Darn bacon is almost 6 bucks a pound.
Are you sure it’s a pound? The packaged bacon is down to about 12 oz.
That pig virus is responsible for the loses, takes out the piglets with a lethal diarrhea.
Darn bacon is almost 6 bucks a pound.”
Oscar Mayer Center Cut 12 ounce package is $8.99 at my store this week.
“Darn bacon is almost 6 bucks a pound.”
Consider yourself lucky.
Here in upstate NY our local TOPS store has Oscar Meyer regular grade bacon at $9.99 per pound (16 oz)!!
80% hamburger between $5-6 per pound. Store brand butter around $3.50+ pound. Brand name butter $4.30.
Thankfully we saw this coming and stocked up and vacuum-packed LOTS of meat this winter. IMHO, it is only going to get worse before it gets better.
Paid $18 for four lbs at Costco this week. Cheapest I've seen it in a while. Some of the stuff we buy was getting up around $8/lb. Needless to say, we aren't buying much of it anymore. Gotta watch 'em, too. They're messing with the weights of the packaging.