Fresh Market Meat On Sale

This might be of interest to those that live close to a Fresh Market. Fresh Market over here in Daphne, AL has USDA Premium Choice whole filets on sale for $9.99 LB. I bought two whole filets, fat and thick from end to end, that the butcher picked out for me. The butcher cut 22 2" thick filets and what could not be utilized for steaks was ground into filet mignon hamburger meat. I'm going to vacuum seal them and throw into the freezer. I probably got 3 LB of hamburger meat. The sale runs 2-4 PM today and tomorrow. They also had buy one pound get one free on their bacon for $6.99 LB. Their bacon is a lot better than the prepackaged kind and for $3.50 LB you can’t beat that for high quality bacon. When I cook it very little grease is left and it’s real meaty. I’m not sure if all Fresh Markets are running this sale but some of those filets looked more like USDA Prime to me. They ran a special on Premium Choice New York Strips about a month ago if you bought the whole strip and I got 11 1.5” thick steaks for $6.99 LB. I think their steaks are of high quality. You probably can’t buy decent ribeye at $9.99 LB at most reputable grocery stores. USDA Choice Premium only makes up 5% of the beef industry. Fresh Market is expensive but when they offer bulk steak specials it’s pretty cheap for the quality of meat you get.