Good price for meats?

[jennsvs]

I always check the markdowns at Kroger and Meijer. One time at Kroger I was able to get some 5-pound packages of ground turkey breast for $2.99. I grabbed enough to stock up the freezer. Unfortunately they stopped carrying them. Remember to check the freezers as well. I have also found some good deals in there. Sam's Club usually has some good markdowns after holidays. I went in on July 5th and got a bunch of meat. I don't remember the price per pound, but I got several of thier huge packs of ground beef (or chuck, not quite sure) that was $4-6 cheaper than what it was the day before.

When I get OYNO catalinas, I also try to save them for meat if we need it.

Another way to save is stock up when it is on sale. A local store recently had a 10 pound bag of chicken for $10 and I bought 5. We go through a lot of chicken, so I wanted to make sure that I took advantage of that sale.

[lovemygirls]

MsSweetCheeks thanks for starting this thread. There is some great information in here. Thank you all for sharing.

[winter snow]

Some simple tips----

Sometimes you can go into the grocery store and find they put stickers on meat when there aproaching ther sell by date--

Find lesser known cuts-- like a flat iron steak--- which is very tender tender and great on the grill--- just google--Flat Iron Steak

And use a crock-pot for the lesser cuts of meat to get them tender... and in the summer your not heating up your kitchen

Winter Snow

[bugweena]

I usually buy all of my cuts of meat on markdown. And if I can, I try to purchase markdowns on cuts that are already on sale that week. I use a calculator to figure out price/pound and sometimes the markdown prices aren't such a good deal. Just curious if anyone could share their stock up prices on meat. I noticed meat prices in general seem to have gone up in the last few months.

[$Saving!]

We eat boneless/skinless chicken mostly and my buy price is $1.99 or less per pound.

I only pick up lean ground beef on clearance and immediately cook into something or vacuum seal and freeze it for future needs.

Meat, coffee are through the roof lately

[Pennstater]

yeah, what's with the coffee prices, geesh!
boneless, skinless chix 1.79 at the Italian market
Chuck roast B1G1 at Winn Dixie around 3.99 lb
Porterhouse/Ribeye steaks 6.99 local meat market
Flap meat/ skirt steak around $4.99
assorted pork chops 1.79 usually B1G1 at Winn Dixie
Italian Hot sausage 1.79 lb local meat market

[escalada77]

We just stocked up on boneless ribeye steaks last week for 6.99lb
This week we will stock up on the leg quarters for .59lb (usually get 3 (10lb) bags and split it up)
Also, when they mark down whole chickens I can usually score a nice chicken for roasting around .90cent lb

[tori729]

I love this thread too! I made a spreadsheet print out of the prices that sound similar to my area and keep it in my binder. I've realized that it doesn't matter if I don't know much about steak cuts b/c they are too expensive for me anyway!

So my prices are similar to most on here: 1.99/lb for b/s chicken, ground beef, and ground turkey (WM sells the Butterball tubes for 1.99 each); beef prices have seemed to go up lately so I've been buying turkey instead.

Question: What beef cuts are good for stir fry or beef stew or beef with pasta? I would be open to cooking that kind of thing if I could find a good price and know which kind I need to buy.