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To: Mike Johnston who wrote (36533)	7/29/2005 2:02:10 PM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 306849

I don't know what to say. This is so out of line to what i am paying, $1.99 on sale , probably 3.49/pound normal price. Do we live in the same country ? And i am not complaining about prices, i want everyone to be able to charge enough for their products to make a decent living. Wouldn't the chicken guy or the pizza guy need to charge more money to survive if housing prices have recently tripled. I think so. I am just making an observation. Where are you shopping? Yes, not on sale I have seen prices get to $1.89 or so but I will not pay that. Typically something is on sale. They had chuck roats at 2/3 off normal price yesterday. You can take those and they will grind that into hamburger for you for free. Oddly enough I do not even remember the price since I already stocked up earlier. I buy stuff and freeze it. Now as for why? When I lived in LITH (15 minutes from where I now live and I still shop there sometimes), there was on grocery store, a Jewel. Now at one intersection +- 1/4 mile we have Jewel Dominics Costco Meijer and one other one whose name I can not remeber now. Jewel was always packed all the time. Growth exploded but growth in stores exploded faster. I can walk into any of those stores and there is almost never a line when before there was always a line. Ribeyes or strips not on sale $9.98 lb Ribeyes or strips on Sale $4.98 lb I see 50% off sales perhaps for 2 weeks every month. There are times when it might be 1 week a month. I never pay $9.98 for steaks. I will not pay $4.59 or higher for center cut chops either. Sometimes I will pony up $2.79 but I prefer $1.89 (seldom offered but it happens) to $2.29 (the latter happens once a month typically). I stock up on whatever is on sale, provided I am not already loaded up on it. Chicken is on sale all the time. .49 for legs is a true bargain. The last sale they did it a bit different. They had chicken quarters (legs and thighs) for .69. Legs by them selves were 1.29 and thighs by themselves were 1.29. Now is this really a decision? Actually it is to me. Thighs are my least favorite piece so I did not buy at all. I love halibut but it is never on sale and the last time I bought it fresh the damn stuff was spoiled. Really pissed me off. I have not seen good frozen halibut steaks for ages. So I dont buy any. I have seen individually wrapped frozen salmon at good prices so I buy those. Now is my area that unique in terms of pricing competition? Mish