders. They do huge volumes so everything is pretty fresh. You select your whole loins, etc and they cut to order.

This week's ad for example of their prices:
NY Strips 3.99 Ribeyes 7.99 Boneless Skinless Chicken breasts 1.49
Lean Ground beef 3.59

No debit cards, no credit cards - cash or check only.

http://baycityshopping.mlive.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=1287150&adid=14819967&type=

LooseGoose wrote:I've posted this link elsewhere and had people scoff at it, but I buy probably 80-90% of my meat at this little store.   Literally a little hole in the wall old store but on busy days they'll have 8-10 people running hard behind the meat counter to keep up with orders. They do huge volumes so everything is pretty fresh.   You select your whole loins, etc and they cut to order.

This week's ad for example of their prices:
NY Strips 3.99  Ribeyes 7.99  Boneless Skinless Chicken breasts 1.49  
Lean Ground beef 3.59  

No debit cards, no credit cards - cash or check only.

http://baycityshopping.mlive.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=1287150&adid=14819967&type=

InTenSity wrote:Is this a thread started by a conservative that's bitching about capitalism?

Pay your high prices, that's what you get for consolidated business.

The_Dude wrote:

Shut up douche. People haven't gotten raises at work to offset prices. Stagnant economy for the past several years is the issue.

The_Dude wrote:

Shut up douche. People haven't gotten raises at work to offset prices. Stagnant economy for the past several years is the issue.

InTenSity wrote:Is this a thread started by a conservative that's bitching about capitalism?

Pay your high prices, that's what you get for consolidated business.

CORNER BLITZ wrote:

Another thread needlessly turning political

The_Dude wrote:In short, inflation.

tTito wrote:So I pop a Marie Callender's chicken pot pie in the micro for lunch. Never had one before. Nothing is inside but air, a few peas, a couple pieces of chicken. So fucking lame.

I haul a pound of 90 % lean ground beef out of the fridge to begin cooking dinner. Tacos. I look at the price tag, $6.49 per lb. Wife says it's all super expensive.

Next year I'm pulling small game, deer and fishing licenses and killing as many game animals as I can. Seriously pondering a garden.

NigelUno wrote:

Ground beef 75% was 4.99/lb at Publix today.

kingstonlake wrote:

Is that the place thats a grocery/hardware combo?

Floyd Robertson wrote:When gas prices were soaring to new heights the price of groceries hitched a ride. Now that gas prices are hitting five year lows I'm waiting for my grocery bills to drop.

Just kidding #NotHoldingMyBreath

LooseGoose wrote:

They lag since the growing cycle is longer, farmers won't see the savings until next harvest.

beal99 wrote:Not just meat, you seen the price of eggs and milk lately?

beal99 wrote:Not just meat, you seen the price of eggs and milk lately?

LooseGoose wrote:

Buy your own cow.

http://www.gallagherfarms.com/localmarket.php



http://www.gallagherfarms.com/media/beef/beef-pricing-info.pdf

tTito wrote:

That's a good deal for 25% lard. How did it taste?