One Day Meat Sale!

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

2cent wrote:Heck, Hawk, I'm about to drive on down to take advantage of the prices, they're so good.

Dang, wish that were happening here.  What market is that?

Lol. I can still see the address on the bottom of the back page.

Audubon Market.

So could I.  But not the 'Audubon Market' part.  No matter.  Got no Audubon's here, sorry to say.  Have fun, Hawk!  That's a lucky draw, fer sher.

It's an independent, family owned, supermarket.

I don't have much freezer space left.

This is when a good salesman, (aka, 'louse'), would convince you to save money by spending more.  "Just think how much you could save, if you only had a new mega freezer!"

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Lol. I can still see the address on the bottom of the back page.

Audubon Market.

So could I.  But not the 'Audubon Market' part.  No matter.  Got no Audubon's here, sorry to say.  Have fun, Hawk!  That's a lucky draw, fer sher.

It's an independent, family owned, supermarket.

I don't have much freezer space left.

This is when a good salesman, (aka, 'louse'), would convince you to save money by spending more.  "Just think how much you could save, if you only had a new mega freezer!"

Great episode of Andy Griffith about Aunt Bea and her freezer. Lol.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Casey Jones wrote:I'm guessing that some of their inventory is getting up to the SELL BY date.

It happens when, out of nowhere, prices double.

Well, load up.  It might be time to peruse the pawn shops, see if there's a secondhand freezer chest to be had...

No not really. I saw a tractor drop off a whole trailer of meat there today as i caught a red light right before the store and took the back way. They'll prolly get another one Wednesday.

Here's why I think they do it.

It's obvious they are going to lose money on many items and only break even on others.

But..... in the whosale grocery,  co-op business, member stores all pay the same base rates for grocery, meat, frozen and dairy . No matter the size of the store.

The actual up charge percentage is based on periodic purchase( quarterly, annually, ie) and results in buying brackets. Each store has an upchgarge( what they actuyally pay) based on their selling, therefore, buying power.

The more they buy from the co-op,  the less they pay.

With the covid farce and downturn in business, some of these stores may have been buying less. When the buying period is up, they may have to pay more or fall into a higher bracket.

If  the periodic analysis of purchases reveals a shortfall for the period, or if the market would like to get into a lower paying bracket,  they purchase a few hundred thousand dollars worth of meat, sell it quickly so it doesn't  become a cash flow liability, thereby  maintaining or improving their purchasing power.