Creating a Grocery Meat Cheat Sheet
I’ve decided I want to make a “cheat sheet” I can share with my wife, family and friends to help them save money on buying meat at the grocery store. I was wondering if the RFD community wanted to crowdsource this with me?
I’ve started working backwards by adding in the lowest price per pound I’ve personally seen a particular cut at as a way to give a baseline for someone not as familiar with buying meat. The idea isn’t to only seek out the lowest price possible but to help give someone a ballpark range that they should be looking for.
I’ll continue to work on this and eventually update the OP with some nicely formatted PDF’s for anyone to use. If you’d like to contribute and help me fill out the list I’ve created a Google sheet that anyone with the link can edit. Just add in the prices and feel free to add in additional cuts.
I’ve also left fish entirely unprotected if anyone wants to chip away at that.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
I’ll also include a list just below. You can either quote me, and change the dollar values, or just tell me what you’d pay per pound for a specific cut and I’ll include them in my averages for the final PDF. Also please feel free to add fish/shellfish in any responses.
Thanks everyone.
EDIT #1: Added additional items listed in thread, removed protection so the community can add comments/make changes (I have a backup in case anyone nefarious deletes it), and changed fish to price per 100 grams. I've also spoken with someone about adding additional sheets for dairy, produce, etc...
Beef
Chicken
Pork
Lamb
I’ve started working backwards by adding in the lowest price per pound I’ve personally seen a particular cut at as a way to give a baseline for someone not as familiar with buying meat. The idea isn’t to only seek out the lowest price possible but to help give someone a ballpark range that they should be looking for.
I’ll continue to work on this and eventually update the OP with some nicely formatted PDF’s for anyone to use. If you’d like to contribute and help me fill out the list I’ve created a Google sheet that anyone with the link can edit. Just add in the prices and feel free to add in additional cuts.
I’ve also left fish entirely unprotected if anyone wants to chip away at that.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
I’ll also include a list just below. You can either quote me, and change the dollar values, or just tell me what you’d pay per pound for a specific cut and I’ll include them in my averages for the final PDF. Also please feel free to add fish/shellfish in any responses.
Thanks everyone.
EDIT #1: Added additional items listed in thread, removed protection so the community can add comments/make changes (I have a backup in case anyone nefarious deletes it), and changed fish to price per 100 grams. I've also spoken with someone about adding additional sheets for dairy, produce, etc...
Beef
- Chuck Roast
- Chuck Blade Steak
- Rib Roast - $5.77
- Rib Steak
- Top Loin Steak
- T-Bone Steak
- Beef Tenderloin (whole) - $8.99
- Sirloin Steak - $4.97
- Tip Steak
- Tip Roast
- Round Steak
- Round Roast
- Ground Beef (Regular) - $1.99
Chicken
- Whole Chicken - $1.97
- Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breasts
- Bone-in Chicken Breasts
- Boneless/Skinless Chicken Thighs
- Bone-in Chicken Thighs
- Boneless/Skinless Drumsticks
- Bone-in Drumsticks
- Chicken Wings
- Ground Chicken
Pork
- Ham (cooked)
- Tenderloin - $2.88
- Picnic Shoulder
- Cottage Roll
- Chops
- Spareribs
- Steak
- Ground Pork
Lamb
- Shoulder
- Rack
- Ribs
- Bone-In Leg - $4.44
- Boneless Leg
- Shank
- Chops
Last edited by StarScream1337 on Jan 1st, 2017 5:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.