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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:20 pm

GE charges asinine meat prices. But if you go to the meat counter, they sell the chicken breast for $1.99 a pound. They don't advertise it heavily, but it is way, way cheaper than the chicken they sell in packages.

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Postby count2infinity » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:26 pm

I was curious (as I don't typically buy pork or steak that often), so I had to look it up. Wegman's is $1.99 a pound for pork chops in family portions (8 chops... ~3.5 pounds of pork) or $3.99 a pound for 2 chops (just under a pound of pork). And I thought Wegman's was pricey.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:47 pm

I only go to GE if I cannot get it at Aldi or the butcher. F star star star GE

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Postby blackjack68 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:10 pm

I went to a meat distributor/wholesaler (good not Prime quality) in South Jersey on Monday and got:
20# boneless chicken breast
10# chicken wings
8# ribeye steaks
11# filet tenderloin
8# skirt steak
10# center cut bone in pork chops
9# lean ground beef
15# beef brisket

Total spent? Take a guess.
$268

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:12 pm

So what is the address for the party?

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:16 pm

My wife made Gold Star Chili lasagna tonight. It was fantastic.

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Postby blackjack68 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:26 pm

So what is the address for the party?
You be sure to let me know when you are in South Jersey and I'll send you the address.

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Postby mac5155 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:19 pm

GE charges asinine meat prices. But if you go to the meat counter, they sell the chicken breast for $1.99 a pound. They don't advertise it heavily, but it is way, way cheaper than the chicken they sell in packages.
Mac buys chicken from Sam's club in the pre packaged portions.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:10 pm

8# skirt steak
This always triggers me. This has become a hipster cut. In just a few years the price has gone from like $6/lb to $18 or more at some of the stores I shop. It's insane. Hanger and flank steaks are still cheap-ish, but skirts are crazy go bonkers.

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Postby blackjack68 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:47 pm

8# skirt steak
This always triggers me. This has become a hipster cut. In just a few years the price has gone from like $6/lb to $18 or more at some of the stores I shop. It's insane. Hanger and flank steaks are still cheap-ish, but skirts are crazy go bonkers.
I know you’re a foodie who will scoff, but this was $5.49 a pound. Like I said, not Prime, but it’s good.

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Postby Viva la Ben » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:36 pm

8# skirt steak
This always triggers me. This has become a hipster cut. In just a few years the price has gone from like $6/lb to $18 or more at some of the stores I shop. It's insane. Hanger and flank steaks are still cheap-ish, but skirts are crazy go bonkers.
When we relocated back to the burgh in 2003, I went to Tom Fridays to get skirt steak, and the butcher said I was the first person to ask for it. They typically ground it and it was $4/lb. 15 years later, here we are.
BTW...Aldi sells skirt steak at 8.99/lb.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:29 am

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To that point, why in the world would someone 'scoff' at affordable cuts actually being affordable??

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Postby Silentom » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:01 am

Restaurant Depot is where it's at for good meat prices.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:22 am

Last time I bought meat at Aldi it was a tri-tip roast at a great price that had a “Great For Fajitas!” sticker plastered to it. I said to myself “no **** mother ****, I’m gonna use Jenji’s carne asada recipe and sous vide my way to some kick ass tacos”.

Got home and opened the package up and it was SEVERAL very thinly sliced cuts of meat stacked on top of each other and packaged to look like a single intact tri-tip roast.

**** YOUR MEATS ALDI

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Postby dodint » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:27 am

So you're saying it was, ultimately, Great For Fajitas?

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Postby Silentom » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:28 am

Foiled by boiling intentions.

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Postby blackjack68 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:30 am

Last time I bought meat at Aldi it was a tri-tip roast at a great price that had a “Great For Fajitas!” sticker plastered to it. I said to myself “no **** mother ****, I’m gonna use Jenji’s carne asada recipe and sous vide my way to some kick ass tacos”.

Got home and opened the package up and it was SEVERAL very thinly sliced cuts of meat stacked on top of each other and packaged to look like a single intact tri-tip roast.

**** YOUR MEATS ALDI
I had some horrific ribeyes from there. Never again.

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Postby AuthorTony » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:47 pm


Got home and opened the package up and it was SEVERAL very thinly sliced cuts of meat stacked on top of each other and packaged to look like a single intact tri-tip roast.

**** YOUR MEATS ALDI
It was probably horse anyway.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:31 pm

Restaurant Depot is where it's at for good meat prices.
It's a wholesaler, you have to have a commercial business license to get those prices.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:32 pm

Last time I bought meat at Aldi it was a tri-tip roast at a great price that had a “Great For Fajitas!” sticker plastered to it. I said to myself “no **** mother ****, I’m gonna use Jenji’s carne asada recipe and sous vide my way to some kick ass tacos”.

Got home and opened the package up and it was SEVERAL very thinly sliced cuts of meat stacked on top of each other and packaged to look like a single intact tri-tip roast.

**** YOUR MEATS ALDI
That is some intense bullshite.

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Postby Silentom » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:38 pm

Restaurant Depot is where it's at for good meat prices.
It's a wholesaler, you have to have a commercial business license to get those prices.
And life is sweet when you do. ;)

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:39 pm

*shakes fist*

Fcking business people........

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Postby LITT » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:00 pm

Restaurant Depot is where it's at for good meat prices.
It's a wholesaler, you have to have a commercial business license to get those prices.
not really. the one in pgh is pretty lenient with it. just make up a business

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:04 pm

All of the ones I've been to in CA (which, let me count them up here, is........ two) ask for your license number at checkout.

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:05 pm

Well, California is stupid.

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