On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 9:52:58 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 5/17/2019 6:38 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> snip
> >>> Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
> >>> be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
> >>> Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
> >>> U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
> >>> brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
> >>> restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
> >>>
> >>> -sw
> >> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
> >> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
> >> Janet US
> >
> > And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
> > even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.
> >
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> True, but some of the former cheap cuts are no longer cheap. The masses
> have discovered them. Adjusted for inflation, the chicken wing in 5
> pound bags used to be equal to 39 cents/pound but since Buffalo wings
> they are $2.39. People that never heard of BBQ brisket a few years back
> now buy brisket sandwiches at Arby's and packer cuts have triples in
> price. The trimmed flat at Publix was not much cheaper than a nice rib
> eye steak.

It was amazingly difficult to find any analyses that were less than
10 years old.

Yes, there has been disruption in the supply/demand of some cuts
of meat. However, unless you live on meat alone:

<https://seekingalpha.com/article/92689-over-the-past-100-years-food-prices-have-fallen-by-82-percent>

Cindy Hamilton