How much do you spend on meat?

rachbc

I buy mince in bulk and bag it into 250-300g portions for me, hubby, 10 year old (who eats more than me) and 2 year old (tiny appetite). Each will do a spag bol/ chilli/ meatballs etc with veg added.

A 1kg joint of boneless pork/ beef will feed us all with second's and leftovers, need a biger joint if it has a bone in.

I tend to buy a 1.5k- 2kg chicken and again we have a sunday lunch and leftovers.

No idea about chops as we don't buy those, but for a casserole/ stir fry etc I'd buy about 100g a person and will add veg etc. This is probably less than many recipes etc suggest but I add lots of veg and carbs and non of us is wasting away!

rachbc

Price wise I pay £4 kg for lean (5% fat) minced steak, £2.80 kg for pork steaks, £3.50 kg for shoulder of pork joint, £4 kg lamb shoulder, £5 kg diced lamb and about £2.30 kg whole chicken.

I paid £30 last friday for meat for 3 weeks...

Boodle

I would suggest drawing up a monthly meal plan so you know exactly what you will need and don't end up with surplus (which of course, you could freeze) or even worse, not enough for what your family will want.

Bella79

i brought

1 large piece belly pork
6 sausages
1/2 ib steak mince

all this is locally sorced and free range it cost £15.00 do u think thats expensive ?

(first time at buchers )

thriftlady_2

That's about what I'd expect to pay for the same sort of meat at my butcher's. However, yes it is expensive because free-range meat is expensive. A price worth paying IMO;)

Phatmouse

owens3116 wrote: »

i brought

1 large piece belly pork
6 sausages
1/2 ib steak mince

all this is locally sorced and free range it cost £15.00 do u think thats expensive ?

(first time at buchers )

I think thats expensive IMO

pink_numbers

£7.99 for whole organic chicken or similar poultry (usually, other types are cheaper but smaller).

anguk

I'd pay about £7-£8 for that from my local butcher but it isn't free range and not all of it is locally sourced, although he does only sell British meat.

kunekune

We don't eat meat/fish every day, but I think our weekly amount would be something like this:

1 joint OR two packs of casserole meat (up to £8, it does several meals)
1 pack mince or premium sausages (£2)
1 pack bacon (usually back bacon, not the cheapest) (£2)
Either 1 pack of meat pieces or fish (£5)

So, that's an average of £17 a week. It used to be twice that, but I have cut back on quantity and also don't buy things like duck breasts and steak any more!

Bella79

yeah it does seem a little expensive to me too ......... we had the pork last night and i have to say it was lovely but diddnt taste any diff to the usual stuff i buy ........ i supose i have to ask myself can i afford these prices to support local producers ??

And im afraid the answer is no i would love to buy all local sourced organic meat but i jst carnt i will stick with freedom chickens and free range eggs but the rest of our meat will just be british at least