Brisket Pricing

Capn Kev · 02-05-2010, 05:51 PM

I found this absolutely hilarious this afternoon while grocery shopping with the daughter. Apparently the meat cutters weren't so amused as I was laughing out loud and taking a picture...

$4.99/lb. at Safeway for a SELECT grade flat. I can get a full Choice at Sam's for $1.98/lb. right now. I can also get PRIME for less than $4.99 if I order it Who do these guys think they're kidding??????

hath · 02-05-2010, 05:59 PM

Well... you do save $3.04!!! I mean... cmon...

deguerre · 02-05-2010, 06:20 PM

And I thought Kroger was bad.

anamosity · 02-05-2010, 06:23 PM

Well it is Ranchers Reserve. LOL

millsy · 02-05-2010, 06:57 PM

Myron is selling $400 garbage cans,why not try to sell brisket at $4.99lb

Toploader · 02-06-2010, 11:22 AM

Same deal out here. A lady was picking up a brisket "she ordered" from our local $afeway and I overheard the guy say how much. She shelled out over 65 bucks

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I go down the road a mile and pay 1.99 a lb at smart n final or hit up costco.

bbq lover · 02-06-2010, 01:17 PM

i just paid 28 .79 for a 16 lb packer at smart and final thats 1.70 a lb

IronStomach · 02-06-2010, 01:24 PM

Yowch, that's crazy! There's local supermarkets around here that sell loin back ribs for $6 /lb... some people just don't shop around I guess. :-/

Skidder · 02-06-2010, 01:25 PM

And that's the club price. Wow what a deal. NOT!

DubSmoke · 02-06-2010, 01:41 PM

i picked up a 7.7lb for $3.49 a lb yesterday ($27)

Wayne · 02-06-2010, 01:50 PM

Brisket is one tough cut of meat. I never pay more than $2/lb, and I doubt that you could tell much difference between choice and prime brisket (or whatever Ranchers Reserve means.) Besides, the whole point of my slow smoked BBQ is to make a "less tender" cut of meat taste like your first meal in heaven, and "less tender" cuts tend to have more robust flavor. I like to call the above example "Snob Marketing". That means you convince a consumer that doesn't know any better to feel good about paying "more for less". That woman that paid $65 for a brisket could have saved half of her money, and still been ripped off, if she just waited a week and purchased the store's over priced hamburger made with the Rancher's Reserve briskets that didn't sell.

tkuehn5410 · 02-06-2010, 03:41 PM

Looks like I need to join the club so I can start saving.

hawtin47 · 02-06-2010, 03:48 PM

Pricing at Safeway over the past few years feels like the ol' frog in the pot of boiling water deal - I don't get it.

02-05-2010, 06:20 PM	#3
deguerre somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-15-09 Location: Memphis, TN...Formerly of Decatur, AL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	And I thought Kroger was bad. __________________ Guerry >^..^< Weber 22 1/2" OTS "Dirty Girl", Weber Performer/Cajun Bandit "Cajun Queen", GOSM "Bubba Q", Maverick et73, RED Thermapen, One Cameron Stove Top "Lazy Girl".It burns sawdust... Avatar by Northwest BBQ!!! If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. Seven Zero notches on my spatula. Join_Us_In_The_Throwdowns_Forum!

02-05-2010, 06:57 PM	#5
millsy is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 03-22-09 Location: Fredericton N.B. Canada Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Myron is selling $400 garbage cans,why not try to sell brisket at $4.99lb __________________ MILLSY AND I AM A MEATATARIAN

02-06-2010, 11:22 AM	#6
Toploader On the road to being a farker Join Date: 09-07-09 Location: RWC Ca Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Same deal out here. A lady was picking up a brisket "she ordered" from our local $afeway and I overheard the guy say how much. She shelled out over 65 bucks. I go down the road a mile and pay 1.99 a lb at smart n final or hit up costco. __________________ Mark UDS, XL BGE, and a pane burner. Smoke on.

02-06-2010, 01:17 PM	#7
bbq lover is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-05-08 Location: tracy ca. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i just paid 28 .79 for a 16 lb packer at smart and final thats 1.70 a lb __________________ GREEN MOUNTAIN GRILL <JIM BOWIE > 680 country smoker ugly drum controlled by stoker

02-06-2010, 01:24 PM	#8
IronStomach Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 09-30-09 Location: West Chicago, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yowch, that's crazy! There's local supermarkets around here that sell loin back ribs for $6 /lb... some people just don't shop around I guess. :-/ __________________ James. I use a Char-Griller: the gateway smoker.

02-05-2010, 05:59 PM	#2
hath On the road to being a farker Join Date: 12-29-09 Location: UT Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well... you do save $3.04!!! I mean... cmon...

02-05-2010, 06:23 PM	#4
anamosity Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-18-09 Location: Montana Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well it is Ranchers Reserve. LOL

02-06-2010, 01:25 PM	#9
Skidder Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-02-08 Location: Westfield,Ma. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	And that's the club price. Wow what a deal. NOT!

02-06-2010, 01:41 PM	#10
DubSmoke On the road to being a farker Join Date: 01-11-10 Location: Lake stevens, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i picked up a 7.7lb for $3.49 a lb yesterday ($27)

02-06-2010, 01:50 PM	#11
Wayne is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-26-03 Location: Fall River, Kansas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Brisket is one tough cut of meat. I never pay more than $2/lb, and I doubt that you could tell much difference between choice and prime brisket (or whatever Ranchers Reserve means.) Besides, the whole point of my slow smoked BBQ is to make a "less tender" cut of meat taste like your first meal in heaven, and "less tender" cuts tend to have more robust flavor. I like to call the above example "Snob Marketing". That means you convince a consumer that doesn't know any better to feel good about paying "more for less". That woman that paid $65 for a brisket could have saved half of her money, and still been ripped off, if she just waited a week and purchased the store's over priced hamburger made with the Rancher's Reserve briskets that didn't sell. __________________ Wichita Wayne Long in the tooth, Long in the tooth, I'm lookin' 'round the corner, An' I'm long in the tooth... Last edited by Wayne; 02-06-2010 at 02:11 PM..

02-06-2010, 03:41 PM	#12
tkuehn5410 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 12-16-06 Location: Lubbock, TX Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks like I need to join the club so I can start saving. __________________ New Braunsfels Vertical Smoker, Webber Drum Smoker, Char-broil Gasser, and a turkey fryer

02-06-2010, 03:48 PM	#13
hawtin47 Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 02-05-10 Location: Lyons, OR Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pricing at Safeway over the past few years feels like the ol' frog in the pot of boiling water deal - I don't get it. __________________ UDS Weber 18.5" Red Kettle Weber Baby Q "And there came a voice to him: 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.'" (Acts 10:13)

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