Why are Hot dogs so $$$$$

dee1949

....anybody have any idea? I am talking about all beef dogs that sell for $4.00 a pound and up. Doesn't make sense. I enjoy a good dog like all the rest. But, at that price a burger always tops MY list.

Negate chicken or turkey dogs...taste like dog food.

Ron-P

I'm not like all the rest, I hate hot dogs...all of them.

Systems

Hell, you priced Milk lately?
I had to put a gallon in lay-a-way last week!

inspiredsports

Welcome to the Fed's quantitative easing policy.

Sherardp

Noticed this yesterday as well. A pack was 3.29 for all beef franks. I remember they used to be like 89 cents. The good ol' days.

HTguru1982

I too noticed this. Ballparks were $5 a pack at Kroger. WTF?

reeltrouble1

cows aint cheap, hogs have gone wild, and chicken...well chicken dogs just suck.

RT1

scottyboy76

pepster wrote: »

Hell, you priced Milk lately?
I had to put a gallon in lay-a-way last week!

Ba-dump-bump.tsshh

stuwee

I get my all beef weiners in some hot steamy buns for free

Well I have to buy them a couple of drinks first

AsSiMiLaTeD

A package of 8 all beef franks costs 5 bucks if you get the good ones. Add a pack of buns at a couple bucks, and at a couple hot dogs that still comes out to less than one dollar a meal, I'd hardly call that expensive.

gudnoyez

The old fashioned ones with the casing on them are at $5.99 a lb and six are usually in a lb. Those are the best, not those prepackaged ones that are all the same size and always look the same kinda like clone dogs or something, I would rather spend the extra 99 cents and get the old fashioned ones. I would not spend $5 on prepackaged ones.

nooshinjohn

Jost came from the grocery store...

23.00 for a package of Lloyds bbq ribs.(formerly 9.00 tw tears ago)
7.99 for a 4 pack Johnsonvill brats.(3.99 two years ago)
10.00 for a bag of frozen meatballs...(5.99 two years ago)

6.99/lb for HAMBURGER!(2.99 two years ago)

WTF is going on? No inflation my ****.:mad:

I wonder if there is a game afoot by militant vegetarians and environmentalists at play here to make meat products to expensive for us to consume so we change our eating habits and consume less?

nooshinjohn

DSkip wrote: »

Where the heck do you shop? You can routinely get any hamburger meat you want for under $3/lb here.

Los Angeles... The effing baggers and cashiers are represented by the AFL-CIO/Teamster's unions. Makes everything in the stores some 30% more expensive than it should be.:mad:

BeefJerky

gudnoyez wrote: »

The old fashioned ones with the casing on them are at $5.99 a lb and six are usually in a lb. Those are the best, not those prepackaged ones that are all the same size and always look the same kinda like clone dogs or something, I would rather spend the extra 99 cents and get the old fashioned ones. I would not spend $5 on prepackaged ones.

I second this! I'm a fan of Boar's Head brand.

Tony M

I've noticed over the years the prices on alot of groceries climbing high so they can institute the buy 1 get 1 free sales. Cereal, mayonaise, salad dressings, you name it. Even orange juice.

We just buy the groceries that are on sale. Almost always have. That's why our stuff is paid for. Thrifty, frugal shopping. Not like the mega couponers you hear about now, just buying on sale pretty much.

gdb

Just got 4lbs. of Ballpark Beef hot dogs at Costco today for $9.43, IIRC. Their ground beef is 93% lean at less than $2.00/lb. Gas was $2.43/gal. Join up!

Splif

gdb wrote: »

Just got 4lbs. of Ballpark Beef hot dogs at Costco today for $9.43, IIRC. Their ground beef is 93% lean at less than $2.00/lb. Gas was $2.43/gal. Join up!

where the hell was gas 2.43/gal?

gdb

OOOOOppps $3.43/gal. ($2.43 would be great !)

rebuy

Bought a pork loin at Kroger for 1.99/lb. a favorite.

Dangnabit, post 100, post for pork!

I told my wife it was the other white meat.

obieone

How many here use coupons?:rolleyes:

tonyb

Not me, but will buy stuff on sale all the time. Just this weekend I was at the butcher, he had Fillet's wrapped in bacon for 1.99 each....not by the lb....each. 2 inches thick too.

Went in there to pick up some Venison for chili, football, cool weather, chili....I'm in heaven. He also had Bison on sale, they make great burgers if you guys haven't tried it yet.

Prices here are going north rather quickly, and the products that aren't,are shrinking the sizes to keep prices down. Just look at ice cream, pretty soon a half gallon will look like a quart. This is the result of devalueing the dollar, and excessive regulations. Maybe some will actually wake up and start giving a crap again.

rhulett

Blame China/India or as they are now known in ag circles, Chindia. With our dollar so week, exports to those countries of corn is at an all time high. Coupled with poor corn yields in the "I" states, and it all trickles down from there.

Now on the other hand, packagers will take advantage of a rising corn/wheat/soybean price, and raise prices more than what the true cost is. Wheat goes up a dollar, pricing for bread goes up anywhere from .50 to $1 a loaf. The actual increase in cost to the packager is about a .01 on that loaf. That's what is screwed up.

billbillw

Ground chuck for hamburgers is always less than $3 a pound where I shop (Kroger). They also run sales on hot dogs almost every week. Not always the same brand, but I can usually find decent beef dogs for less than $3 a pack. If I recall last time, it was $2.50 a package for Hebrew National (all beef).

tonyb

Calling all Walmart shoppers.....they do have great deals compared to the other usual grocery store chains.

RuSsMaN

Blame it all on corn. The bad dream we can't seem to wake up from.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Walmart is the devil

Jstas

tonyb wrote: »

Calling all Walmart shoppers.....they do have great deals compared to the other usual grocery store chains.

Yeah but they usually have garbage. The last time I bought any kind of meat product at WAL*MART, I was thoroughly disappointed.

I've been finding myself buying the unbutchered meats from BJ's and cutting them myself instead. Then I package them up in freezer bags, label them and toss them in the freezer. I know that's not an option for everybody but for me it is. It's also not the cheapest route all the time but I can control how the stuff is cut up and what fat and other discards stay and what goes. For stuff like ribs though, I go straight to a butcher and pay the higer prices because he'll cut them right in front of me. St. Louis style, baby backs, spare ribs, whatever I want. If I'm buying enough, he'll throw in a skirt steak for free.

My complaint isn't about the cost of things like all the old wieners here. My complaint is the quality. It seems more and more that I can't find stuff I'm happy with in terms of fat content, marbling and the butchered final product. It's always too thin or too thick. Loads of fat on the edges, lots of connective tissues left in stuff that isn't supposed to have any. Reduces the value 'cause if you're buying, say, filets at $7 a pound and the package is 3 pounds, that's $21. But if there's half a pound of fat and such that you're going to cut off or lose to the fire, then you're really paying $8.40 a pound for the meat. It wasn't a deal already and now it looks like highway robbery.

Meats are sold by weight and the more fat you have, the less meat you have in a pound. That's why ground meats have percentages. Ground chuck is usually garbage cuts that have tons of fat content already. That's why it's usually in the high 80's of percentage lean. Ground sirloin doesn't have any fat. They add fat to it which is why they can get it in the high 90's of percentage lean. Personally, I'd rather buy the sirloin unless I'm grilling otherwise it gets too greasy. You can always add fat (like bacon!) to the meat. Can't take it away so easily. Then again, if I was buying ground beef at 93% lean, I probably not buy it at all. It's either really poor quality chuck or "watered down" sirloin. Ground sirloin should be about 96-98% lean.

Oh and fat content is important. It transfers heat and holds on to it so you get more even cooking. In stuff like burgers, where you want it cooked all the way through, you need fat throughout. But in stuff like filets where you want the center slightly under done, you want the fat on the outside to keep the edges from drying out before the center reaches a good temp. Oh and marbling is a sign of tenderness. That's why people look for it. If the meat isn't marbled very well then it can be tough and stringy, also it drys out when cooking.

Jstas

RuSsMaN wrote: »

Blame it all on corn. The bad dream we can't seem to wake up from.

But I like corn. :frown:

bobman1235

WalMart has its advantages, but buying meat at WalMart seems ... unwise.

tonyb

bobman1235 wrote: »

WalMart has its advantages, but buying meat at WalMart seems ... unwise.

We were talkin' hotdogs...generally speaking. If your buying name brand stuff,should be no difference between stores. Electronics, yeah...hotdogs, I dunno bro, seems like a Hebrew National is the same if I buy it at a Jewel, or Walmart. Now Walmarts own brand, that may be a different story.

heiney9

nooshinjohn wrote: »

Jost came from the grocery store...

23.00 for a package of Lloyds bbq ribs.(formerly 9.00 tw tears ago)
7.99 for a 4 pack Johnsonvill brats.(3.99 two years ago)
10.00 for a bag of frozen meatballs...(5.99 two years ago)

6.99/lb for HAMBURGER!(2.99 two years ago)

WTF is going on? No inflation my ****.:mad:

I wonder if there is a game afoot by militant vegetarians and environmentalists at play here to make meat products to expensive for us to consume so we change our eating habits and consume less?

Your two year comparisons are irrelevant since you moved from the Midwest to Cali. Costs more out there, period!

H9