re: What happened with that beef shortage?

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no the price of ground beef shot up almost double for some grinds. it happened overnight, too

what was once $4/lb became $7/lb +

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I buy beef all the time. I have never paid more than $2.99/lb for ground beef. Ever. Some people aren't good shoppers. I would have won SuperMarket Sweep back in the day, b/c i'm a professional grocery store shopper.

If you go to the store with the intent to buy beef, you will likely have to pay $5-7/lb. If you are willing to wait for the right time to buy it, you will always find it cheaper. When i find ground beef for $2.99/lb or cheaper, i'll buy 20lbs of it and freeze it.

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I tried warning the food board yesterday about meat shortages and price increases but for some reason the thread got whacked.

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Correct, I posted that months ago and at the time there was a concern that there could be shortages for various reasons, however that turned out to not be the case.....it became more about the increases in prices which is still holding true to this day....but the price increase has nothing to do with a shortage

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The world wasnt going to run out of meat because a plant shut down for 2 weeks to clean.

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There's 94 million head of cattle in the US. Unless the Covid kills cows, we aren't running out of beef, or having a shortage b/c a few plants are down. WHen you deal with that much volume, when one plant falls behind, the others pick up the slack.

And you double down on the stupidity.

Congrats on stocking up before prices went up. Prices on a lot of meat products went up as packing plants were forced to shut down because of covid cases. It has affected every grocery store so it's not like you can go down to another store and avoid it. Most even put limits on what you could buy though I don't know anyone who still has said limits.

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when one plant falls behind, the others pick up the slack.

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Triple down since this didn't happen.

80/20 Ground Beef 1 Lb Pack for $4.16

Precut Choice 14 Oz Ribeye Steak for $16.82

Two Choice 8 Oz Precut Steaks $22.63

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When i find ground beef for $2.99/lb or cheaper, i'll buy 20lbs of it and freeze it.

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My locally owned grocery store grinds their own ground beef and the family pack size 4-5 lbs has been $1.99-2.29 lb for the last 3 weeks

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I know people who had never bought whole cows and had no idea how to go about it who were buying them using a credit card. These were also people who, before the coronavirus shite, weren't even big home cookers. The majority of that meat is likely to go to waste.

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i really dont know why you care what other people do with their money.

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I really dont know why you care what other people do with their money.

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Oh, that tired line again.

I was answering a question. Now, kindly, frick off.

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I go to the grocery store at least three times a week. I have throughOut the shutdown

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I'm in them everyday. Prices and/or availability were affected in every grocery chain around.

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Doesn’t mean that didn’t happen elsewhere, but it sure as shite didn’t in Baton Rouge.

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So why are you acting like your experiences in baton rouge are the end all be all in this discussion? That's retarded.

Costco upped prices on every beef item significantly because their suppliers did the same to them. They even limited customers to 3 meat items total per customer at times. Brisket alone went from $2.99/lb to $5.99+. HEB limited to 2 meat items total per customer a couple different times and raised prices accordingly with their increased costs. Randall's/Albertsons/Tom thumb did the same.

Just because you caught something on sale at one point during this doesn't mean prices didn't go up. That's absurd logic.