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Saving Money on Meat


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September 18, 2014

Buy Meat in Bulk and DivideWe all know that buying meat in bulk is cheaper. I used to bring it home, divide it up into servings and re-wrap each serving. It cost me time and money for re-wrapping materials like plastic wrap or bags. Not anymore!

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Now I just slice open the top and peel it down carefully, then pre-cut the servings while it's still in it's packaging, replace the plastic wrap and place the whole thing in a sealed bag (usually a bread bag that I save and reuse for this purpose.)

When I need one or more servings, I take it out of the freezer and can usually get the serving separated with one or two good whacks on the counter edge. No defrosting to remove just a pound of the package for a meal.

I placed 3 knives into the three pound slices I made in this ground beef to show you what I mean. You could slice them into individual hamburger patties even for easy suppers where anyone could pull out one or more hamburger 'slices' for a quick dinner!
Lots shorter time to prep and less material waste since I don't individually bag each serving anymore!

This can be done with other cuts of meats like chicken breast too! I hope it makes your mealtimes easier and more efficient.

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March 16, 2007

Tips for saving money on meat from the ThriftyFun community.

 
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October 21, 2014

I love saving money, as I'm sure most of you do. You buy in bulk at the market when specials are on.

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Well, I look at what's on sale, make a menu, then have the butcher cut my meat up to my specs.

countertop meat grinder and bowl of ground meat


Gold Post Medal for All Time! 555 Posts
June 25, 2015

Just a reminder, when meat goes on sale, ask if the butcher if they will cut and pack the portions separately for you. I did and got four individually packed pieces for future meals.

Packaged ham ready for the freezer

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August 12, 2010

When buying ground hamburger for my family, I have found that buying in bulk and freezing is a great way to save us money. I have learned that if you buy a package of hamburger that is about 6 pounds, you can separate the meat into quart size ziplock bags (a pound a piece).

 
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August 24, 2006

We buy briskets on sale and cut them into roasts and steaks. You may wish to marinate the steaks before cooking.

 
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November 8, 2005

When I can ad match hamburger for around $1.38 I buy the 5 lb containers, then bring it home and cook one package at a time in my crock pot on high for about 5-6 hours, while I'm doing other things around the house.

 
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May 4, 2007

Whole hams are on sale for only .99c a lb.! So now is the time to stock up a little bit and have the butcher quarter your whole ham.

 
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January 25, 2015

I rarely purchase lunch meat at the deli. Instead, I buy whole turkeys or hams and ask my butcher if they can cut them into half, thirds or even fourths!

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December 14, 2000

If you use a lot of bread and/or meat, it's a good idea to ask the butcher and baker what time they put out discounted items.

 
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February 14, 2000

When shopping in the meat section, I only look at the loss-leader meat featured that week, and then only that which has been marked down due to discoloration.

 
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October 26, 2006

Save money on chicken by buying them whole and cutting them yourselves. It's easy to learn how to quarter your own chicken. All the leftover bones make great soup stock.

 
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December 15, 2005

Check out your butcher's specials--sometimes you can get a better deal than their advertised special. I always ask the butcher if I can get a better deal if I buy a larger quantity.

 
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September 9, 2005

When buying meat, always calculate how many meals you think you can get out of the purchase. From past experience you should have a pretty good idea of how much meat your family consumes in a meal, divide the number of meals you can make from the cost on the package.

 
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January 2, 2005

Look at meat package date. If the expired date is the day you're in the store, ask the manager for a discount. They usually will mark it down, otherwise, they have to throw the package away & pay for the loss.

 
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August 25, 2017

We wait for sales on meat before stocking up. This past week, we bought a boneless pork loin for $16.00. We cut it up then ground it up and made 1 pound packages that we vacuum sealed and froze.

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We also bought another boneless pork loin and cut it into chops and tenderloins, vacuum sealed and froze.

 

October 22, 2005

If you live in a community around some restaurants, you might want to check with them for any leftover meats or other foods they might have leftover that they might not want to reheat and sell the next day...

 
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August 18, 2012

Our local restaurant supply store has specials on meat. We get Angus beef for less that $2.20 a pound. The catch is you need to cut your own steaks.

 
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February 22, 2012

This is a page about freezing ground beef. When ground beef goes on sale it is a great time to buy extra and freeze some for later use.

Bagged ground beef ready for the freezer.

March 6, 2018

Saving money on groceries is helped along by watching for special sales at your local markets. Finding meat on sale is a great boon, as it can be quite costly.

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This is a page about save money with pick 5 meat sales.

Various cuts of meat packaged in supermarket butcher counter

February 13, 2018

One way to save on sandwich meat is to buy fully cooked ham, turkey, or other meats in the meat department at your local market and have the deli department thin slice it for you. Freeze some for later if you like. This is a page about saving money on sandwich meat.

Closeup of sliced ham lunch meat.

January 9, 2017

This is a page about shopping for meat by the seasons. You can save money on the meat portion of your grocery budget by shopping holiday meat specials, such as ham around Easter.

A deliscous spiral ham.

September 25, 2015

Steak can be quite expensive, but there are ways to save money and still serve steak. This is a page about saving money on steak.

steaks in a supermarket meat case

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August 12, 2010

Buy large quantities of meat (hamburger or chicken). Then separate it out into 1 lb amounts or however much your family eats and label and freeze it.

 
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February 2, 2010

I cook up 10 pounds of ground beef at a time and then I divide it up into one pound packages (our family's size) and just freeze it.

 
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