"Roy" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 10:15:18 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Roy" > wrote in message
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>> > On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 4:27:52 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >> "Janet B" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> >
>> >> > I bought some boneless, skinless chicken breasts from Albertsons
>> >> > yesterday. They were $1.69/pound. It was a decent price so I got
>> >> > what I thought was a package of 8 -- 4 on top and 4 on the bottom.
>> >> > Not so. There were only 4 breasts in the package. I've weighed each
>> >> > one. 1.5 ounce was the heaviest and 1.4 was the least weighty. The
>> >> > cut looks like they are full breasts instead of the halves we are
>> >> > used
>> >> > to. Still, at 20 ounces for a full breast that means the halves
>> >> > would
>> >> > be 10 ounces and I am used to seeing 5-6 ounce breast pieces. So,
>> >> > if
>> >> > it was your chicken, would you figure these were really old birds
>> >> > and
>> >> > need a lot of stewing or would you just go ahead and cook as usual?
>> >> > I
>> >> > use this meat for enchilada filling and stuff like that
>> >> > Janet US
>> >>
>> >> I learned not to buy meat from Albertsons unless it is some specific
>> >> brand
>> >> like their grass fed beef. Their meat is bad.
>> >> >
>> >
>> > Not enough detail Julie...not good to make blanket statements about
>> > retailers. I'll bet that retailers HATED to see you enter their
>> > premises.
>> >
>> > I used to manage retail grocery stores...some customers are really
>> > miserable *******s...better off without them.
>> > ====
>>
>> In this case, it is valid and warranted. My mom never bought meat there
>> when I was growing up. Now I know why. This is the same store where I
>> bought all that cheap meat and had to put it in the freezer.
>>
>> As I said... If it is a branded item such as the organic beef, Foster
>> Farms
>> chicken, packaged bacon or ham, fine. I will no longer buy their pork
>> chops, chicken, steak, roasts, etc. Just not good. And retailers don't
>> dislike me. Why would they? I buy stuff from them. I rarely return
>> things. And I am polite.
>
> Well, just saying their meat is "bad" tells me next to nothing.
> Do you mean ROTTEN?
> Do you mean tough or stringy?
> Do you mean poorly cut and presented?
> Do you mean poorly packaged, wet with blood?
> Do you mean over-priced?
> Do you mean NOT UP TO GRADE?
>
> I was a meat cutter for years before I went into management.
>
> If someone described meat to me as being bad it usually meant
> spoiled/rotten/inedible.
> ====

I didn't eat the stuff and I didn't ask for specifics. My mom told me it
was bad. Someone else said they had a sale and the meat was really good. I
bought some. Both my husband and Angela said it was bad. Those were their
exact words. The person who had recommended the meat to me had taken some
to where my dad was living at the time. He complained that the meat was bad
as did the others that had been served the meat. Again, exact words. That
was good enough for me. I haven't bought it since.

What I can say that it wasn't poorly packaged. Overpriced? Well, I guess
so, since it wasn't edible. I don't think it was spoiled. People just
didn't like it.