12-10-2008, 03:04 PM
When shopping for meats at Safeway, note that they do a weird thing... sorta. Two factors involved.
#1, they know that 80% of east Hawaii is on food stamps. Those come out between the 3rd and 7th of the month, so prices are highest until around the 10th or so. Most food stamp users "spend" their foodstamps pretty quickly.
#2, they have to order their meat orders from the mainland 6 weeks in advance, so they "guess" at what they will need. There are huge freezers in the back, so when a whole shipment of chicken is coming in, chicken goes on sale at 1/2 price to clear out the freezers for the new order. Same with all other meat cuts.
Generally, sometime after the 10th or 12th you will find 1/2 price stickers on one type of meat or another, especially in the end caps of the meat freezer. The whole chickens go on sale, for example, for around $4 - 4.50 each. I stock up with ten or so to last me the month. Same with roasts, steaks, etc...just keep an eye and have a little freezer space.
#1, they know that 80% of east Hawaii is on food stamps. Those come out between the 3rd and 7th of the month, so prices are highest until around the 10th or so. Most food stamp users "spend" their foodstamps pretty quickly.
#2, they have to order their meat orders from the mainland 6 weeks in advance, so they "guess" at what they will need. There are huge freezers in the back, so when a whole shipment of chicken is coming in, chicken goes on sale at 1/2 price to clear out the freezers for the new order. Same with all other meat cuts.
Generally, sometime after the 10th or 12th you will find 1/2 price stickers on one type of meat or another, especially in the end caps of the meat freezer. The whole chickens go on sale, for example, for around $4 - 4.50 each. I stock up with ten or so to last me the month. Same with roasts, steaks, etc...just keep an eye and have a little freezer space.
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hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"