What's going on with meat prices lately, specifically filet mignon? I stopped by my local store yesterday to see if they had any holiday meat sales and laughed when I saw this price. It wasn't more than a month or two ago that these were selling for under $24/lb at the same store.
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The trip wasn't a total loss. I did find pork butts on sale for $1.39/lb. I have one in the smoker right now, just reached the stall.
That is an expensive cut of meat to begin with, but even for that cut that is a high price. I agree the prices are going up - and fast. A variety of issues are causing a disruption in the supply chain; shortage of labor, price of labor and feed going up, restaurants reopening, and other factors have caused a shortage. Hopefully things will stabilize soon, and the prices will start to decline.
This year my July 4th will consist of Ballpark hotdogs, and rolls that were free from a BJ's promotional purchase, and chicken wings pulled out of the freezer.
So until the prices go down I'm increasing my vegan Mondays to vegan Mondays and Wednesdays. :-[
Wow that is crazy
Quote from: watchdog56 on July 06, 2021, 06:39:07 AM
Wow that is crazy
You think that is crazy. Today a local supermarket was selling St. Louis style ribs for almost $7 per pound. They were small for pork ribs, and the quality was poor - with very little meat on them.