Meat basics - how much do you pay/kg/lb

Raksha

I was just wondering what prices are charged across the country for basics like

Whole chickens

Chicken Thighs

Stewing beef

Brisket

Leg lamb

Shouldar of Lamb

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Raksha wrote: »

I was just wondering what prices are charged across the country for basics like

Whole chickens

Chicken Thighs

Stewing beef

Brisket

Leg lamb

Shouldar of Lamb

I always buy what meat/poultry is on special or what voucher code I can find for that shop.

Have an Abel & Cole delivery tomorrow and have bought 3 x 600g scrag lamb for £3.09 each to make 3 x big stews to eat and freeze.

I find the frozen whole chickens in Mr S are great value at 2 for £5

OH bought 500g fresh chicken fillets the other day from Mr M for 9p a pack.

Beef is usually when on 50% off and a big silverside top joint for about £10, then I SC, cool, then freeze into 5 meal portions for the 3 of us in gravy.

Leg of lamb is usually £11 from Ocado 1.7kg and only cook when we have visitors as a treat. Sometimes we have got these quite cheap reduced to £2-£4 and frozen.

Lamb chump chops are usually £1.50 for 2 big ones that feed the 3 of us.

We eat more lamb than beef and we pay £1.75 for 500g minced lamb which will do 2 x 4 large portioned Shepherds Pie for the 3 of us and 1 meal spare or 2 big Spag Bols with a portion frozen.

Sirloin is usually from Ocado where you get 6 seperate sealed portions in a box fresh for £10.99 and they are lovely and can be frozen, so 2 meals for a treat.

If I need to do a meat order, I do like Ocado and use a £15 off £60 voucher and that does us enough meat for 4 weeks.

HTH

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free range chicken from local food producers £5.40/kg

as above but thighs £7.45/kg

stewing beef aberdeen angus well hung from above £7.34/kg

boneless leg of amb from above £13.45/kg

whole shoulder from above £19.75/kg

brisket as above £7.34/kg

I can also easily get meat such as mutton etc. I always make meat like this stretch as I know it is pricey but is the best quality and reared locally

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Pitlanepiglet

I try to pay around £4-5 per kg for meat (not mince), Costco boneless pork leg is around £3.60 per kg and Costco sirloin steak is around £9.99 per kg so I use these as my guides.

I keep an eye out for reduced meat and bulk buy when I find it. Tesco had boneless pork shoulder for £2.19 per kg in early December and Sainsburys had beef joints (can't remember which) for around £4 per kg so I filled the chest freezer with these.

I can't remember how much Costco beef mince is but it's cheaper than the supermarkets and it's really good quality so I buy that in large packs and split it down.

Costco chickens are around £6.50 for two and the chickens weigh 1.750 kg each (I think that's the right size). We also get 3 for £10 from Tesco and they are usually 1.5kg - 1.750kg.

Lamb - I only buy either lamb mince - which I think is £2.99/kg in Costco or legs of lamb and I try not to pay more than about £9 per leg of lamb so again I keep an eye out for discounts - sainsbury's quite often have discounted legs of lamb.

I find ordinary supermarket meat is really expensive and I begrudge paying normal prices for it. Some of it is more expensive that Costco Sirloing steak and I know what I'd rather have if I were going to stump up £10 per kg for something!

I would love to be able to order meat from a farm supplier but it always seems so much more expensive.

monocat

I use my local cash and carry (easy to join)

5kg chicken breast, big nice ones, £18.

60 eggs £4.85.

4 pint milk, 79p.