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Post by geenamercile on Feb 20, 2022 11:01:03 GMT -5
I like the convince of the chicken breast. When I actually want to eat chicken I will get a whole one and roast it, since I like the dark meat and the girls don't. And I do like the convince of the breast for the oldest.
I am wondering if we are being cushioned some with the short supplies and price increases just because we have a lot of local farms and processing plants around us. Our stores always have sections of produce that say locally grown, which is what I normally stick with anyways.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2022 11:20:08 GMT -5
I think we're definitely going to see turkey inflation and shortages too. I just read a story where avian flu was found at another commercial turkey farm in Nebraska and they are euthanizing 15,200 birds. We eat a lot of ground turkey and turkey breasts so this will hurt for sure
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Post by NoNamePerson on Feb 20, 2022 16:26:33 GMT -5
ATTENTION: Good YM'er that I am I will be starting up a Chicken Shipping Business shortly Checked out chicken in three stores and no shortage in either. Whole chicken averaged .93 Cents per pound. Plenty of all parts plus whole. Different brands - although didn't check tyson prices since i wouldn't ship if they were free Sanderson, purdue and I assume a store brand. And no I don't normally do three stores in a day but this was one of those days that there were big bogo sales in stores that I needed product so hit all three. They are within 1 1/4 mile of each other so no biggie. Did notice that my head of cauliflower had gone from 2.44 to 2.74 but everything else I bought is within pennies of last price or no increase. I can probably get that $20.00 whole chicken to folks for about $8 or $9 depending on shipping charges!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2022 17:56:14 GMT -5
We use to eat a fair amount of chicken wings. We bake them for an easy dinner, we throw them on the grill with whatever else we’re grilling, and I make hot wings sometimes. I’m use to buying a few large packages when they are on sale and sticking them in the freezer, so in my mind, wings are supposed to be cheap. Not anymore. They cost so much now that I refuse to buy them.
I’ve also always bought a lot of chicken breasts. I bake them for a meal or bake them to shred/cut up for other dishes. Another one of my easy meals is baking potatoes and topping them with baked chicken. But now, they don’t always have chicken breasts when we buy groceries.
The only chicken we have in the freezer now is thighs (yuck!) and a small package of wings. We’ve not been buying groceries regularly like we use to, so we’ve been “shopping” in the deep freezer more often than not. Whenever we do start stocking back up, I’m pretty sure we will be in for some very unpleasant surprises as far as costs.
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Post by buystoys on Feb 21, 2022 6:58:05 GMT -5
Chicken breast here is still $1.88 per pound at Walmart. We also do yellow label shopping and haven't seen any on meat in quite a while. Thighs and legs are a little over $2 per pound. We prefer dark meat, but tend to use breasts as they are cheaper. We eat a lot of chicken and pork loin as I prefer to use meat that is less than $2 per pound whenever possible. I can still catch pork loin on sale for $1.47 per pound if I wait long enough. That price will usually prompt me to buy three big ones, cut them up for the freezer, and last me until the price goes that low again.
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Post by Opti on Feb 21, 2022 10:44:09 GMT -5
I used to prefer Bell & Evans chicken and better because of the hormones. Given I am already busty, I do not want to make it worse than it already is. If I would lose weight and drop to my preferred size of 8, it would be better. I am stress eating here and there, and I need to stop.
I don't buy BSCB or chicken thighs like I used to. During the pandemic any prep was too much when I came home.
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Post by Value Buy on Feb 21, 2022 15:01:02 GMT -5
Chicken breast here is still $1.88 per pound at Walmart. We also do yellow label shopping and haven't seen any on meat in quite a while. Thighs and legs are a little over $2 per pound. We prefer dark meat, but tend to use breasts as they are cheaper. We eat a lot of chicken and pork loin as I prefer to use meat that is less than $2 per pound whenever possible. I can still catch pork loin on sale for $1.47 per pound if I wait long enough. That price will usually prompt me to buy three big ones, cut them up for the freezer, and last me until the price goes that low again. WalMart varies the price by area. Up north they raised skinless chicken breast from $1.99lb to $2.19 a lb in locations where there is not an Aldi and milk and eggs are just about $.40 cents a unit cheaper than the regular grocery outlets which are higher than at WMT. Here in Florida, eggs are higher in a super WMT, and eggs by $.50 a dz, milk by $.40 a gallon, four miles from an Aldi. The WMT grocery store (smaller version of a super center) across from the Aldi matches the Aldi pricing on chicken breasts, eggs and milk.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 21, 2022 15:51:30 GMT -5
I already mentioned why electricity is going up in other threads. Price of natural gas is up, and things like transformers have doubled in price and more than doubled in lead time.
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Post by tractor on Feb 21, 2022 16:06:44 GMT -5
I already mentioned why electricity is going up in other threads. Price of natural gas is up, and things like transformers have doubled in price and more than doubled in lead time. Were out 72 months on some of the big transformers we use...
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Post by NoNamePerson on Feb 21, 2022 16:11:57 GMT -5
Chicken breast here is still $1.88 per pound at Walmart. We also do yellow label shopping and haven't seen any on meat in quite a while. Thighs and legs are a little over $2 per pound. We prefer dark meat, but tend to use breasts as they are cheaper. We eat a lot of chicken and pork loin as I prefer to use meat that is less than $2 per pound whenever possible. I can still catch pork loin on sale for $1.47 per pound if I wait long enough. That price will usually prompt me to buy three big ones, cut them up for the freezer, and last me until the price goes that low again. WalMart varies the price by area.Up north they raised skinless chicken breast from $1.99lb to $2.19 a lb in locations where there is not an Aldi and milk and eggs are just about $.40 cents a unit cheaper than the regular grocery outlets which are higher than at WMT. Here in Florida, eggs are higher in a super WMT, and eggs by $.50 a dz, milk by $.40 a gallon, four miles from an Aldi. The WMT grocery store (smaller version of a super center) across from the Aldi matches the Aldi pricing on chicken breasts, eggs and milk. Walmart varies their prices from store to store here. We have probably 15 or more give or take super Walmart’s, neighborhood and in between sizes (county wide) The prices on the same item will be different in half the stores! We don’t have an Aldi YET.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 21, 2022 16:49:25 GMT -5
I already mentioned why electricity is going up in other threads. Price of natural gas is up, and things like transformers have doubled in price and more than doubled in lead time. Were out 72 months on some of the big transformers we use... Holy crap! Last I heard, our lead time went from 20-something weeks to 56 weeks at the worst, down to 50 now.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 21, 2022 16:53:31 GMT -5
Were out 72 months on some of the big transformers we use... Holy crap! Last I heard, our lead time went from 20-something weeks to 56 weeks at the worst, down to 50 now. i have a couple of transformers laying around that i never use. maybe time to E-Bay those bitches.
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Post by NastyWoman on Feb 21, 2022 20:09:28 GMT -5
Holy crap! Last I heard, our lead time went from 20-something weeks to 56 weeks at the worst, down to 50 now. i have a couple of transformers laying around that i never use. maybe time to E-Bay those bitches. Transformers. More than meets the eye is getting a whole new meaning here. And yes, I recently spend 5.5 weeks with a transformer obsessed 4yo who sang that theme song all day long
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Post by countrygirl2 on Feb 21, 2022 22:46:40 GMT -5
I don't buy meat from Walmart and try not to from local stores. We go to an amish butcher about an hour and a half from us and stock up every 3 to 4 months. I spent about $400 last time. They come from all over there, always busy. Either Mennonite or amish women work there, mostly young. Love seeing the horses and buggies pull up too. They sell fresh made bread and home made products.
The meat is outstanding, it is raised locally and fresh. I have never bought any there that was tough or not delicious. They raise chickens, beef, and pork locally, don't know about lamb.
They do marinades in the store, make jerky, and barbecue. The luncheon meats are from regular vendors though. They do have some processed foods, like breaded shrimp.
The prices are good compared to grocery stores, they are less. We have been shopping there for several years and have no plans to stop. We can hardly stand meat from a grocer anymore, it's just awful, no comparison.
Then lots of my fruits and veggies are home grown and canned or frozen, we are spoiled.
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Post by trimatty471 on Mar 6, 2022 20:50:04 GMT -5
I think we're definitely going to see turkey inflation and shortages too. I just read a story where avian flu was found at another commercial turkey farm in Nebraska and they are euthanizing 15,200 birds. We eat a lot of ground turkey and turkey breasts so this will hurt for sure. The price of turkey wings went from $2.99/lb in 2020 to about $5.99/lb.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 7, 2022 10:43:33 GMT -5
Maybe they should start trapping wild turkeys, because we have a ton of them around here now. they're so annoyingly slow crossing the road. I idle towards them to encourage them to go faster.
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Post by Value Buy on Mar 7, 2022 10:53:35 GMT -5
Just paid $1.89lb for boneless chicken breasts at Aldi's yesterday. Of course they were really large breasts, but we slice in half and it is enough for both of us. Four breasts per pkg equals eigth meals for us. $1.89 per lb is ten cents less than what we have been paying all last year. Aldi's and WMT are always fighting to be the low price leader against each other so private enterprise is still in effect with them. Eggs are still like $1.17 per dz too! Four pk baked muffins are actually lower by $.60 cents lately! Paid $3.29 per four pk.
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 3, 2022 1:00:09 GMT -5
with grain prices on the rise, i would not count on chicken prices falling.
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Post by daisylu on Apr 3, 2022 7:37:20 GMT -5
Wishing I had picked up that family size pack of chicken thighs I looked at yesterday for $8. I want sure I had room in the freezer.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 3, 2022 10:58:47 GMT -5
Wishing I had picked up that family size pack of chicken thighs I looked at yesterday for $8. I want sure I had room in the freezer. I had to squeeze 2 packages of pork tenderloins into the freezer this week….after vowing I wasn’t going to buy any more meat for awhile. They were buy one, get one free so about $6 a package. We can easily get 3 meals out of those.
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 3, 2022 11:20:48 GMT -5
Inflated chicken.
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Post by kadee79 on Apr 3, 2022 15:41:38 GMT -5
The farmers are complaining that fertilizer prices have about tripled. That will affect ALL our foods & some of our clothing & linens too (cotton). One of the biggest exporters of chemical fertilizers is Russia. There have been a bunch of chicken houses chickens (meat) & also layer flocks (eggs) that have been destroyed....and not just in one state. The diseases have been spread around. So both chicken meat & eggs are going to increase in price. We don't eat a lot of chicken, but I do use quite a few eggs. It's not just any 1 thing that has caused the increase in food prices, it's a combo of many things & it starts at the farm & goes up from there...with every little glitch adding some.
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Post by Tiny on Apr 3, 2022 21:38:59 GMT -5
Bird Flu is hitting poultry and egg producers pretty hard right now... I'm guessing that will play into the price of chicken/turkey and eggs.
In 2014 and 2015 egg prices skyrocketed because of Bird Flu. All the things made with egg also jumped up back then (so things like breads and cakes and about a zillion other things Americans buy. )
As Kadee77 said - there's not just one thing that has caused the increase in food prices.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 4, 2022 7:40:11 GMT -5
Every night on the news, another poultry farm has had to destroy their flock due to Bird Flu. This is in Iowa. I don't know if the state is a big producer of poultry or not, but this has to be causing the prices of chicken and eggs to increase.
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Post by Tiny on Apr 4, 2022 10:03:57 GMT -5
Everything I've read says that Iowa has the biggest outbreak of Bird Flu.
Bird Flu is effecting poultry production in 19 states - at this point but Iowa has it the worst.
I think it's getting to the level of Bird Flu that happened in 2014/2015 - so it will definitely start to effect prices.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Apr 4, 2022 10:34:29 GMT -5
I'll have to start selling my eggs. As it is, I have about 8 dozen in the fridge I need to dispose of because they've gotten too old. Another 5 dozen or so that are within a few weeks old. I need to start thinking of things I can make that use a lot of eggs because my girls are on a roll lately.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2022 17:48:53 GMT -5
I'll have to start selling my eggs. As it is, I have about 8 dozen in the fridge I need to dispose of because they've gotten too old. Another 5 dozen or so that are within a few weeks old. I need to start thinking of things I can make that use a lot of eggs because my girls are on a roll lately. I haven’t had fresh eggs since I was a child. I clearly remember staying with my great grandmother when I was 7yo, with her cousin in the country for a week. I went with some of the other kids to get eggs for breakfast, but somehow crushed mine. I didn’t get to help get eggs the rest of my stay. One of my coworkers that works second shift brings eggs to work sometimes for a lady that works my shift. I’m going to ask her if she sells them and see if I can get some from her. Idk if she just gifts this coworker with eggs or what, but I’m willing to pay for them if she’s willing to sell them. These days, I’m more inclined to support someone like her for fresh, home grown food, as much as I reasonably can.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 4, 2022 21:04:21 GMT -5
Only time I get “fresh” eggs is from egg lady during downtown market in square. She also has goat cheese, soap. I worry every year she won’t be there since she is elderly and yes I can say that. She seemed frail at fall market. I hope someone in family will take over if need be. and if pEEps think eggs are just eggs wrong. Nothing like fresh eggs! I just wish I could find year round supply. I ear lots of eggs
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Apr 4, 2022 22:31:02 GMT -5
Well I took a couple dozen super fresh eggs to my ex tonight (some were still warm ). He was really happy and said their family eats a lot of them, so I think I'll unload a couple dozen a week there. That should keep my supply more manageable. And I agree that farm fresh is WAY better. I had to buy from the grocery store last Fall and those eggs just aren't right. The pale yellow watery yolks are not appealing and the shells are so thin. I never realized how OLD store eggs can be. I always start dumping mine (really scrambling up and feeding to the chickens) by the time they're a month or two old but store bought can be 6 months old when they first end up in the store!
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Post by saveinla on Apr 4, 2022 22:47:29 GMT -5
Only time I get “fresh” eggs is from egg lady during downtown market in square. She also has goat cheese, soap. I worry every year she won’t be there since she is elderly and yes I can say that. She seemed frail at fall market. I hope someone in family will take over if need be. and if pEEps think eggs are just eggs wrong. Nothing like fresh eggs! I just wish I could find year round supply. I ear lots of eggs They also do not smell.
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