More on Meats Retail

One of the most cost effective ways to buy local meats retail is from your local grocery store. You need to find out what day the local grocer starts their weekly sale, and you should shop the day before the weekly sales start. The day before a sale starts is when the local grocer marks down the meats that are about to expire. The date on the package of the meat is the sell by date. If you are buying your meat this way you need to freeze it when you get home. The date on the package means sell by that date or freeze by that date. If buying your meat in this manner there are a few things you need to check for. Make sure that the packs of meat are still completely sealed. You want to make sure that the meat has no discoloration on it, and there should not be a lot of juices from the meat in the package itself. Also do your price checking again when purchasing your local meats retail this way. It is not always the cheapest way to buy meat just because it is on markdown. If the original price of the meat was 6.99 per pound and there is a $3.00 off manager mark down ticket on it, you need to compare it to what the price of the meat will go on sale for with the next week's sale. If the sale price is going to be $2.99 the following week then you are not really saving any money by buying on a mark down price. The most important thing is to do your research when shopping and get the best bang for your buck by comparison shopping.