Price of hamburger for Memorial Day

[firefox]

One thing that really gets me is how the price of hamburger has risen since Bu$h began to improve the world. It used to be you could count on a sale at 99 cents a pound.

So Harris Teeter is offering hamburger for $1.27 and they call it a savings of $1.12 in their flyer. Food Lion has it at $1.28 a pound with a card or $$2.09 without their card.

Does anyone remember the question they asked Bu$h the first

I live outside of Charlotte, NC.

[Systematic Chaos]

1. I don't do hamburger, but chicken is outlandish

Frozen 4# bags of boneless, skinless chicken breasts are around TEN BUCKS, and the thighs are seven-ish.

Now I know why sucky-ass KFC is so high. :(

[susanna]

20. Chicken prices are insane...

Kroger wanted $9.98 for a pack of four boneless skinless breast halves. That's $2.40-some per half! Crazy. I can get it about the same price at my local health food store that sells organic meats. Crazy.

[DS1]

22. Stop & Shop ownz all meat sales

Buy one get one free skinless chicken breast - name brand - or down to 3.99 a pound, steaks can be got for 2.99 or 3.99 a pound when on sale - good time to stock up - there's always a deal on ground turkey.

Dunno why your prices are so high :shrug:

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. It's a good thing that food isn't counted in the official inflation

figures, otherwise it would officially be costing us a hell of a lot more to buy this stuff.

[lastliberalintexas]

27. LOL!

And gas too- otherwise it would officially be costing us more to get to the stores to buy this officially more expensive stuff.

[Bouncy Ball]

3. We're vegetarians.

But those prices sound cheap. I don't know where you live, but last time I noticed, hamburger was hovering around $2.19 a pound on SALE.

But food prices in general have risen tremendously just in the last 18 months or so, it's been incredible.

[Coexist]

12. me too

we use TVP for ground beef.
Hubby and the kids aren't vegetarians, so at cookouts they have burgers, but you are right, beef has gotten way expensive.

[RebelOne]

13. I'm a vegetarian, too, but I buy hamburger for my dog.

And last week, I paid $2.49 a pound for ground chuck at Target.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. You are just making this WAY too easy for me, THE REAL PRICE

of hamburger is much higher than what you have listed here.

Hamburger costs us 4,464 gallons of precious fresh water PER POUND.
Hamburger costs us 5,000 reported deaths per year from food poisoning.
Hamburger costs us 78% of our grain production.
Hamburger costs us untold BILLIONS in heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, cancer and Alzheimer's.
Hamburger costs us 220 square feet of rain forest PER POUND.
Hamburger costs us TWO TRILLION pounds of waste released into our waterways and aquifers every year.

$1.28 doesn't even come close to what that hamburger is costing us.

[firefox]

5. I would be a straight man if that were funny.

I used to read Mother Earth News magazine all the time some thirty years ago. They used to have camps at Hendersonville, NC and I drove up there one time just to check out the scenery and maybe go in. They sold out a long time ago and now put out a puny magazine without the sole it had in those days. It was kind of their motto to "live lightly on the earth." I still do try and I understand what you are saying very well. I have been meaning to join the Mother Earth News forums to bone up on gardening skills- http://www.motherearthnews.com/forums/default.asp

[flvegan]

10. AND 284 gallons of oil in each feedlot cow's lifetime.

[Bouncy Ball]

15. All of those, among others, are reasons why

my husband, daughter and I finally and completely gave up eating any meat on April 2 of this year.

(The initial reasons were animal cruelty, but the more we learned about facts like the one in your post, AND health factors for us--lessened chances of cancer, for one--the more convinced we were we should do this....haven't regretted it for ONE moment.)

[Maru Kitteh]

19. Love your new sig animation BB.....n/t

[0007]

16. Plus the fact that one is playing Russian Roulette with Mad Cow Disease

[napi21]

6. Part of the price increase is fue; costs.

You're seeing everything increse in price at the supermarket. You and I are paying $2+/gal for gas, so so are the trucking companies that move thst food across the country!

I'm not letting Shrub off the hok here. He HAS contributed to the increase by insisting that the Feds keep buying oil to put in the reserves. To buy it at such increased prices/barrel is just stupid, and increases the demand, thus increases the price!

All I mean is that this is impacting everyone everywhere.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. The oil barons not doing anything to alleviate

high oil prices........ who woulda thunk it?

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. LOL

There's a store called "Harris Teeter." That's great.

[MadHound]

9. Get out of that grocery store, and go to the local farmers' market

The price for organic beef is now competitive with factory meat, and not only is it healthier for you, but damn, it tastes waaay better.

By consuming this factory meat, you are participating in the horrors of the factory slaughter house, you are taking in unneeded and unhealthy anti-biotics and hormones. You are aiding and abetting in the corporate takeover of our food supply. And you are putting money into the pockets of some of Bushco's heaviest donors.

Get to your local farmers' market. Get to know your food, and those who raise it. Not only will you find such food safe for human consumption, but your tastebuds will love you.

[Love Bug]

11. Yep. I get my beef from a butcher out in the country

organic, grain-fed for $2/lb hanging weight. Best tasting beef ever.

[MadHound]

14. I was raised in a small town that was heavily influenced by

German immigrants. One of the businesses in town was an old fashioned German butcher. He selected meat that wasn't shot up with anti-biotics and hormones, just good old fashioned grain and grass fed cattle. This was back in the sixties, so such cattle was still easy to come by.

I took this treasure for granted as a kid, and didn't realize what I had until we moved to a larger city and started buying meat from a grocery store. Finally, after years of factory meat, my taste buds were numb, and the fine meat of my youth was a distant memory.

About a decade ago, I ran across a local farmer raising organic beef at the farmers' market. Soon as that first steak hit the grill I was transported back in time to my youth. Man, was that good! I will not go back to factory meat no matter what now. I'm willing to pay a little more for my own health and taste treat. And it is now getting to the point where organic beef will be as cheap, or cheaper than the grocery store crap. I buy a whole side, have it butchered to my specs, and the price per pound is 2.04, no matter what the cut. Freeze it, and I'm good to go.

[susanna]

23. Me too, MadHound...

Believe it or not, it took a move to the city for me...all the sudden I found a local butcher shop and started buying meat there...a true "good meat" old-style butcher. All I can say is WOW. The difference from supermarket fare was astounding.

We buy our meats from him, unless he doesn't carry the cut. But that's rare, because he'll get anything we want, now - we're good customers. ;-)

[shrike]

26. We raised our own food

Beef, lamb, eggs fresh every day from our hens, pork, vegetables from our garden. (I suppose the livestock part made us bad people, but oh well.)

I had no idea how the rest of the world lived until I went out on my own. What a shock. I remember nice, lean steaks for dinner -- regularly. Wonderful bacon. I had no idea what I had.

[susanna]

21. Agreed...

My earlier chicken post touches on this. I don't buy at supermarkets but go to organic health food stores for alternatives. They are now priced comparably - that was unheard of a while ago.

Amazing.

on edit. "Learn the value of plurals where required."

[demgurl]

17. firefox, Greensboro native here......

Have you tried signing up for Food Lion's Shopping Companion newsletter? You get an email each week and they have coupons for items in the store. Last week I got Oreos for free. The week before it was Digiorno Pizza. The week before that it was free ice cream! This week it is free Hillshire Farms Sausage. They also have a coupon for $1 off $5 worth of Butcher Brand Beef - the Butcher Brand ground beef is on sale this week! (as you pointed out) It is too late for you to get the email for this week but I can forward it to you since it is not user specific. Let me know if you want this and do sign up for the email since you can get some great free stuff.

[firefox]

18. If its free, its for me.

I will check their website for what you mentioned if you do not post it in this thread.

[demgurl]

24. firefox, here it is.......

Hillshire Farms Sausage
http://foodlion.bfi0.com/W4RH04D0AC085B3A48A773C9A59B40

$1/$5 beef
http://www.mycoupons.com/hotdeals_main.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coupondiscounts.com%

Just put in your name and there is no need to put your card number in if you do not want to. But do sign up for their weekly newsletter.

One more thing, have you heard about their promotion this time around? You spend x amount for each shopping trip and collect (I believe) 5 out of 7 weeks to get a $15 coupon good officially for free beef but the small print says it is good for anything in the store.

You can actually purchase gift cards to fill in the gaps each time so you can collect the $15 coupon. They will let you do a couple of slips for each week so you can catch up if you fall behind.

Hope that helps you. Let me know if you need any further help.

[Jamison]

25. If you think that's bad...

ground Bison (the only red meat I'll eat) goes for about $4.99 a pound here.