Grocery shopping last night I had a brief conversation with another shopper. She was all excited to purchase “chicken burgers with feta/spinach added. I remarked that, that was being done because beef is too expensive for most folks. The grocery store is trying to make eating cheaper still sound good to the wanna-be foodies. I was shocked when her quizzical look disappeared and she suddenly realized I was right.
We bumped into each other again in front of the hotdogs/sausage section and I pointed out that the “fancy” chicken and apple/chicken and bacon sausages were cheaper than the pork hotdogs.
My take away from this. I do not think the average American grocery shopper knows why the food prices are skyrocketing. And for now, the grocery stores are cutting back on the more expensive stuff and dressing up the cheaper cuts & meats.
I don’t buy steaks and don’t even look at them anymore because of how expensive they’ve become. However, this morning when I was at my local Meijer store, I glanced in the “sale” cooler and saw a pair of T Bone steaks priced at $23.00.........whoa!