Got a reply from Publix RE: their Corned Beef Prices

[jmcquown]

I got the expected lame answer when I emailed Publix to ask why corned
beef seems to cost so much less in *other* (non-Publix) stores around
the country:

"The cost of corned beef has risen significantly in the last few years
due to a number of variables. These increases in the beef market have
been driven by the reduced supply of live cattle and rising cost of
corn/feed. In addition, the ever increasing cost of fuel has affected
overall expenses associated with production/distribution.

Our current ad retail is a result of this increased supplier cost. The
regular retail of our Murphy/David corned beef is $4.99 lb., so the
current ad price represents a savings of $1.10 lb."

So all these other stores around the country have a magic source which
make it cost less in other places? Yeah, right.

More likely it's because they get it from this one particular supplier.
It will be interesting to see if the price goes down a little more
*after* today, but I'm not holding my breath.

Jill

[Paul M. Cook]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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But blue is your color. Goes with all that gray. Kind of like the old
South.

Anyhoo, got 4 flat cuts, 5 plus pounds each for 50 bucks.

[jmcquown]

On 3/17/2013 1:36 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> More likely it's because they get it from this one particular supplier. It
>> >will be interesting to see if the price goes down a little more*after*
>> >today, but I'm not holding my breath.
>
> But blue is your color. Goes with all that gray. Kind of like the old
> South.
>

I don't know WTF you're talkng about. I don't live in the "old South".

> Anyhoo, got 4 flat cuts, 5 plus pounds each for 50 bucks.
>
>

Woo hoo and good for you.

Jill

[Tara]

As much as I enjoy shopping at Publix, their prices are significantly
higher, even with all the competition in our area. Around here, you can
shop at Publix, Kroger, Ingles, Aldi, Walmart, Target, and a few
international groceries. Publix prices are still higher. I don't shop
there very often, although I do prefer their produce and bakery. I love
the recipe kiosk where you can sample the recipe of the week and pick up
all the needed ingredients in one spot.

Tara

[jmcquown]

I don't have access to nearly as much grocery store competition.

Jill

[sf]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:51:40 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

> I don't know WTF you're talkng about. I don't live in the "old South".

Coulda fooled me. You're south of Virginia and not very far from
people who speak the Gullah language.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

[Paul M. Cook]

"sf" <s...@geemail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:51:40 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't know WTF you're talkng about. I don't live in the "old South".
>
> Coulda fooled me. You're south of Virginia and not very far from
> people who speak the Gullah language.

It's the old south.

[Paul M. Cook]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> On 3/17/2013 1:36 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>> More likely it's because they get it from this one particular supplier.
>>> It
>>> >will be interesting to see if the price goes down a little more*after*
>>> >today, but I'm not holding my breath.
>>
>> But blue is your color. Goes with all that gray. Kind of like the old
>> South.
>>
> I don't know WTF you're talkng about. I don't live in the "old South".

South Carolina isn't the old South? Isn't that sort of where the War of
Northern Aggression go started?

[pavane]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message

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>
> I don't know WTF you're talkng about. I don't live in the "old South".
>

They don't come any older. Scarlett, m'dear, don't deny your Heritage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_South

pavane

[Michael OConnor]

Publix is very expensive relative to other local grocers. I shop
there usually every week, but I only buy their buy one get one free
items, and if I need anything from their bakery (the Publix bakery is
second to none among supermarket chains) I will pick it up, and if I'm
in a mood for a sub (their subs are outstanding; I suggest you go with
the Boar's Head) I will pick one up. The Publix here in Greenville
just started carrying Graeter's Ice Cream, so if I want that, I have
to go here. But I doubt I have ever spent more than 20 dollars on a
single visit to Publix; I just load all the items into my knapsack
when I leave the store and walk across the street to Bi-Lo where their
prices are much cheaper, and I get everything else there.

[jmcquown]

On 3/17/2013 3:47 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:51:40 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't know WTF you're talkng about. I don't live in the "old South".
>
> Coulda fooled me. You're south of Virginia and not very far from
> people who speak the Gullah language.
>

I'm taking about when Paul said "But blue is your color. Goes with all

that gray. Kind of like the old South."

With the mention of blue and grey it sounds like he's trying to turn
this into a Civil War/political thread.

Jill

[jmcquown]

LOL I've only lived here for 6 years. It's certainly not my Heritage.

Jill

[pltrgyst]

On 3/17/13 4:23 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
> South Carolina isn't the old South?

It sure as hell was when I lived in Columbia.

-- Larry

[pltrgyst]

On 3/17/13 5:53 PM, Michael OConnor wrote:
>
> Publix is very expensive relative to other local grocers.

Publix's pricing is very carefully calibrated. If you use their
promotional coupons and such, they are as cheap as anyone else except
Wal-Mart. (I know this to be fact, from very inside sources.)

Their edge is gained from the quality of their in-house products, broad
selection, and atmosphere.

-- Larry

[jmcquown]

I guess we have different understandings of the term. To me "old South"
connotes antebellum, civil war and reconstruction days. I'm not that
old. :) I live in the deep south. The lowcountry. Historically the
area is old, to be sure. It has nothing to do with the price of corned
beef at Publix.

Jill

[Nunya Bidnits]

For some reason, here in beef country we don't see it any lower than the low
two dollar range. Pisses me off. I bought a full brisket corned beef at
Restaurant Depot, which is near wholesale, and it was about 2.40/lb. Grocery
prices for St. Pat's sales are typically point/flat 2.39/2.99 for the off
brands like "Colorado Premium" and 3.49, cut unspecified, for premium Boyles
Corned Beef.

This is nothing new. I often hear reports like this where people who are not
anywhere near "beef country" are paying much lower prices. Arrgh.

MartyB (in Kansas City)

[jmcquown]

On 3/17/2013 7:08 PM, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
> This is nothing new. I often hear reports like this where people who are
> not anywhere near "beef country" are paying much lower prices. Arrgh.
>
> MartyB (in Kansas City)

I know, right? Doesn't make any sense to me. I know where I live isn't
"beef country". But then again, Massachusetts doesn't strike me as beef
country. The explanation I was given for the higher price seems
specious at best.

Jill

[pavane]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message

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If only you had the honor that the Major General had in HMS Pinafore:

Describing his duty to those whose estate he had recently bought:
" GEN. Frederic, in this chapel are ancestors: you cannot deny that. With
the estate,
I bought the chapel and its contents. I don't know whose ancestors they
were, but I
know whose ancestors they are, and I shudder to think that their descendant
by
purchase (if I may so describe myself) should have brought disgrace upon
what, I have
no doubt, was an unstained escutcheon. "

pavane

[Nunya Bidnits]

Other than a minute amount of recently arrived material from space, the
entire planet is old, either north or south.

Just sayin'. ;-)

[jmcquown]

On 3/17/2013 11:29 PM, pavane wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> On 3/17/2013 4:31 PM, pavane wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:aqme5f...@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> I don't know WTF you're talkng about. I don't live in the "old South".
>>>>
>>>
>>> They don't come any older. Scarlett, m'dear, don't deny your Heritage.
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_South
>>>
>>> pavane
>>
>> LOL I've only lived here for 6 years. It's certainly not my Heritage.
>
> If only you had the honor that the Major General had in HMS Pinafore:
>
> Describing his duty to those whose estate he had recently bought:
> " GEN. Frederic, in this chapel are ancestors: you cannot deny that.
> With the estate,
> I bought the chapel and its contents. I don't know whose ancestors they
> were, but I
> know whose ancestors they are, and I shudder to think that their
> descendant by
> purchase (if I may so describe myself) should have brought disgrace upon
> what, I have
> no doubt, was an unstained escutcheon. "
>
> pavane

Gilbert & Sullivan fan, are you? (No, he wasn't an Englishman.) Saint
Helena Island was "discovered" by a Spanish explorer, Lucas Vasquez de
Allyon in the 1500's. Should I consider myself to be of Spanish
"heritage" simply because I live here? Nope.

It is a really nice area, though. :)

Jill