About that meat shortage

[Doctor Phibes]

For anybody who's interested, the next big shortage is going to be my book - available for a very limited time on Amazon.

[jon-nyc]

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 barbaric efficient production methods conceivable.

[jon-nyc]

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.

[Mik]

That’s what I’m short of - fish.

[Loki]

I’m too busy calculating a non toxic level of bleach to inject to get to the store again.

[Friday]

As long as there's Spam and Vienna sausages we should be alright.

[brenda]

@Friday said in About that meat shortage:

As long as there's Spam and Vienna sausages we should be alright.

Friday, you crack me up!

Yes, get the Spam before it's gone!

[xenon]

@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.

[Mik]

Our 20 CF freezer is jammed.

[89th]

@xenon nice! Over $1,000...wow!

[LuFins Dad]

Picking up more beefalo this week. Should be good for 3 months.

[89th]

Yasssssss @LuFins-Dad

[brenda]

@xenon Wow! $1K in a single grocery trip. You are da man@!!!

[brenda]

Our pig is at the local meat processor. I forgot to ask how big it is. The meat shop owner said, "It's a big one!"

[Mik]

That’s Costco. $300 of stuff I didn’t even know I needed.

[mark]

We ordered a pig. Waiting on confirmation...

[LuFins Dad]

We ordered from Outback for Mother’s Day. Karla likes their NY Strip. They were out of NY Strip. Their only choices were sirloin or ribeye. She ordered the ribeye. It was obvious it came from a different supplier. Half the thickness of their normal steaks...

[Axtremus]

Dang, @xenon , were you buying for one family or an entire tribe? Many boxes of diapers and baby formulae in addition to grocery? Was there a laptop or a big screen TV involved?

[xenon]

Hah. I was surprised a bit myself. We’re usually in the $200-300 range and go a couple of times a month.

It was mostly grocery - though there was a freestanding shelf in there to help expand my pantry storage. And some lawncare stuff.

Dry goods / grains - rice, flour, quinoa, granola, oatmeal

Nuts, dairy, cheese, oils.

Canned stuff.

Then the usual - meats, fresh produce. Bought some nice steaks for Mother’s Day today

[LuFins Dad]

It’s not hard, my last two trips have gone over $400 each time.

Of course, our Costcos sell beer...