The price of beef ??



Blair P. Houghton wrote:

BTW, one reason Sam's prices are lower is Sam's doesn't set the regular

price artificially high so that it can run weekly "specials" on the
same thing all the time.

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Well, thank you Blair! Finally on the 34th post, my question is
answered. The first and fourth reply to my post was a flame from Doug
Kanter who always will flame the poster when he can't come up with an
answer.

Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: "Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> -

> How come the price of New York Strip steaks and the local supermarket
> (Giant Eagle) is twice as much per pound as it is at Sam's??

Look everyone here right in the eye and swear that this is a serious
question. Do it. Now.

Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: "Doug Kanter" <[email protected]>

Usually, when someone asks a question whose answer is ridiculously
obvious,
the assumption is that the person is a troll, posting the question just
to
make noise. Do you really now know why various merchants sell meat at
different prices???
 
"tomkanpa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>
> BTW, one reason Sam's prices are lower is Sam's doesn't set the regular
>
> price artificially high so that it can run weekly "specials" on the
> same thing all the time.
>
> ____Reply Separator_____
>
> Well, thank you Blair! Finally on the 34th post, my question is
> answered. The first and fourth reply to my post was a flame from Doug
> Kanter who always will flame the poster when he can't come up with an
> answer.
>
> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
> From: "Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> -
>
>> How come the price of New York Strip steaks and the local supermarket
>> (Giant Eagle) is twice as much per pound as it is at Sam's??
>
> Look everyone here right in the eye and swear that this is a serious
> question. Do it. Now.
>
> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
> From: "Doug Kanter" <[email protected]>
>
> Usually, when someone asks a question whose answer is ridiculously
> obvious,
> the assumption is that the person is a troll, posting the question just
> to
> make noise. Do you really now know why various merchants sell meat at
> different prices???
>

It was a silly question. If the prices are so different, it means you're
either dealing with a different product, or one merchant chooses to sell the
same quality at a different price, for reasons of their own. Why is this
such a difficult concept, requiring a major discussion? If you ran a
business selling home grown corn from your garden, you might not sell it at
the same price as someone else a mile away. Or, you might. Big deal.
 
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> The package says, "Enhanced with up to 12 percent solution." The
>> solution is sodium phosphate, becaues the phosphate allow the meat to
>> absorb lots of water. Some of them say something like "deep basted (c)"
>> The brands are Farmland and Hormel, and they supply just about all the
>> pork in the Midwest now.
>
> And as long as people are dumb enough to buy that ****, the markets will
> sell it. I'm fortunate that we still have a few sources of real meat.
>

Amen.


--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm
 
In article <[email protected]>,
"tomkanpa" <[email protected]> wrote:

> How come the price of New York Strip steaks and the local supermarket
> (Giant Eagle) is twice as much per pound as it is at Sam's??

Better quality probably accounts for the higher price.
 
zxcvbob wrote:
> readandpostrosie wrote:
>
>> because its a better piece of meat?
>>
>
>
> Here, Sam's is one of the more expensive places to buy meat, and it
> looks a little better (not much) than what's in the supermarkets. The
> supermarkets all sell watered-down Wal-mart meat now.
>
> Bob

The only one in my area selling Walmart style adulterated meat is
Walmart. There is even a regional chain that actually has billboards
describing that they don't add anything to their meats.
 
George <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> zxcvbob wrote:
>> readandpostrosie wrote:
>>
>>> because its a better piece of meat?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Here, Sam's is one of the more expensive places to buy meat, and it
>> looks a little better (not much) than what's in the supermarkets. The
>> supermarkets all sell watered-down Wal-mart meat now.
>>
>> Bob
>
> The only one in my area selling Walmart style adulterated meat is
> Walmart. There is even a regional chain that actually has billboards
> describing that they don't add anything to their meats.
>


Talk about adding stuff to the meat, we've had a bone of contention here in
Oz for quite some time on how much meat should be in our pies, and what it
should consist of.

http://tinyurl.com/km47y

and

http://www.answers.com/topic/australian-meat-pie

It's got to the point I won't buy a pie anymore. (Unless it's a Yatala!!)


http://tinyurl.com/z4ff2

http://www.around-oz.com/best_in_oz/bakeries/yatala.htm


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915
 
Stan Horwitz wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> "tomkanpa" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > How come the price of New York Strip steaks and the local supermarket
> > (Giant Eagle) is twice as much per pound as it is at Sam's??
>
> Better quality probably accounts for the higher price.


I dunno...last year I could get NY strip on sale for around $6.00/lb at
my local stupormarket (Treasure Island in Chicawgo), lately they IIRC
are $11.98/lb...beef is pretty much in the "luxury" category for me
lately. Chicken is dirt - cheap and pork is very reasonable too...

Also, what is up with the high price of lettuce these daze? Rains in
California, drought in Florida or...??? Heads of really crummy iceberg
are approaching three bux, romaine is about $2.00.lb. I've been buying
packaged hearts of romaine on sale, they've been running $3.00 or so...

--
Best
Greg
 
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