"butch burton" wrote in message
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Late last year briskete went from 1.12/# to 1.48 in WalMart for large
10-14# plastic covered cuts. Despite the angry cow bit, stuff is
still at 1.48. Anybody seen it at lower prices at any large chain
store?

It may be obvious but the atkins diet craze seems to be driving the prices
of beef up somewhat.
I have heard speculation that it could increase the quality of beef you can
get also.. I guess via the fact there would be more competition among
sellers if everyone wants beef so they would want to have the best. Also if
people are going to limit themselves to eating mainly meat then they are
probably going to want to do it up right and get good quality.

I haven't purchased a brisket yet as I'm not much for cooking in the cold
months but spring is here in TX. Cooked a steak and buffalo burgers last
week, maybe this weekend I will go buy a brisket to put on and I will see if
the price is higher than last years (if I can remember). It's damn cheap at
HEB here for a untrimmed brisket.. I wanna say it was under a dollar a pound
and I usually get 8-12 lbs.