Food prices June 2021

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I don't do the grocery shopping, my wife does.

My neighbor stopped by complaining about meat prices. He wanted to smoke a beef brisket and said no way would he pay what they are asking. So I thought I would check myself.

Is this really true? I can't believe my eyes.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Tyson-Al...neless-1-0-2-2-lb/841992649?findingMethod=wpa

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I went to an estate sale yesterday, first day so full price. I bought some Tide pods, almost full container, for $3. I don't use pods cus they are waaaaaaayyyyyyy to much detergent for laundry, so I will take them to the food bank where I volunteer. We divide them up into baggies, so when requested, a client will get 5 or 6 of them.

I also bought a full large box of instant rice from 2017 for 50 cents. The chickens will like that over time.

I did buy some canned goods that were only a year or two old. 25 cents apiece. They will go in front of the rotation from my deep pantry.
 

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You must have gone to WINCO. I saw broc there yesterday for the same price. at safeway and Freddy's (Kroger) it was $1.78/lb.

WA state mandated that chicken eggs come from cage free chickens, starting Jan 1. So the price skyrocketed. I raised my price for eggs from $3.50 to $4. I only have one customer and he didn't even blink.
 

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I just bought a Cabelas Stainless steel slicer at an estate sale today. $65. Its normally $119. Its going to replace the plastic slicer I bought at Goodwill.

About a month ago, I went to a Chef's Store, where I found a Jennie-O helmet shaped turkey breast on clearance. It cost me $35 total. I got a lot of lunch meat sliced up from that thing. Now with the SS slicer, I can do a better job. One way to save money on processed lunch meat!!
 

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I like ole american iron, besides free is free :) The slicer is a beast, it weighes about 80 lbs. It still runs and everything still moves. So I think it just needs to be disassembled, a deep cleaning, rust removal, paint and lube and it should be good to go. Someone replaced a couple bolts with steel ones that should be stainless. No biggie though, I get get stainless bolts easy enough.

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I keep looking at piglets :idunno hate the thought of them again and I have the space, sheds, fence; just another to feed & care for. BUT was some of best pork ever!!! And lard. Yeah, I keep looking, thinking...I'll cave eventually!:lol:. My butcher closed shop, so that's a slow down for me. Need to find another processor.
Me too - but I haven't jumped yet, lol. I don't have a problem processing them myself if I do it while they're at a reasonable size. I prefer NOT to do a 300 pounder by myself, but I can do one at around 100 lbs fairly easily. Less pork, yes - but less feed into them too. If I bought feeders I'd grow them out - but when you've got the factory it's pretty easy to justify doing them at a smaller weight.
 

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