Prices.... Going Up!!!
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5 days after mid-term elections and prices are starting to drop.
Over the weekend Stop&Shop had frozen turkeys for 49 cents lb. ( limit 2...we bought 2)
Yesterday Aldi was practically giving the food away. Eggs were down to $2.99. Butter was $2.49 ( limit 6...we bought 6), Eggplant was really fresh and only $1.35 lb.
It feels like we're going in the right direction.....
Over the weekend Stop&Shop had frozen turkeys for 49 cents lb. ( limit 2...we bought 2)
Yesterday Aldi was practically giving the food away. Eggs were down to $2.99. Butter was $2.49 ( limit 6...we bought 6), Eggplant was really fresh and only $1.35 lb.
It feels like we're going in the right direction.....
mmmhmmm
Those turkeys are most likely holiday loss leaders to lure you in; it's a common retail tactic. They'll recover the loss on the higher margins they get on the other stuff you buy.
They're 'hoping' to make it up on the other stuff I buy, but they don't know ME.
Ditto! I still shop like I'm a grad student! We bought 6 jars of spaghetti sauce today at $1.69 vs. $2.99 and may go back for more as it is code dated into 2024. Bought 7 cans of soup at $1.69 vs. $2.29 because it's winter and comfort food. Our $120 receipt showed us we saved $30 today, so that's a nice 20%.
The store brand turkeys there were $0.55 limit 2 down from an alleged $1.99; ButterBall's were $2.29 down $0.70 from $2.99.
@Andyman I make my own sauce and freeze in qt baggies. Use tomato’s and shallots and basil from garden. Save parmesan rinds to add to sauce. Cost way less than 1.69 a jar.
cans of soup I haven’t bought in decades. They actually used to be cheap. 1.69 is still to high for me. I make soup from scratch using all the veggies scrapes I’ve saved up or chicken and turkey bones I’ve frozen over time. Make some good fish & shrimp stock too with leftovers.
that **** makes the best soup. Cost per oz. Is in the Penney’s. I win cheap ass of the yr!
you also don’t need to buy:
tarter sauce
Bbq sauce
Cocktail sauce
Salad dressing
Etc.
All easily made. Hell I even make mayo from time to time.
cans of soup I haven’t bought in decades. They actually used to be cheap. 1.69 is still to high for me. I make soup from scratch using all the veggies scrapes I’ve saved up or chicken and turkey bones I’ve frozen over time. Make some good fish & shrimp stock too with leftovers.
that **** makes the best soup. Cost per oz. Is in the Penney’s. I win cheap ass of the yr!
you also don’t need to buy:
tarter sauce
Bbq sauce
Cocktail sauce
Salad dressing
Etc.
All easily made. Hell I even make mayo from time to time.
Actually, cheap turkeys are a helluva deal. An 18# bird can feed a family of 4 for several meals for less than $10, and even longer if you soup the bones. We stretched one out for a long time by souping and freezing in school, after we made a big Thanksgiving meal for friends that couldn’t go home.
yup, love cheap turkeys.
I usually make a 'shepherds pie' with the leftovers...meat and gravy on the bottom, veg, mash on top. It's a good way to use up a lot of turkey and have easy lunches for the week.
Bones sit in the freezer until we're in the mood for soup.
I usually buy 3 cheap turkeys. One for thanksgiving, one around my bday in March, and one for our summer party when i smoke the bird.
Right now i have about a quart of broth from the last smoked carcass....good stuff.
I usually make a 'shepherds pie' with the leftovers...meat and gravy on the bottom, veg, mash on top. It's a good way to use up a lot of turkey and have easy lunches for the week.
Bones sit in the freezer until we're in the mood for soup.
I usually buy 3 cheap turkeys. One for thanksgiving, one around my bday in March, and one for our summer party when i smoke the bird.
Right now i have about a quart of broth from the last smoked carcass....good stuff.
That's a tough call
I can give you some competition, and i'm sure there are plenty on this site with the same approach.
Often times my wife will be reading an article on ways to save money. We read through it and realize our costs would go up if we followed the 'experts' advice.
So this morning GMA runs this big story about how expensive turkeys are; I guess they just aren't looking outside Manhattan....The two largest grocers in MI have them for $0.55 and $0.49/lb and I see Jewel/Osco has them for $0.59 in Chicago. It really looks like one has to work to find an expensive turkey.
OK, we went shopping again today as we forgot something and the eye opener was the pallet of fryer oil boxes for the turkeys priced at $54.99.
Is it just me or is it a little crazy to bitch about paying $10 more for a bird when you spend up to 5x the cost of the bird for oil you'll most likely dump after one or a few uses?
Is it just me or is it a little crazy to bitch about paying $10 more for a bird when you spend up to 5x the cost of the bird for oil you'll most likely dump after one or a few uses?
Now for my rant on the price of gasoline: We had to go to Phoenix last Friday to finish cleaning out my Moms house so we can sell it and had rented a 16' moving truck that got a whopping 10 mpg. Keeping in mind that a gallon of regular cost $3.03 here in ABQ on Friday, we were shocked to have to pay $4.93 a gallon in Phoenix (almost two bucks more a gallon !). After we left PHX we had to stop in Payson for fuel (that pesky 10 mpg thing) and paid $4.33, had to stop again in Springerville AZ and paid $3.99. I had to fill the tank back up this afternoon in ABQ before returning it and paid $3.01. You folks in AZ are getting ripped off, especially in Phoenix.
I've always wanted to eat a fried turkey but have never wanted to cook it. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
Knowing what I know about deep frying is "Every likes a party, nobody wants to clean".
That oil is no bargain. $55 for 3 gallons? You could buy 3 individual gallons of peanut oil for less...i'm assuming the 'turkey' oil is soy or corn ?
From the Piknik (and you wonder why we can't spell) label:
"Natural" vegetable and peanut oil.
As opposed to "Unnatural"
So, apparently not made from packing peanuts.
