About that meat shortage
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Costco wasn’t bad today. They didn’t have any frozen chicken but I was able to get some Tyson’s chicken breasts, as well as their rotisserie chicken which is the best deal there for $4.99. The meat falls off the bone and you get a ton!
Anyway, I heard the echoes of TNCR while I was there so I got eggs, tuna, deli turkey, almonds, etc...
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@89th said in About that meat shortage:
@jon-nyc you called the clippers shortage, so I bet you're right too! I actually planned a rare stop at Costco today, I know they are limiting items (like meat...and no thanks @Improviso !) and eggs IF they're even in stock.
Oh, 89th, you weren't back yet when I called this and posted about it. I live out here in pig/cow/poultry land. I gave a heads up a couple weeks ago in a thread here.
Jon can have credit for many things, but ...
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Isnt this thread somewhat of a reason that shortages occur?
"I have heard from a friend that peanut butter may be shortage coming up. Better go buy some!"
"Do you eat a lot of peanut butter?"
"No, but if there is a shortage, I better have some just in case!!!"
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It’s all me. First I bought up toilet paper and hand sanitizer, then I posted a shortage warning on TNCR. Then I bought up the hair clippers...
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I can not understand Costco’s rotisserie chicken. It is absolutely delicious and the chickens are ginormous, but how it’s possible to sell at $4.99, I will never know. I can’t buy a raw chicken for under $12 right now.
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They cook them at the end of their expiration date?
I don’t get it either.
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@LuFins-Dad I've “heard” they raise their own chickens which decreases the cost and increases the quality
@brenda fair enough! Speaking of fairs...I wonder what foods will be at the MN State Fair this year, if at all. What a delicious event.
@taiwan_girl no joke! I didn’t buy any PB but when I passed it in Costco I thought “but I remember TNCR saying it may be in short supply soon!”
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For anybody who's interested, the next big shortage is going to be my book - available for a very limited time on Amazon.
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89 - it's not just costco though.
My local stop & shop had them for 4.99 for a while, maybe a year ago they went up to 5.99. THey're surprisingly cheap in most groceries, at least relative to what a whole chicken costs.
Possibly it's a loss leader, people are buying tonights pre-made dinner for the most part, they'll probably get some of the higher margin deli salads as sides. They do keep the chickens at the deli after all. (thinking of grocery stores not Costco)
Also they tend to be pretty small and nobody checks to see if they're cage free, air chilled, no antibiotics or whatever. So they can probably use the most
barbaricefficient production methods conceivable. -
Speaking of alternative protein sources, Whole Foods has frozen single serving sized mahi mahi and salmon filets in bags of 8. I have a couple of each in the freezer. Pretty inexpensive too.
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@89th said in About that meat shortage:
Costco wasn’t bad today. They didn’t have any frozen chicken but I was able to get some Tyson’s chicken breasts, as well as their rotisserie chicken which is the best deal there for $4.99. The meat falls off the bone and you get a ton!
Anyway, I heard the echoes of TNCR while I was there so I got eggs, tuna, deli turkey, almonds, etc...
My costco run went well too. Busier than I expected - though not packed. Nice that everyone wore masks.
It was nice going back to store after over a month. I went pretty overboard - ran up more than $1000! (I don't need to go back for months)
Most things I wanted were in stock. Canned tomatoes and green beans were notable misses. Meat was still well stocked - though there was a limit on purchases.
