Just in case anybody out there thinks that Iowa must be a place where food prices are miraculously low, you only had to look at the grocery ad from our local Fareway store for December 22-28, 2021. This is one of our lower price stores, but we were in sticker shock when we looked at the prices for beef and seafood!
$45 for 2 pounds of shrimp, almost $40 for a pound of lobster tails (notice the 4 ounce portions in the small print). That’s $197.80 for an 11 pound case of snow crab…with a $25 gift card as a bonus.
$16.99 a pound for a 5-7 pound beef tenderloin…that’s about $85 for a 5 pound bag.
You can see we are in Iowa, as anything pork…ham, sausage, tenderloin or boneless pork loin are very reasonable. A 5 pound boneless pork loin is about $15 not $85.
The biggest advantage at this store is they will cut and wrap your meat to any size package ready for the freezer and it doesn’t cost you any extra. They will slice your boneless pork loin into chops and wrap them in 1 or 2 chop packages…while you wait, for instance. The savings on freezer wrapping can be substantial.
I’m not sorry I have my freezer filled with only sale price meat, seafood and poultry.
Shopping to replace those items this year may be a minefield. I see more beans, soup and casseroles in our future.
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