whats with all the meat offers?
whats with all the meat offers?
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jamie128

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1,604 posts

199 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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Whats with all the big supermarkets selling half price meat lately?

Will this keep up for long ive been stocking my freezer

And no its not just mince its all types including fish. Mainly morrisons but asda are competing aswell.

Mobsta

5,614 posts

284 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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Not sure. I noticed it too. Been buying it at half price for a while now, even commented to the meat shelf stacker last weekend, asking if was always at half price at the weekend. He said yes, and that it's all usually gone by lunchtime.

You'd have thought that due to the millions of horse meat contaminated products recalled from the supply chain, the retailers would be less keen to give such vast quantities away at what seems to be half the usual price.

Digger

16,793 posts

220 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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I notice milk has a longer shelflife during colder weather. Was this current cool weather badly predicted by the food producers?

Mental musings! smile

jamie128

Original Poster:

1,604 posts

199 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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Mobsta said:
Not sure. I noticed it too. Been buying it at half price for a while now, even commented to the meat shelf stacker last weekend, asking if was always at half price at the weekend. He said yes, and that it's all usually gone by lunchtime.

You'd have thought that due to the millions of horse meat contaminated products recalled from the supply chain, the retailers would be less keen to give such vast quantities away at what seems to be half the usual price.
Hmm yes but even chicken and everything is going half price and theres lots of it

Pints

18,451 posts

223 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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jamie128 said:
Hmm yes but even chicken and everything is going half price and theres lots of it
Chicken certainly has been going cheep.
And beef has been mooving from the shelves.
Although lamb prices haven't yet got sheep.


getmecoat

Engineer1

10,486 posts

238 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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jamie128 said:
Mobsta said:
Not sure. I noticed it too. Been buying it at half price for a while now, even commented to the meat shelf stacker last weekend, asking if was always at half price at the weekend. He said yes, and that it's all usually gone by lunchtime.

You'd have thought that due to the millions of horse meat contaminated products recalled from the supply chain, the retailers would be less keen to give such vast quantities away at what seems to be half the usual price.
Hmm yes but even chicken and everything is going half price and theres lots of it
Because people will buy on price and once they get back into the habbit of buying their meat at the supermarket the prices will probably creap back to their usual levels or the deals will be less frequent. The Horse meat thing hit people's confidence in what they are buying as food.

mattdaniels

7,362 posts

311 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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jamie128 said:
Whats with all the big supermarkets selling half price meat lately?
Have you seen the news at all over the last few months?

PGM

2,168 posts

278 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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mattdaniels said:
jamie128 said:
Whats with all the big supermarkets selling half price meat lately?
Have you seen the news at all over the last few months?
Exactly! biggrin

AJS-

15,366 posts

265 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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Pints said:
Chicken certainly has been going cheep.
And beef has been mooving from the shelves.
Although lamb prices haven't yet got sheep.


getmecoat
Venison is still deer though. You still have to shell out for crab meat, and pony up for decent burgers.

AJS-

15,366 posts

265 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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Kangaroo has jumped in price too.

nadger

1,413 posts

169 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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...and if you want Aligator meat you'd better get snappy!
tumbleweed

AJS-

15,366 posts

265 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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Duck feathers are down.

pad58

12,549 posts

210 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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Engineer1 said:
Because people will buy on price and once they get back into the habbit of buying their meat at the supermarket the prices will probably creap back to their usual levels or the deals will be less frequent. The Horse meat thing hit people's confidence in what they are buying as food.
Yes ^^This, and the public will...get back in the habbit I mean.

PGM

2,168 posts

278 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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People still rabbit on about this then?

Pints

18,451 posts

223 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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PGM said:
People still rabbit on about this then?
Very quick to jump to conclusions. It makes me hopping mad.

AJS-

15,366 posts

265 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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Pints said:
PGM said:
People still rabbit on about this then?
Very quick to jump to conclusions. It makes me hopping mad.
It Bugs me too.

No doubt the government will devise some hare brained scheme to try and solve it soon.

Mobile Chicane

21,977 posts

241 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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jamie128 said:
Whats with all the big supermarkets selling half price meat lately?

Will this keep up for long ive been stocking my freezer

And no its not just mince its all types including fish. Mainly morrisons but asda are competing aswell.
Get to know meat prices per Kg, and check any 'half price' offers against these.

You neigh not be getting as good a deer as you might oink.

PGM

2,168 posts

278 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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AJS- said:
Pints said:
PGM said:
People still rabbit on about this then?
Very quick to jump to conclusions. It makes me hopping mad.
It Bugs me too.

No doubt the government will devise some hare brained scheme to try and solve it soon.
They'll make a real pig's ear of it too, probably ending in a ewe turn.

Dr G

15,941 posts

271 months

Friday 22nd March 2013
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AJS- said:
Duck feathers are down.
Actually they've taken off!

No, seriously, they have. The Chinese are eating a lot less duck as the growing middle classes move to more expensive meats driving the price of duck feathers up for bedding producers.