Juggy D Beerman
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Yo to all, My local grocery store was bought out by Hy-Vee and now sells Hormel pork products only as Hy Vee has an exclusive contract with Hormel to sell only Hormel pork products. All of these products contain 12% sodium infused water. I complained to the store management that due to my high blood pressure, I cannot eat pork that contains this solution, They offered to special order me the non-injected pork and said that due to the product being special ordered, I would be paying a higher price than what they charged for the Hormel product.
My reply to this offer was, "You mean to tell me that I have to pay more for meat that is unadulterated with solution will cost me more than meat that undergoes the unnecessary manipulation by injecting salt water? If I buy a ten pound pork butt, I am actually paying for 8.8 lbs of meat and 1.2 pounds of water. Meat is not supposed to have an ingredients list!"
Knowing that I was chasing a windmill, I walked out of the store vowing to never purchase any meat from a store I had been doing business with for 40 years.
Yesterday, while in KC, I stopped by Price Chopper to buy a couple of pork butts. There was a 19 lb C-O-V package of pork butts that was priced around $76.00 at $3.89 per pound. I asked the butcher if that price was mis-marked. He said it was not. I replied, that price was higher than what I paid for my first vehicle and higher than what I used to pay for a 220 pound butcher hog. He said the price of pork has been going up.
So to all that are still reading my lengthy diatribe, I ask you, what is the price of pork butt in your area?
Lager,
Juggy
My reply to this offer was, "You mean to tell me that I have to pay more for meat that is unadulterated with solution will cost me more than meat that undergoes the unnecessary manipulation by injecting salt water? If I buy a ten pound pork butt, I am actually paying for 8.8 lbs of meat and 1.2 pounds of water. Meat is not supposed to have an ingredients list!"
Knowing that I was chasing a windmill, I walked out of the store vowing to never purchase any meat from a store I had been doing business with for 40 years.
Yesterday, while in KC, I stopped by Price Chopper to buy a couple of pork butts. There was a 19 lb C-O-V package of pork butts that was priced around $76.00 at $3.89 per pound. I asked the butcher if that price was mis-marked. He said it was not. I replied, that price was higher than what I paid for my first vehicle and higher than what I used to pay for a 220 pound butcher hog. He said the price of pork has been going up.
So to all that are still reading my lengthy diatribe, I ask you, what is the price of pork butt in your area?
Lager,
Juggy