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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Buy quality - Reduce waste - Saves Money

The radio station I listen to has been having a segment on Monday mornings on “Saving Money”.  They talk about different ideas and things you can do or do differently to save money.

Last week they brought up buying meat locally and buying it by quarters, halves or whole animal.   But like they said, then you have to have the freezer space to do it. 

For some people this is not efficient.  They don’t use all the different cuts or would never use that much in one year.   A key in trying to save money is in looking at what you use and how you use it.  It is not always a matter of the sticker price.

You can actually save money by buying individual packages of meat from Venneford Farm Country Meats at the farmers market over buying the same cut of meat on sale at a grocery store by reducing waste.

I have heard the same story over and over.  ‘They had a big sale on meat at the grocery store so I bought 10 pound, I put 5 pounds in the freezer right away and was going to use the rest that week, but, the next day the meat was all slimy and smelled spoiled, I had to throw it out.  When I went to use some I put in the freezer, by the time it thawed it was also spoiled.’   The reason for this is that the meat is already days away from spoiling and the store puts it on sale to try to get some return on their money before they have to throw the rest out.  So, if you don’t use it the same day you purchased it you may be throwing  your money away.

If you change your mind or put off making what you planned enough times, throwing out spoiled meat each time, you will have spent more on the cheap sale meat than you would have spent buying a top quality cut of meat from us.  And, our meat is frozen at the peak of its freshness so once thawed out you can change your mind and delay making that meal for days and still come back to that cut and use it later and it will still be tasty and fresh.

Another story I have heard is ‘We bought the meat on sale, it was such a good price but only one piece was tender and tasty, the rest was so bad we gave it to the dog.’   That meat may have been cheap but was it worth it to use grocery dollars to feed the dog?

So, sometimes the savings is in buying quality not the cheapest price.

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