Wife saw untrimmed (very fatty) brisket at a supposed discount food center yesterday at 4.89 a pound.
There was a time a few years ago when they almost had to give brisket away.
Everytime there’s a sale on meat, our store “forgets” to remark the label. Last week, chicken thighs were advertised at $1/lb but the packages showed $1.08 and $1.39. I told the manager very loudly that he’s cheating his customers and he has a long ongoing habit of doing so. He wasn’t happy. There’s a sale on fajita meat (used to couldn’t give it away, either) this week so I’m going to break my rule of only going to the store once a week. I can’t afford to pass up a beef sale. Last time they had it advertised, it was marked a dollar more at the store. I hollered at the meat person and made them remark 12 for me. I needed to restock the freezer. It’s still low and we’ve gone through half of that so I may make two trips to the store to restock. You HAVE to check the price each and every time. Don’t just grab packages thinking they’re priced correctly. I have a feeling more and more mispricing is going to be the standard with this economy.
Forgot to add that there were only three chicken packages in the bin. Our store only puts out half a dozen of each cut and that’s it. Even if you ask for more, they look at you like you’re crazy. Their standard answer for all their empty shelves is, “It wasn’t on the truck.” I’ve taken pictures over the past two years of empty shelves throughout the store. If there is a national coupon out, they’ll pull all of that item off their shelves. No, I don’t know how they think perisibles will last until after the coupon expires. Not that our local paper carries coupons and they don’t accept coupons printed off the computer but whatever.
BTW, it’s a HEB grocery which is a chain in TX. They once had catfish on sale and no one I knew in the surrounding towns could find it on the shelf. I threw a fit and it somehow got to the store but was never put out for the public. I had to meet with the meat guy at the back and go through what seemed like a drug deal just to get some fish. It’s like living in some turd world country!
A couple months ago, they had tortillas on sale. I found 2 packages on the shelf and wanted more. Talked to two guys from the back who tried to give me the truck story. I told them I wasn’t that stupid and when would they be getting more in. Oh, wow, they would be getting in 4 on the next truck! Not, four cases but... four packages, sigh. Oh, well, hubby complained about the store bought tortillas being nasty because he likes mine. My point in all this is I truly believe we’ll be seeing more of this shoddy business practice.