Safeway "Rancher's Reserve"
"Paul & Robin Barrett" > wrote in message
mmunications...
> Anyone else figure out that this much touted, supposedly superior, "grade"
> of beef has been quietly downgraded from USDA Choice to USDA Select, at
> least for some cuts? I found out when I bought a whole rib roast which
> was still in the cryovac wrap from the packing house and was identified as
> Select. Never would have known had they cut it up and put it in the
> display case.
My Vons sells the stuff, too. It is crap. Some of the worst beef I have
ever eaten. Always has been, too. When you have to put a ton of tenderizer
on a NY strip steak you know it is bad.
Paul
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