Holy crap

[tallieho]

If your looking for deals on pork shoulders.DONOT go to Sobey's.Fricken incredible 3 weeks ago,they were $2.48 a lb.,today on sale they're $5.88 a lb..I call it a rip off not inflation!!!.I would bet a lot of money ,that the farmer ain't getting ,the $3.40lb increase

[fishtank]

They are usually $2 at superstore/no frills when it’s on sale … before the COVID inflation it was like 99 cents .

[jungleboy]

Isn’t Sobeys kinda the most expensive place to buy groceries? My wife does the food shopping for our house and Sobeys is not even on the menu.

[Savage Bacon]

Don't get me started. The boss came back from Costco with a beef loin that used to cost between $80-95. Now for a medium sized loin she payed $168. That blew my mind. $49.99/kg

I guess the next time I bbq myself a steak I'll be making her and our boy bologna sandwiches. Unless that's gone through the roof too.

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[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by jungleboy

Isn’t Sobeys kinda the most expensive place to buy groceries? My wife does the food shopping for our house and Sobeys is not even on the menu.

Coop would be second.

Grizz

[Mavrick]

Spam stocks, buy in now. I see a huge jump in this commodity.

[dodger]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Spam stocks, buy in now. I see a huge jump in this commodity.

MMMM Spam 🙂

Dodger.

[Stinky Buffalo]

[fishtank]

Originally Posted by Savage Bacon

Don't get me started. The boss came back from Costco with a beef loin that used to cost between $80-95. Now for a medium sized loin she payed $168. That blew my mind. $49.99/kg

I guess the next time I bbq myself a steak I'll be making her and our boy bologna sandwiches. Unless that's gone through the roof too.

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Yeah they Jack the price up on the striploin in the summer , now it back down to about $21/kg

[Landshark]

I eat very little meat because of the price. There are other ways of getting your protein without consuming that overpriced commodity.
My BIL raises cattle and even he won't buy very much beef because of the price. Most years he gets a good dollar for his cows.

[fordtruckin]

Originally Posted by Landshark

I eat very little meat because of the price. There are other ways of getting your protein without consuming that overpriced commodity.
My BIL raises cattle and even he won't buy very much beef because of the price. Most years he gets a good dollar for his cows.

Why wouldn’t he just have one butchered a year for his use and cut out the middleman??

[oldgutpile]

Not sure about the pork world, as I don't buy any animals on the hoof, but beef is currently at an all time high.
Feeder calves were bringing record prices again this year, and with the cost of feed to finish them, the higher pricing makes sense. Feedlots are paying 2000 dollars for an 800 lb calf, and futures contracts are showing about 2800.00 for a finished 1800 lb steer. That leaves 800.00 of feed to put a thousand pounds on them over the course of a year. Tight margins all the way around. Most meat departments work off of a 30% margin of profit, so for them it's just take it or leave it.
Even before this year's calf crop went to market, a lot of my customers were telling me they walk right past the beef isle because they cant afford to look!
So many cow/calf operators are selling out this year because even with the higher prices, the cost of operating has gotten out of hand. Too many unknown variables such as drought, feed prices, etc. are taking all the fun out of the ranching lifestyle. Grain markets are through the roof and futures are looking good, so they sell off the cattle and break up the land. Nobody wants to nursemaid a bunch of cows through an unknown winter, with high feed and fuel prices to boot.
One of the biggest factors resulting in low profits on the producer's side, is definitely the cost of diesel. Trucking costs are now through the roof! Bottom line is in the supply and demand. Less cattle available for a growing population.

[HyperMOA]

When I find pork shoulders on sale for say $2.48 a lb I buy enough for the year, then I don't have to pay $5.88 a lb. I eat beef at least 4 times a week, and I won't stop. I'll complain about $100,000 half-tons before I ever stop eating beef. Life is too short for kale.

[58thecat]

That’s the way we do it, find a great deal and load up!
Huge upright freezer to accommodate this meat hoarding when it happens.


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[obsessed1]

Hunt all my red meat, raise a hog and 35 chickens every year...butcher all our own...never pay grocery store prices... rural living has its perks.

[bat119]

It's not just meat everything has almost doubled in the last year $5 a head of lettuce, $2 green onions, tomatoes 3-$5lb. vegans are hurting

[Stinky Buffalo]

Just think, in five years we'll be writing posts about how appalled we are at the soaring price of cricket meat.

[tallieho]

by then the crickets will be feeding on me

[The Cook]

Vabellas deli in Canmore has 1970's prices for the month of January on the best farmers bratwurst ever. Needless to say I should be good well into the summer. Average price is about $2.70 for a package of 6. Hard to be sad.

[HyperMOA]

Originally Posted by Stinky Buffalo

Just think, in five years we'll be writing posts about how appalled we are at the soaring price of cricket meat.

There may be posts about this, but some of us will never be able to participate. 😀

[pikergolf]

People need to learn how to shop. Number get a freezer, two get a vacuum sealer. Then watch flyers. Most store have a lose leader every week, when you see what you want at a good price buy a lot. Prime beef lose leaders happen at New years, Easter, Some time during the BBQ season, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I load up on roasts and steaks during those sales. Pork can happen at anytime again load up when it happens. The good meat prices usually get posted on the found a deal thread but not always. Subscribe to that thread and you will get emails. All the stores have online flyers available to be viewed, the grocery ones go up on Wednesdays. Costco has a lady putting up their unadvertised sales items Tuesday mornings on a site called Costco West.

[lakerman]

check your receipts ran to walmart to buy some apples for 2.14kg=.97lb on the last day of the sale, when I was using the checkout noticed that the till was charging 4.47kg so the whole week Walmart was making double on every customer, almost hard to believe that no one noticed this all week.

[fordtruckin]

Originally Posted by Landshark

There's just him and his wife. They tell me that's not inexpensive either and it's way too much meat.
The beef he raises gets sold to Alberta feed lots to finish up. He's a Sask. farmer whereas the cows are out in the pasture until sold.
I offered to hunt one for him. They're a lot like Muskox. They just stand there until you shoot them. Real easy hunting.

Once it’s processed couldn't they sell some of it off to friends/family to off set the cost of processing? Had a friend get a beef a few years back and we split that 4 ways. I’d be more apt to eat meat I knew where it came from VS grocery store offerings of given the choice.

[Bushrat]

Originally Posted by jungleboy

Isn’t Sobeys kinda the most expensive place to buy groceries? My wife does the food shopping for our house and Sobeys is not even on the menu.

Don't know how they stay in business. Everything seems to be 30% more than anywhere else. Hardly any customers in the Sobeys here and mostly just people picking up one or two items because it's on their way or closest to their home.

[Savage Bacon]

Originally Posted by fishtank

Yeah they Jack the price up on the striploin in the summer , now it back down to about $21/kg

At which costco? She went to the one at Balzac on Friday and it was $49.99/kg

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[fishtank]

Originally Posted by Savage Bacon

At which costco? She went to the one at Balzac on Friday and it was $49.99/kg

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Edmonton

[Etownpaul]

Originally Posted by Landshark

There's just him and his wife. They tell me that's not inexpensive either and it's way too much meat.
The beef he raises gets sold to Alberta feed lots to finish up. He's a Sask. farmer whereas the cows are out in the pasture until sold.
I offered to hunt one for him. They're a lot like Muskox. They just stand there until you shoot them. Real easy hunting.

We get a whole beef for just the wife and I. Usually lasts us around 18 months. Grass fed beef is fantastic for you, one of the best protein sources out there. We keep one deep freeze for beef and one for everything else. Buying in bulk direct from the farmer is a necessity for us. Supermarket beef just doesn’t compare and is cost prohibitive.

[KC1]

Originally Posted by oldgutpile

Not sure about the pork world, as I don't buy any animals on the hoof, but beef is currently at an all time high.
Feeder calves were bringing record prices again this year, and with the cost of feed to finish them, the higher pricing makes sense. Feedlots are paying 2000 dollars for an 800 lb calf, and futures contracts are showing about 2800.00 for a finished 1800 lb steer. That leaves 800.00 of feed to put a thousand pounds on them over the course of a year. Tight margins all the way around. Most meat departments work off of a 30% margin of profit, so for them it's just take it or leave it.
Even before this year's calf crop went to market, a lot of my customers were telling me they walk right past the beef isle because they cant afford to look!
So many cow/calf operators are selling out this year because even with the higher prices, the cost of operating has gotten out of hand. Too many unknown variables such as drought, feed prices, etc. are taking all the fun out of the ranching lifestyle. Grain markets are through the roof and futures are looking good, so they sell off the cattle and break up the land. Nobody wants to nursemaid a bunch of cows through an unknown winter, with high feed and fuel prices to boot.
One of the biggest factors resulting in low profits on the producer's side, is definitely the cost of diesel. Trucking costs are now through the roof! Bottom line is in the supply and demand. Less cattle available for a growing population.

About pork producers
Many are leaving the industry
About 25 years ago 1300 registered pig farmers in Alberta
About 5 years ago 375 registered pig farmers in Alberta
By the end of this year who knows; but a lot of guys are quitting,cop is too high
The only ones to stay in business are the colonies, but that's a different ballgame.

[CDNOutdoorsman]

Originally Posted by Etownpaul

We get a whole beef for just the wife and I. Usually lasts us around 18 months. Grass fed beef is fantastic for you, one of the best protein sources out there. We keep one deep freeze for beef and one for everything else. Buying in bulk direct from the farmer is a necessity for us. Supermarket beef just doesn’t compare and is cost prohibitive.

Where would a guy find someone selling grassfed/grass finished beef around Calgary? You are correct, grassfed is the best for you.

thanks

[Twisted Canuck]

I'm still wondering why the thread title is Holy Crap. I initially thought it had to be about Campbell stopping the first shot in a game. How was I to know it was about grocery prices?