Save Money With The Pick 5 Meat Program

By

TXBetty

First I've heard of this; I'm in West Texas.

By Laura Kielmann (Guest Post)

Green's Market in Winter Haven, Florida has this program. It's great!

By Tara. (Guest Post)

Big M Markets in Walton, NY has this deal as well and I love it! They also have other things in the 5 such as breakfast sandwiches, huge packs of hot dogs, 4 packs of lunchables, deli salads etc. You can often get quite a variety of items and save almost $10 or more!

By http://all-4-thebest.blogspot.com (Guest Post)

Buehler's stores in Northeast Ohio have the Pick 5 program. Occasionally, they'll run sales and you can get a 6th item free making it Pick 6 for $19.99!

By bingb. (Guest Post)

Avenue markets in Green Bay Wi does this. Lucky I can even see one store from here.

By Linda. (Guest Post)

In S W Arkansas our Brookshire's have this program. It's great! They also do triple coupons off and on!

By (Guest Post)

E.W. James & Sons Supermarkets in my area (TN) has this program. My husband is the meat manager at one of their stores, and he has had as many as 80 varieties of Pick 5 items on hand. He has one of the best Pick 5 programs in his company, selling huge numbers of "sets" even when compared to stores much larger than his.

Save-A-Lot and some IGA stores in our area do Pick 5 as well, but as another poster warned, check the price per pound to make sure you are not paying more for the Pick 5 size than what it is regularly offered for... Save-A-Lot has been bad about raising the prices of the items, so you aren't actually getting a deal there. My husband uses the same price per pound on his as he does in the rest of the counter, and sometimes LESS because the Pick 5 size might also be considered a "value pack." Preparing the Pick 5 packages of weighted items (as opposed to sticking a Pick 5 sticker on a prepackaged item) is time consuming, and some meat department personnel get lazy and don't watch to make sure the prices on the packs total enough to actually give you a deal... for instance, they might have a pack of chicken drums for $3.62, and that wouldn't save you ANY money. So watch out! But likewise, these same people might stick a $6 or $7 pack out there!

It is a great deal if used wisely.

By Tracy Tracy (Guest Post)

My Thriftway, as well as Sun Fresh and Apple Market, regularly feature strip steak and pork loin in 10 pound and up slabs in cryovac. The pork is usually $1.69/lb, the steak $3.99/lb. I cut these up into a desirable thickness--1-1/4" to 1-1/2"--, wrap them in recycled produce bags--the thin, clingy kind--and freeze them. You can use the styrofoam dishes that are usually used to package steaks, chicken, pork chops, etc. to cover them in your freezer top and bottom to minimize freezer burn. That is usually not a problem, though, as they don't often last long enough to degrade that way. The steak slab can run to $50 or more but it is worthwhile.
My Thriftway, as well as Sun Fresh and Apple Market, regularly feature strip steak and pork loin in 10 pound and up slabs in cryovac. The pork is usually $1.69/lb, the steak $3.99/lb. I cut these up into a desirable thickness--1-1/4" to 1-1/2"--, wrap them in recycled produce bags--the thin, clingy kind--and freeze them. You can use the styrofoam dishes that are usually used to package steaks, chicken, pork chops, etc. to cover them in your freezer top and bottom to minimize freezer burn. That is usually not a problem, though, as they don't often last long enough to degrade that way. The steak slab can run to $50 or more but it is worthwhile.

By Redbird1107 AT mchsi.com (Guest Post)

In Bay Minette, Alabama, South Alabama, They have Piggly Wiggly stores and they have it all the time.

By

dietvanilla

Honey are you nuts I saved 10.77 from our pick 5 and we live in Berks County in PA. We have 2 one is Boyers and one is Redners. Hubby told me he gets the ones with the higher prices marked on them because of more weight. Boyers in good and they have it all the time. Always somethings different and Redners has it every once in awhile but when they have it. The meat selection is real good so I try to buy 40.00 worth.

By Brenda (Guest Post)

I just saw an ad for Pick Five in the Karns store in Middletown, Pa., the Karns in Hershey usually have the same sales.

By Lynn (Guest Post)

In south Texas Super S foods has that deal.

By roadgypsygranny (Guest Post)

There are two near our area, one just across the Fla state line (hwy 97) from Atmore, Al., the other one is located in Century, Fl.Both are Piggly Wiggly stores.

By Mary (Guest Post)

In central and northeastern Louisiana, Mac's Fresh Market has this program.

By barbara (Guest Post)

In MS and states around piggly wiggly has this. and also about once a month. they have buy one (meat) and get one free. Great time to buy roasts and hamburger meat. They are high on every thing else. I just go for the meat deals.

By

jmz2005

I live in northern illinois and we have Red Fox and Super valu, they have this. Saves me alot of money on meat.

By Rita (Guest Post)

Carnival foods in Circleville Ohio have the pick 5 deal.

By roseofsharon (Guest Post)

Our IGA in Amherst, Ohio has this offer too.

By

castleberrycc

Dierbergs has it too in St. Louis county.

By Judith W. (Guest Post)

In WV there are 5 for $19.99 at Shop & Save and Food Lion. F

By

Dedeswrkshop

Our's does this. They are called Prenger's Foods, in Macon MO.... Very small independant... Bet this catches on quick in a store near you.
Becareful though, sometimes you are not getting the deals you see in prices. Watch the weight of the product, and know what price the item sells for on a regular basis.