Salmon - Chiliean Farm Raised Color Enhanced through feed vs Wild Alaskan

[Kummok]

I just did about 6 lbs of Chilean farm raised salmon last night.  I paid $4.99/lb for it at Meijers.  The only place in town that ever has wild-caught salmon is $17.95/lb.  I'm sure it's delicious, but can't justify spending over 3 times the $$$ for wild caught. 

Seems the price of farm-raised salmon has been coming down a bit recently, at least around here.  When I first got my Bradley, I typically paid $7.99/lb for farm raised salmon, and they would occasionally have it on sale for $6.99/lb.  Lately it has been $5.99 every day, and $4.99/lb on sale.  With the price of everything else going up, its a welcome change. 

Just took my 2 year old grandson to Pike's Market in Seattle last week, Lefty. They had some B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L whole (gutted) Kings on ice for $7.99/lb! Right next to these Food-of-the-Gods fish was Halibut for, like $11.99/lb....I don't get it  ??? :-\  Halibut is good, but NOWHERE near the "good" of King Salmon. Gotta be the marketing....same reason many folks prefer White Zin over Merlot, or Bud over Guinness I guess?!?!?