And here I am, paying $5.99....for ‘ground sirloin’ in luxury Manhattan butcher shop.
According to the US government’s methods though, there is no inflation because instead of beef or bread, consumers will switch to cheaper dog-food or tree bark. Thus, their food budget remains the same. No inflation!
Squirrel meat is free....
Fry ground beef add a can of Beans , yum
Part of the problem is that 40% of the US corn crop is being turned into ethanol as part of the biofuel boondoggle. Not only do consumers feel the effects at grocery checkout, but also every April 15th as the ethanol boondoggle is subsidized from planting the seed to pumping it into your tank.
The Engles I shop at has a big picture mounted above
the office of an Engles from the 60-70s and the sign
out front says...Ground Beef 3Lb. for a $1.39...
and people say there’s no inflation?
Lies, lies and damned lies !!!
There is no significant inflation.
Obama told me so.
Oscar Mayer beef hot dogs are $4.99 a pound at every store in my area.
HOT DOGS at FIVE DOLLARS A POUND!!!
It’s the O’conomy.
Let’s see, since nothing’s ever the fault of jug ears it has to be Bush’s fault.... Is that how that works?
I paid $17 a pound at the butcher shop for some porterhouse steaks (about $90 worth) and fed four people. The cuts of meat I got were of the quality you normally have to go to a 5-star restaurant for. So still a bargain, in my opinion.
If you are on a budget, you can still get basic cuts of beef at a supermarket for way less than what you pay at an Applebees or Chilis.
It would take 20 eggs for a similar amount.
Whole chicken runs about the same rate per gram of digestible protein.
It's the cost of grain and all forms of energy that drives this.
Just paid $5.88 for a pound of low-fat burger. On the other hand, also paid $4.99 lb. for ready-to-go applewood smoked ribs at the deli. Guess what I’ll be buying next week.
How’s that Hope n change workin for ya?
I sometimes can find a cut of roast on special for less than hamburger and get the butcher to grind it up for me.
I paid $.99/lb. for ground beef in the Bronx in 1978.
This is not just inflation, though. It’s a war on ranchers. The Bundys are the last of 52 ranchers in their country. All the others were put out of business by a government at war with Americans.
This might be the peak. At one chain I see 80% ground beef on sale this week. Going from $4.39 down to $3.49 this week