Roy wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 10:15:18 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> > "Roy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > 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 agree with you Roy. I generally get most of my meat at Harris Teeter
or BJ's and a large part of that is they have an actual person there
who can repackage to order if i can't cut it down well myself. I avoid
Food Lion and Krogers in my local area for that specific lack which
means they do not get my other money because i am not going to make 2-3
trips among stores.

I suspect those other stores do not care about shoppers like me, and
guess what, I do not care about them either.

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