Bacon at $6/lb?!

[JEDI]

Record U.S. Bacon Prices :
http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...prices-poised-to-drop-on-fat-pigs-commodities

Retail bacon jumped 23 percent to $5.708 a pound


Even at Costco, it's $5/lb for the applesmoked bacon. not much less for the Kirkland bacon.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Yeah it's gotten retarded.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Beef prices have gone up too.
Paid $4.39 a pound for brisket at Costco in March. Last night bought another one and it was $5.49 a pound.
Last year I was paying under $4 per pound for it ($3.69 to $3.89).

 

[TwiceOver]

Supply, Demand. People love meat. People really love Bacon. Luckily a buddy of mine raises both animals.

 

[slag]

I bought bulk brisket (about 5 alternator's worth) a month ago and smoked it. It was like $3.89/lb in bulk. There was a lot of fat cap I had to trim down, but that's the nature of the beast.

 

[*kjm]

Glad I got 25lbs of venison bacon made this year

 

[JulesMaximus]

 

[LTC8K6]

The prices are up, and the package sizes are down.

But this package size deal has been happening for a long time as a sort of stealth inflation. Make the can smaller, the box smaller, the roll skinnier, etc. , but keep the price the same.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-06/bacons-stealth-inflation-pay-same-less

 

[blackdogdeek]

And they called me crazy for hoarding it in bulk MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[blakeatwork]

The prices are up, and the package sizes are down.

But this package size deal has been happening for a long time as a sort of stealth inflation. Make the can smaller, the box smaller, the roll skinnier, etc. , but keep the price the same.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-06/bacons-stealth-inflation-pay-same-less

No kidding... bacon here went from 500g in a package for ~$4.19 to $5.69 for 375g in the last month...

On the bright side, I got prime rib for $8.00/kg last night.

 

[Blackjack200]

Supply, Demand. People love meat. People really love Bacon. Luckily a buddy of mine raises both animals.

He raises both meats and bacons?

The prices are up, and the package sizes are down.

But this package size deal has been happening for a long time as a sort of stealth inflation. Make the can smaller, the box smaller, the roll skinnier, etc. , but keep the price the same.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-06/bacons-stealth-inflation-pay-same-less

And ten years ago people were bitching that everything was supersized and Americans were too fat and gluttonous as a result. Remember those cute little graphics that compared the old 6 oz. Coca Cola glass bottles to the 20 oz. bottles sold today? The packages are all clearly marked, the unit prices are avaialble, who cares?

 

[Genx87]

Record U.S. Bacon Prices :
http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...prices-poised-to-drop-on-fat-pigs-commodities

Retail bacon jumped 23 percent to $5.708 a pound


Even at Costco, it's $5/lb for the applesmoked bacon. not much less for the Kirkland bacon.

Remember this when the govt tells you inflation is low.

 

[waffleironhead]

Any bacon worth buying was already that price or more.
Do you even bacon bro?

 

[Texashiker]

Supply, Demand. People love meat. People really love Bacon. Luckily a buddy of mine raises both animals.

There is more to it than that. A virus has been killing off pigs.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/usa-pigs-pork-idUSL2N0NS1T120140506

Also the price of fuel directly affects the price of fertilizer, which is used to grow corn. Then corn is also used to make fuel. So there is less corn to use as animal feed.

You want the price of bacon to go down, stop using corn to make ethanol.

Some states prohibit butchers from processing wild pigs. If people were allowed catch, fatten and then bring the pig to a butcher, the price of bacon might go down.

The government has thrown so many issues into our food supply prices are bound to go up.

 

[LTC8K6]

He raises both meats and bacons?



And ten years ago people were bitching that everything was supersized and Americans were too fat and gluttonous as a result. Remember those cute little graphics that compared the old 6 oz. Coca Cola glass bottles to the 20 oz. bottles sold today? The packages are all clearly marked, the unit prices are avaialble, who cares?

That's not that same as a 3.75 quart orange juice bottle that most people think is still one gallon...

Or the 4 pound bags of sugar...

Or the toilet paper roll that is 1/2" skinnier...

Or the 1 ounce smaller tuna cans...

etc.

I remember noticing this trend a long time ago, too. It's clearly an effort to fool the consumer, and "unit price" is clearly an effort to justify it, imo.

I actually try to buy from companies that still sell the traditional size packages, to reward them.

Ice cream went from 1/2 gallon, to 1.75 quarts, to 1.5 quarts, all in similar packaging.

It's now known as the "grocery shrink ray".

http://consumerist.com/category/grocery-shrink-ray/

 

[Rakehellion]

Record U.S. Bacon Prices :
http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...prices-poised-to-drop-on-fat-pigs-commodities

Retail bacon jumped 23 percent to $5.708 a pound


Even at Costco, it's $5/lb for the applesmoked bacon. not much less for the Kirkland bacon.

Around here, Oscar Mayer is $8/lb while the generic stuff is $3 for a 12oz pack.

Also, the fancy hipster delis might get you for $18/lb.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

The packages are all clearly marked, the unit prices are avaialble, who cares?

Because it cost (sometimes much) more to get the same amount of food?

 

[BUTCH1]

I saw this when reading the article and now I want one, the "Bacon bowl"!..
https://www.buyperfectbacon.com/

 

[T9D]

I bought 8 pounds of bacon from Costco last month. Got like 6 1/2 pounds to work through yet. Worth every penny.

 

[Sonikku]

InB4Liberals complaining that their $7.25 an hour doesn't cut it today like it did 5 years ago.

 

[bradley]

Remember this when the govt tells you inflation is low.

Or that poor and middle-class people barely pay any taxes, but robber-barrons do. Not to mention, NYC is among the highest property taxes in the country. lol?

 

[Rakehellion]

InB4Liberals complaining that their $7.25 an hour doesn't cut it today like it did 5 years ago.

Ah yes, Anandtech users turning a post about bacon into a political issue.

 

[Texashiker]

Ah yes, Anandtech users turning a post about bacon into a political issue.

The price of food should be a political issue.

 

[mmntech]

The price of all the staple goods & services (food, housing, transportation) has gone up dramatically over the last decade. All it means is we just have to make do with less. Feels like we're going backwards. Probably better for America's collective waist line though.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

thank the Chinese and their pig viruses killing off the world's piglets