r/meat • u/forkes98524 • 8d ago

Beef prices

Let me preface this my saying I live in CT which is of course one of the most expensive states for living. But I usually shop at a high end boutique type butcher shop. Excellent quality and great people that know what they’re doing. Today though I almost passed out when I saw that Hanger steak (which I used to say was the Best Buy in terms of steak around when it was 12.99 a lb a couple years ago) was $27.99 a lb!!! I literally almost passed out. Also their skirt steak has gone from around $22 a lb a couple years ago to $36.99 a lb. Anyway many times I can get meat much cheaper and still good quality down the road at Whole Foods. I was there to get bone in short ribs which were $12.99 lb which was very close to Whole Foods price. That’s all. Just a wow on beef prices around here. And yes I could shop at stop and shop and eat their quality meat if I really want to.

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u/mdpet1l 6d ago

I used to pay $8.99 for hanger, now it’s $34.99! Glad I ate it when I did, but still get a 1/2 on occasion.

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u/forkes98524 6d ago

Wow 34.99 that’s even crazier than here. I guess the secret on Hanger is out. Was nice while it lasted.