Meatflation - The ones we eat, not beat - The Meat-pocalypse

PapaEmeritus said:
IDK, guess it depends on location, I just got a massive 26lb turkey yesterday at .56 cents a lb, so like 15$ and they (Walmart) had a ton of them
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Those turkeys were almost certainly loss leaders. Chains like Wal-Mart will happily sell products at a loss just to get people into the store. They're fine with losing money on a turkey, because they know that when someone comes to the store for the turkey they're apt to buy a cart full of other products at the same time. People will saunter into Wal-Mart for a cheap turkey and ignore the fact that almost everything else they bought is way more expensive than it was a year ago.
 
I dunno bout this shit. I just bought a pack of three new york strips at the Fred Meyer and it was like 23 bucks. Imma saute some mushroom and onions to throw on toppa those, and then some instant mash potata, like I think I got the garlic and parmesan ones, me and my boy gonna mack some steak tomorrow night.
 
Taxexemption said:
People eat too much food in general, I don't think meat is the part we should be focusing on. From my perspective not eating meat is a way of trying to avoid responsibility, and to pretend that your life isn't part of a cycle of violence.

I'm against factory farming of animals, I think everyone should produce some of their own food, and that the best place to start is by preventing homeowners associations and cities from passing laws about whether you can grow food in your lawn/yard. I don't think it's really possible for people to understand what it is they are consuming unless they participate in the process. I think if we were to allow lawns to exist, there should be a requirement that they are grazed by community owned animals. I mean as long as we are regulating other peoples behavior, do you think you have a right to own a lawn that you mow with a lawnmower instead of having it grazed by sheep or cattle? Making lawnmowers illegal would do a lot more for the planet than trying to get people to limit their meat consumption. Think of all the extra animal life that would exist without lawnmowers.
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While a self-sufficient life seems desirable, not everybody has the opportunity or the will to live in such a way. Everybody should try to find their own way to make a sustainable living and you have to start somewhere. To say it is denial or avoided responsibility in general to eat less or no meat is wrong. If everyone would do it, we wouldn't be talking about the prices and the environmental disadvantages. Some people may have the mindset of denial but in the end it is their subjective attitude, while objectively they are doing the right thing. And who says that those people stop there.
 
I work at a steak house at one of the hotels on the Las Vegas strip since Oct 2014. I have gotten burned out of eating red meat.
 
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PapaEmeritus said:
IDK, guess it depends on location, I just got a massive 26lb turkey yesterday at .56 cents a lb, so like 15$ and they (Walmart) had a ton of them
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Yeah. Where I live, the meat prices aren't too bad. A littler higher than usual but I can still buy four steaks at Costco for ~$50 so not too bad.
 
Coolio McAwesome said:
Those turkeys were almost certainly loss leaders. Chains like Wal-Mart will happily sell products at a loss just to get people into the store. They're fine with losing money on a turkey, because they know that when someone comes to the store for the turkey they're apt to buy a cart full of other products at the same time. People will saunter into Wal-Mart for a cheap turkey and ignore the fact that almost everything else they bought is way more expensive than it was a year ago.
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I suppose. We were there for shopping anyways, and saw the Turkey at that price, so we grabbed 1 for Christmas, just in case they skyrocket by then, who knows. You have to shop smart too, watch for sales, my family eats almost always chicken or pork for protein, beef has just gotten too expensive. I remember a few years ago skirt steaks and flank steaks and ox tails, used to be dirt cheap, no one wanted them, same for chuck roast, but people found out if you cook'em right they are one of the best choices for meat. A flank steak now is around 25$ for a decent one, ox tails for a small package for ox tail stew is almost 20$. We just stay away from that now, it's not worth it for a dinner, we'd be spending a fortune on meat alone.
 
Don't worry the government will create a program for buying meat and evenly distribute meat tickets to everyone " except themselves "
They will also raise taxes to middle class to pay to run this program
 
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OP I found a nice supplier for meat. Good quality and affordable price.


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PapaEmeritus said:
I suppose. We were there for shopping anyways, and saw the Turkey at that price, so we grabbed 1 for Christmas, just in case they skyrocket by then, who knows. You have to shop smart too, watch for sales, my family eats almost always chicken or pork for protein, beef has just gotten too expensive. I remember a few years ago skirt steaks and flank steaks and ox tails, used to be dirt cheap, no one wanted them, same for chuck roast, but people found out if you cook'em right they are one of the best choices for meat. A flank steak now is around 25$ for a decent one, ox tails for a small package for ox tail stew is almost 20$. We just stay away from that now, it's not worth it for a dinner, we'd be spending a fortune on meat alone.
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Maybe some places had big meat price spikes. I havent noticed a difference.

I typically aim for dark meat chicken and pork chops which are cheap to begin with. And ground beef when I want to make homemade burgers which by luck is also the cheapest kind of beef you can get. All these kinds of meat are the stuff I like. Over the past few weeks, I bought packs of chicken for $2/lb and a giant pack of pork chops for $3/lb. A could had bought the pork cheaper if I was craving it weeks earlier when it was cheaper. And this is CDN prices. So -20% to covert to US prices and I bought this shit at $1.60/lb and $2.40/lb US. Is the US that much higher?

Steak, skinless chicken breast and seafood are where prices start high and when prices go up they'd go up a lot too which is a double whammy.

Here's beef, chicken and pork chops in my area from Flipp. Prices look no different to me. And the pork image isnt even getting any $2/lb deals this week from the mainstream stores which i've done during covid.

All prices CDN.

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^ factoring in that its in CDN prices, it is really quite reasonable.
I did go into another Hispanic market and they had 3 regular sized turkeys for about 38 (47 cdn)dollars.
AND they have tbone steaks for under 9(11cdn) dollars(each) so that was nice to see.



I love propane.
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For all the saving I get doing my own landscaping/gardening, being my own mechanic/fixing my cars, and even pool boy to
buy recreational drugs with, gassing up is keeling me. I pay $5.15 for gas. I used to just fill up, but now I notice I only put 20 dollars in at a time so that i wont drive aimlessly and conserve more.
I do seek out a station that is under 4.90 for premium which is hard to find but even then the 4.90 is cash price, and if you use debit or credit, they charge a ridiculous .45c fee.




Fcuk paying 6.59 for a gallon. Who is that dumb to come to this station?
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MachRc said:
^ factoring in that its in CDN prices, it is really quite reasonable.
I did go into another Hispanic market and they had 3 regular sized turkeys for about 38 (47 cdn)dollars.
AND they have tbone steaks for under 9(11cdn) dollars(each) so that was nice to see.



I love propane.
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For all the saving I get doing my own landscaping/gardening, being my own mechanic/fixing my cars, and even pool boy to
buy recreational drugs with, gassing up is keeling me. I pay $5.15 for gas. I used to just fill up, but now I notice I only put 20 dollars in at a time so that i wont drive aimlessly and conserve more.
I do seek out a station that is under 4.90 for premium which is hard to find but even then the 4.90 is cash price, and if you use debit or credit, they charge a ridiculous .45c fee.




Fcuk paying 6.59 for a gallon. Who is that dumb to come to this station?
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I havent filled up my car in weeks so I dont know if prices have changed lately, but for a while gas here (it's split into 4 tiers of gas 87, 89, 91, 93). Regular is 87 class, my car needs premium 91 class. So it looks like were both in the ballpark together.

Regular was $1.40/Liter CDN = $5.30/gallon CDN = $4.22/gallon US
91 was $1.70/Liter CDN = $6.42/gallon CDN = $5.11/gallon US

Gas is always way cheaper in the US even when doing currency conversion. I cant believe seeing some of these US prices and how high they are.

Using your sign above and taking the middle Plus price as a benchmark for what I'd pay for my car's gas, that's $8/gallon CDN = $2.11/Liter CDN. I pay around $1.70/Liter. There is no way I have ever seen 91 gas above $2 ever. $1.70 is already high. For years, Id say regular was around $1.10-1.20, and 91 class was $1.40. Each kind has gone up around 30 cents/Liter.
 
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This is my local pump near my work. I only put in 2 gallons because, I can get it 30 cents cheaper near my house.
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and use the little savings I can get to start buying a bunch of cheap fatty cuts of ribs and store it in my garage freezer where I use for large fish.
As gas inflates, my meats will inflate as well. "Labor shortage" , "supply chain issues", and Gas prices ..Shirley going to cause my meat to rise.

Are you guys ready and prepared for the inflation?

I mean meatflation?

Anyone passing this off onto your work as in getting raises in your pockets?
or thinking of it like me?
 
Inflation in general is absolutely NUTS here in Brazil. Gas went up 71% last year. Tomorrow it'll go up another 18.8%. Beef went up like 50%. It's insane.
 
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I've been eating more pork - loin, tenderloin and also belly. Also have been buying a bone-in, skin on chicken thighs, or the whole chicken - which tend to be much cheaper than trimmed/cut/boneless.
While beef is tasty and you can't really beat well-marbled prime beef.... pork can be really used in a lot of different cusine & take the marinade quite well... and they are so much cheaper than beef.
Buying in bulk, vacuum pack/freeze .... and using sous vide to cook... that's been also working out great for me.
 
Meat prices have been going up in China since around the middle of last year. First it was the processes meats, Bacon, cold cut ham and sausage, spam that either stopped being sold, the value brands were no longer on the shelf or the price doubled. Until recently I thought this was just a localized China supply and pricing issue.

Now post Chinese new year all meat prices have gone up, Chicken breast that cost 6yuan before the new year is now 8, ground pork was 7 yuan and is now 9 and even pork chops that were as low as 5 yuan are now 11.

I'm OK for a while as I brought bulk and preserved and froze meats when I saw them at a low price, I'm glad a have that mild prepper habit.
 
Geez with higher inflation numbers...crazy mortgage rates, my sister who is looking for a home is calling me everyday asking me on what she should do. It looks like a "condo" a tiny apartment really all around the nation are going for around 500-600k depending on location

Mortgage Company stocks tankign....
rates are rising CRAZY fast creating FOMO buyers...
FOMO buyers losing up to 30k of earnest deposit due to trying to purchase homes with no contingencies as interest rates continue to go up.
buyers were writing love letters and now buying exorbitant gifts to sellers to get picked
refis are jumping off cliffs..
People prophesizing a incoming correction
my sister whos looking for her first home will just have to wait til.......... end of 20.. 20.. end of time.
I still have 3 ribs frozen in my meat freezer. I will have to make her a rack this weekend.

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MachRc said:
Geez with higher inflation numbers...crazy mortgage rates, my sister who is looking for a home is calling me everyday asking me on what she should do. It looks like a "condo" a tiny apartment really all around the nation are going for around 500-600k depending on location

Mortgage Company stocks tankign....
rates are rising CRAZY fast creating FOMO buyers...
FOMO buyers losing up to 30k of earnest deposit due to trying to purchase homes with no contingencies as interest rates continue to go up.
buyers were writing love letters and now buying exorbitant gifts to sellers to get picked
refis are jumping off cliffs..
People prophesizing a incoming correction
my sister whos looking for her first home will just have to wait til.......... end of 20.. 20.. end of time.
I still have 3 ribs frozen in my meat freezer. I will have to make her a rack this weekend.
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Reality is far more people are flush with cash than are struggling, there would be noone who could afford to buy or do this stuff otherwise. If everyone was as hard up as they pretend the $59/lbs Tenderloin would be rotting on shelves in empty stores cause no one could afford the $6 gallon gas or $20,000 markup on cars to drive there. That assumes they could wade through all the hordes of newly homeless people who supposedly couldn't afford to pay $100K over asking on their home or the 50-100% rate hikes on their apartments. Yet as if by magic they somehow manage to, still packing store parking lots into overflow, getting into bidding wars on homes before they even hit the market, selling out cars 6 months in advance, and paying $2,000 for GPUs. My elderly parents just paid 2 guys $300 to transplant a few rose bushes, which couldn't have taken them more than 30 minutes. That's an effective rate of $300/hour to illegal immigrants for unskilled labor, and their neighbors paid far more for more extensive work. The amount of cash in circulation is insane and the 8-10% aggregrate inflation figures don't even begin to account for it all. The full brunt of it is probably closer to or exceeding 50%, your buying power is effectively half of what it was just 2 or 3 years ago.
 
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Reallink said:
Reality is far more people are flush with cash than are struggling, there would be noone who could afford to buy or do this stuff otherwise. If everyone was as hard up as they pretend the $59/lbs Tenderloin would be rotting on shelves in empty stores cause no one could afford the $6 gallon gas or $20,000 markup on cars to drive there. That assumes they could wade through all the hordes of newly homeless people who supposedly couldn't afford to pay $100K over asking on their home or the 50-100% rate hikes on their apartments. Yet as if by magic they somehow manage to, still packing store parking lots into overflow, getting into bidding wars on homes before they even hit the market, selling out cars 6 months in advance, and paying $2,000 for GPUs. My elderly parents just paid 2 guys $300 to transplant a few rose bushes, which couldn't have taken them more than 30 minutes. That's an effective rate of $300/hour to illegal immigrants for unskilled labor, and their neighbors paid far more for more extensive work. The amount of cash in circulation is insane and the 8-10% aggregrate inflation figures don't even begin to account for it all. The full brunt of it is probably closer to or exceeding 50%, your buying power is effectively half of what it was just 2 or 3 years ago.
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Are you delusional?

I could cite you hundreds of factors and studies like this one by CNBC from 2022 which states that "at the start of 2022, 64% of the U.S. population was living paycheck to paycheck, up from 61% in December and just shy of the high of 65% in 2020, according to a LendingClub report."

But you don't seem rational. You're like Don Lemon who seriously claimed there isn't a violence problem because he just had an enjoyable night out at dinner. For you, I am reminded of a classic piece by TheLastPsychiatrist who would cure you of your problems. Apropos to you is (3). Pay attention.

"Every time you hear the word globalism, you should hear three things: 1. wealth uncoupled from work product. 2. Lifestyle as a reflection of your personal self-worth. 3. You give up control of the capital, and by capital I mean you. "Do I still get paid?" Sure, but you have to promise to spend more than what we pay. "How will that work?" Don't worry, Visa will explain it all to you."
 
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I do see how we are buying up more cars, and buying up more video cards and game systems even in the current climate. And we as a society over indulge and spend and spend.
My own sister who works in the music business, makes double what I make, will most likely continue to look for an expensive apartment condo at over 20k asking..

I def read it more like, 1st world problems.

inflation, I mean meatflation is coming hard.
 
InverseAgonist said:
Are you delusional?

I could cite you hundreds of factors and studies like this one by CNBC from 2022 which states that "at the start of 2022, 64% of the U.S. population was living paycheck to paycheck, up from 61% in December and just shy of the high of 65% in 2020, according to a LendingClub report."

But you don't seem rational. You're like Don Lemon who seriously claimed there isn't a violence problem because he just had an enjoyable night out at dinner. For you, I am reminded of a classic piece by TheLastPsychiatrist who would cure you of your problems. Apropos to you is (3). Pay attention.

"Every time you hear the word globalism, you should hear three things: 1. wealth uncoupled from work product. 2. Lifestyle as a reflection of your personal self-worth. 3. You give up control of the capital, and by capital I mean you. "Do I still get paid?" Sure, but you have to promise to spend more than what we pay. "How will that work?" Don't worry, Visa will explain it all to you."
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I literally could not have found a better illustration of my point than your "study" of 50% of individuals (not even households) earning over 6 figures claiming they're living paycheck to paycheck. The person clearing $6500+/mo take home is exactly the one buying $60 Tenderloin, $2000 GPU's, paying $20K over sticker for that sought after car, and bidding $100k over asking for that house, while in the same breath claiming they're broke and inflation is ruining them. You can cite all the self reported horseshit you want, it doesn't change the observable reality and earnings reports. If the bottom 70% of the population was living anywhere near the squalor you or they claim, stores and restaurants be posting record losses (not profits), manufacturers of frivolous luxuries would have been out of business a year ago, and people would be fighting for low paying service jobs. Doomsayers have been promising a credit crash for the better part of 2 years with no evidence of one in sight.
 
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MachRc said:
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https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vid...ortage-impacting-both-parents-and-nonprofits/

Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans US

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Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans US

Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because of supply disruptions and a massive safety recall by manufacturer Abbott.
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Not even motherfucking babies are safe from the coming meatflation....
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That is fucking disgusting.


Being a piece of shit and scalping PS5s or other electronics is one thing, but scalping off of products that children literally need to survive? Go fuck yourself.
 
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I was lucky enough the mother of my children was able to breast feed my first child until he was 3 years old, but had to supplement with formula for my 2nd child.
How awful that parents who need to supplement formula for babies have to call upon neighbors and family friends to scour the markets for baby food for their infants..

on top of the gas prices, rent, utility cost rising....
meatflation is coming.
 
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