Kroger - strategy for getting marked down meat
OhioGuy
meats at our local Kroger grocery store. So far, I haven't noticed a
pattern to when I find them.
Kroger has long had a marked down meat section, where they put meat that
is within the last couple of days that it should be sold. Usually there is
no discoloration, spoilage or other problems - it is just a matter of the
date on the calendar getting close to the date printed on the package. I
just buy the package and freeze it until needed.
A year or so ago, they made the markdown meat section only half the
previous size, and it seems to be more difficult to find good deals there
now. Previously, I would often see even reasonably priced cuts marked down
to only 50% of the original price. Now, it seems that this is fairly rare,
and the typical discount is only about 30% off. Most of the time I go by
and see that there are only the more expensive cuts left. 30% off something
that was originally $8 a pound isn't so much of a deal, in my book.
So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with an insight
into when might be the best time to check for marked down meat at the
market. Thanks!
The Real Bev
> So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with an insight
> into when might be the best time to check for marked down meat at the
> market. Thanks!
Just asking the butcher didn't work?
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The Henchman
"The Real Bev" <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> OhioGuy wrote:
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>> So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with an
>> insight into when might be the best time to check for marked down meat at
>> the market. Thanks!
>
> Just asking the butcher didn't work?
I've asked the butcher early saturday morning and will make deals to buy
cuts of beef, lamb and pork for 50% less per weight if I take a certain
quantity. Sometimes he'll cut a deal and sometimes not. Not so with
chicken because they use the chicken in their restaurant on site or maybe
somebody has a deal to buy the store's chicken.
I also notice monday nights around here they seem to have more marked down
meats because the new shipment of meat came in on Monday morning.
Also I grind my own meats like hamburger and sausage meat. Major savings
there. I rarely buy store ground meats unless I forgot to thaw something.
You can get the marked down meats, grind them up, freeze them in your
desired protion size (500 g or l lb seem to be standard).
sr
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on the other hand,
with the dollar becoming useless
And when you all get as poor as I, meat will go by the wayside and you'll be
looking
at a small bag of dried beans, to see how many servings you can get out of
the bag, and
protein per serving. Meat will only be a dream of long ago.
There is an upside, eliminates a lot of hassle. Not much storage space
needed, no freezer needed,
no messing with blood and guts, etc.
Anyone remember the story about some country at war , the country was
devastated., only the
rich had access to the rich foods, while the pheasants had to survive on
grains. Guess which class
come out the better for it: The rich suffered gout and other diet related
diseases,
and the poor were lean and healthy.
phil scott
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Living without a lot of meat prolongs life. especially these days with
the grain fed beef
thats not at all good for ones health. the rest of the world uses
small bits of meat
in rice, beans, and vegitable dishes.
btw if you switch to brown rice its a lot better
for your health. and I like it a lot better than white rice. brown
has the hulls attached,
for fiber and a lot more nutrition. diabetes all but dissapeared in
england during ww2 when
white rice was rationed but brown rice wasnt
Phil scott
The Real Bev
> on the other hand, with the dollar becoming useless And when you all get as
> poor as I, meat will go by the wayside and you'll be looking at a small bag
> of dried beans, to see how many servings you can get out of the bag, and
> protein per serving. Meat will only be a dream of long ago.
Corn tortillas are cheap. Add them to complete the bean protein.
> There is an upside, eliminates a lot of hassle. Not much storage space
> needed, no freezer needed, no messing with blood and guts, etc.
I haven't cooked meat for decades. Well, I haven't cooked much else either,
but meat requires far more trouble than I'm willing to go to. I did buy some
boneless skinless chicken breasts on sale a couple of years ago -- they're easy
to cook.
> Anyone remember the story about some country at war , the country was
> devastated., only the rich had access to the rich foods, while the pheasants
Brightly-plumaged wild birds?
> had to survive on grains. Guess which class come out the better for it: The
> rich suffered gout and other diet related diseases, and the poor were lean
> and healthy.
Which perhaps explains why the rich used them for targets after the deer were
all gone :-)
Rod Speed
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>> "The Real Bev" <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> OhioGuy wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with
>>>> an insight into when might be the best time to check for marked
>>>> down meat at the market. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Just asking the butcher didn't work?
>>
>> I've asked the butcher early saturday morning and will make deals to
>> buy cuts of beef, lamb and pork for 50% less per weight if I take a
>> certain quantity. Sometimes he'll cut a deal and sometimes not. Not so with chicken because they use the chicken in
>> their restaurant
>> on site or maybe somebody has a deal to buy the store's chicken.
>>
>> I also notice monday nights around here they seem to have more
>> marked down meats because the new shipment of meat came in on Monday
>> morning. Also I grind my own meats like hamburger and sausage meat. Major
>> savings there. I rarely buy store ground meats unless I forgot to
>> thaw something. You can get the marked down meats, grind them up,
>> freeze them in your desired protion size (500 g or l lb seem to be
>> standard). ==========off topic,kind of:
> on the other hand, with the dollar becoming useless
> And when you all get as poor as I, meat will go by the wayside
Like hell it will.
> and you'll be looking at a small bag of dried beans, to see how many servings you can get out of the bag, and protein
> per serving.
We're never going to see that situation again, essentially because
modern industrialised agriculture has eliminated that now.
> Meat will only be a dream of long ago.
Didnt even happen during the great depression.
> There is an upside, eliminates a lot of hassle. Not much storage space
> needed, no freezer needed, no messing with blood and guts, etc.
I dont bother with blood and guts and never have either.
> Anyone remember the story about some country at war, the country was devastated., only the rich had access to the rich
> foods, while the pheasants had to survive on grains.
And then the world moved on and we industrialised agriculture
and we will never see that situation again in the west.
> Guess which class come out the better for it: The rich suffered gout and other diet related diseases, and the poor
> were lean and healthy.
Pure fantasy, never happened. The poor actually died like flys.
And today its the poor that are obscenely obese and dying from that.
Rod Speed
> Living without a lot of meat prolongs life.
Living with significantly less of ANY food that you would prefer prolongs life.
> especially these days with the grain fed beef thats not at all good for ones health.
Mindlessly silly.
> the rest of the world uses small bits of meat in rice, beans, and vegitable dishes.
Fuck all of the rest of the world does, actually.
> btw if you switch to brown rice its a lot better for your health.
Another pig ignorant lie.
> and I like it a lot better than white rice. brown has
> the hulls attached, for fiber and a lot more nutrition.
The last thing that anyone in the west except anorexics needs is nutrition.
> diabetes all but dissapeared in england during ww2
> when white rice was rationed but brown rice wasnt
A bare faced pig ignorant lie. Brown rice was rationed the same way
that white rice was, and fuck all ate much rice of any type anyway.
phil scott
> sr wrote:
> > on the other hand, with the dollar becoming useless And when you all get as
> > poor as I, meat will go by the wayside and you'll be looking at a small bag
> > of dried beans, to see how many servings you can get out of the bag, and
> > protein per serving. Meat will only be a dream of long ago.
>
> Corn tortillas are cheap. Add them to complete the bean protein.
>
> > There is an upside, eliminates a lot of hassle. Not much storage space
> > needed, no freezer needed, no messing with blood and guts, etc.
>
> I haven't cooked meat for decades. Well, I haven't cooked much else either,
> but meat requires far more trouble than I'm willing to go to. I did buy some
> boneless skinless chicken breasts on sale a couple of years ago -- they're easy
> to cook.
>
> > Anyone remember the story about some country at war , the country was
> > devastated., only the rich had access to the rich foods, while the pheasants
>
> Brightly-plumaged wild birds?
>
> > had to survive on grains. Guess which class come out the better for it: The
> > rich suffered gout and other diet related diseases, and the poor were lean
> > and healthy.
>
.> Which perhaps explains why the rich used them for targets after the
deer were
.> all gone :-)
yes... us skinny bastards make bad targets though,
its the big fat ones that end up
in the most trouble... especially with govt sending them out into lean
country driving new cars
with gas tanks full, working cell phones, all fattened up, and with
GOLD fillings in their teeth.
mmmmm goood.
sr
Duke University scientifically introduced the Rice Diet Program, still going
on today.
Anytime you believe I made a false statement , please, base your statement
with a proven fact. Statements like its a "fantasy" doesn't add anything.
An historian made it known about the "privilege" coming out worse than the
poor, health wise,
during the country's turmoil.
What information do you have?.
As for today's fatties. They are eating processed foods, not whole grains
.
I agree, look at the Japan. A generation ago citizens were eating grains,
veg, with meat to flavor the food.
(Over abundance of protein are hard on the kidneys, anyway.)
Asians were in good shape,but, the more they become Americanized ; the more
they suffer the ills of the
Western civilization. You can see it with your own 2 eyes!
You were there during the great depression?
Doesn't take much to upset our way of living
Remember the Irish, how the potato famine killed them?
We lived in the South during WWII , in the appalachian, getting food, as
needed , wasn't that easy. I remember my father wrestling a deer to the
ground and killing it with his hunting knife. We were desperate. We ate
squirrel, groundhogs, even porcupine. It can happen.
Today, Plenty of germs building resistance that can wipe out any animal *or
human.
Meat may be a memory to some of us, some of us today, because it takes more
of the dollars to buy the
same amount of anything. I eat kidney beans. last year 3 cans for a dollar,
went up to 47 a can, today 118.(since the woodstove is pumping, I will cook
the cheaper dried version of the beans. cost effective cooking.
As the dollar gets weaker the price of everything will be up and away out
of reach for most of us. Going to make
for interesting times. I'm not talking about the availability of the meat,
talking about the access, money wise, Mr. Speed.
Yes, Bev, I try to remember to have a grain with the beans. The Mexicans
were on to something-
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Rod Speed
> MR Speed: thank you for following my postings:
> Duke University scientifically introduced the Rice Diet Program, still going on today.
Pity you lied about the advantages of brown rice.
> Anytime you believe I made a false statement , please, base your statement with a proven fact.
YOU made the claim.
YOU get to do the proving.
THATS how it works.
> Statements like its a "fantasy" doesn't add anything.
Lying, again.
> An historian made it known about the "privilege" coming out worse than the poor, health wise, during the country's
> turmoil.
Just because some fool claims something, doesnt make it gospel.
> What information do you have?.
That the poor died like flys until quite recently, so that claim about
the effect of a particular war is a bare faced pig ignorant lie.
It wasnt that long ago that the poor in britain had a life expectancy of just 30 years.
So much for your stupid pig ignorant claim.
> As for today's fatties. They are eating processed foods, not whole grains .
Plenty of today's fattys eat whole grains and stay fattys.
What makes you a fatty is shovelling more calories into your mouth than you burn.
> I agree, look at the Japan. A generation ago citizens were eating grains, veg, with meat to flavor the food.
Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you dont have
a clue about the Japanese diet today, or anything else at all either.
> (Over abundance of protein are hard on the kidneys, anyway.)
Utterly mangled all over again.
> Asians were in good shape,but, the more they become Americanized ; the more they suffer the ills of the Western
> civilization. You can see it with your own 2 eyes!
Rigorous science might just be about a bit more than that.
> You were there during the great depression?
Dont need to be to know that what you claim didnt happen then.
> Doesn't take much to upset our way of living
> Remember the Irish, how the potato famine killed them?
Wasnt the rich that got killed by the potato famine, stupid.
> We lived in the South during WWII , in the appalachian, getting food,
> as needed , wasn't that easy. I remember my father wrestling a deer
> to the ground and killing it with his hunting knife. We were desperate. We ate squirrel, groundhogs, even porcupine.
> It can happen.
Not anymore. We've got decent welfare systems
right thruout the entire first and second world now.
> Today, Plenty of germs building resistance that can wipe out any animal *or human.
Plenty more died of those before antibiotics.
> Meat may be a memory to some of us, some of us today,
Yes, there are always a few fools around.
> because it takes more of the dollars to buy the same amount of anything. I eat kidney beans. last year 3 cans for a
> dollar, went up to 47 a can, today 118.(since the woodstove is pumping, I will cook the cheaper dried version of the
> beans. cost effective cooking.
Plenty of us have enough of a clue to be able to afford meat.
That wont be changing any time soon, you watch.
> As the dollar gets weaker the price of everything will be up and away out of reach for most of us.
Wrong, as always. The cost of food produced
in the US wont change as the dollar gets weaker.
> Going to make for interesting times.
Thats a curse, stupid.
> I'm not talking about the availability of the meat, talking about the access, money wise, Mr. Speed.
Doesnt matter a damn what you mindless claim, Ms. gutless.
Mrs Irish Mike
> MR Speed: thank you for following my postings:
> Duke University scientifically introduced the Rice Diet Program, still going
> on today.
>
> Anytime you believe I made a false statement , please, base your statement
> with a proven fact. Statements like its a "fantasy" doesn't add anything.
>
You're new around here? Rod Speed never posts facts, only opinion.
Sometimes his opinions are insightful, but I attribute that to the
'million monkeys typing' effect. Most learn to ignore him, he's like
background noise; only bothersome when you notice it.
frater mus
> Once in a blue moon, I happen to find some GREAT deals on marked down
> meats at our local Kroger grocery store. So far, I haven't noticed a
> pattern to when I find them.
...
> So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with an
> insight
> into when might be the best time to check for marked down meat at the
> market. Thanks!
I've been watching my local Kroger's "used meat" section, but I don't see
a pattern either. If there was something of a pattern I'd say I have
best luck mid-morning Friday and Saturday.
--
L.V.X., brother mouse
Rod Speed
Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.
We've never ever seen a single fact from you, ever.
phil scott
speed is a welll nown trasher type troll, all over USENET .., posts
90% bugus and 10% somtimes rational
thought for bait it appers..his intention is to inflict distress..
thats a sociopathic personality
type... the cure , kill file or dont start read ing his replies..he
makes sure his first line
is a 'hook'.
Phil scott
OhioGuy
boneless skinless chicken breasts. They were originally $6.99 for a pound
and a half, but were marked down to $2. This was on a Thursday afternoon at
about 3pm.
I loaded up on a dozen packages. When I got home, I found out that every
single package had a $1 off another package coupon! If only I had had more
time, and had known about the coupon, I could have saved another 50% off by
checking out through the self checkout line, and using the coupons!
The Henchman
"sr" <sol...@uninets.net> wrote in message
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> on the other hand,
> with the dollar becoming useless
> And when you all get as poor as I, meat will go by the wayside and you'll
> be looking
> at a small bag of dried beans, to see how many servings you can get out of
> the bag, and
> protein per serving. Meat will only be a dream of long ago.
What does your dollar have to do with those of us who haggle for fresh meat
prices? I eat both meat and beans.
itsjoan...@webtv.net
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>
> So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with an insight
> into when might be the best time to check for marked down meat at the
> market. Thanks!
>
>
daily. I have picked up quite a few bargains in that meat section!
MarieD
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> So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with an
> insight into when might be the best time to check for marked down meat at
> the market. Thanks!
When I go to BiLo at night, that's when I find all the marked-down meat. We
don't even have a Kroger here so I can't help you with that. You probably
don't have a BiLo up there, right?
Marie