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Default Price alert: Beef tenderloin at Costco

On 6/26/2010 2:42 PM, Ross@home wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:32:58 -0500, >
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:46:08 -0400, Ross@home wrote:
>>
>>> Fairly regularly in this area of Southern Ontario you'll find cryovac
>>> packaged whole beef tenderloin on sale for anywhere from $5.99 to
>>> $8.99/lb.
>>> In this week's flyer, one of the normally higher priced supermarkets
>>> has it for $6.99/lb. In one of their competitor's flyer it's listed
>>> for $11.99/lb.
>>> Guess which one will sell the most tenderloin.

>>
>> That's probably USDA Select beef. CostCo only carries choice and
>> higher, ans it's always flavorful (USDA Choice doesn't always mean
>> it's going to taste good, just that it has more fat).
>>
>> -sw

>
> Yep. I just checked the flyers and they're both Canada Grade AA or
> higher which translates to USDA Select or higher.
>
> Ross



Isn't USDA Select the lowest grade for human consumption?

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