I became best friends w/ my neighbor's cow and never bought meat again....lol Big savings, BIG!

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The mighty oak started out as a nut that held its ground.

thank you. wow some of the places I just looked up around here its more to buy from them then go to the store around here.

I buy on sale, and stock up for the month. We get frozen chicken breasts and tenderloins in the bag, when they go on sale I get two or three for the month. Same with ground beef - I buy a few weeks worth on sale. Steaks, if they are ever on a great sale. If ground turkey is on a better sale than ground beef, I pick that up instead. I'll also pick up cheap cuts of beef and porkchops when they are on a managers special - I wiped out their stock last month!

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Carpe Bargain - Seize the Deal!

I buy a hind quater of beef and pork every six months - near the end of six months I see which butcher has the best prices for thier meat and buy there.
With the hind quater we are able to use everything from it - so no wastage.

Our grocery store (Super Fresh & Acme) both hold special sales Friday to Monday. If you shop on Monday, the meat usually has a "Manager's Special Coupon" on it marking it down even more if it didn't move over the weekend. I've gotten pork roasts for 99 cents per lb, whole chickens for 25 cents per lb, and chicken cutlets for $1.25 per lb.

I also have a chest freezer, and tend to stock it between Memorial Day & Labor Day when meat goes on sale for BBQs. I do the same with the free turkeys/hams at Thanksgiving, Christmas, & Easter as I usually earn them at more than one grocery store.

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Mom to David 11/17/07 & Emily 5/14/09

I just mentioned this to a friend of mine and she suggested checking out Eat Wild - Pastured Products Directory - Eat Wild - You can look up farms by state where you can purchase a whole, side or quarter of beef, hog, or lamb.

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Mom to David 11/17/07 & Emily 5/14/09

I only buy on sale and freeze. I break it down into portions and free that way. I have gotten real good and thawing even steaks so they don't even taste like they have ever been froozen.

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I buy my beef tenderloin in bulk at Costco and cut it into perfect serving portions (I actually weight my pieces so I get the most bang for my buck). Doing it this way allows my boys and I to enjoy filet mignon CHEAP (I’ve been known to be a total steak snob)…one hunk of tenderloin lasts us a few months. I also, watch for sales and stock up when really good deals come up (i.e. just last week my local Super Store had beautiful roaster chickens on sale for $5 eaxh so I stocked up and bought 6, they also had T-bone steaks on sale for 50% off so I bought 12...).

I also keep my eyes peeled for the “reduced for quick sale” stickers in the meat isle. These meats are coming up to their best before dates but are still good pieces of meat!!!!!!! As long as you either cook the meat right away or immediately portion it out and freeze you’re totally good to go (a butcher explained this to me once when I questioned why anyone would buy meat coming up to it’s “best before date”)! The ideal time to find these stickers is first thing in the morning or later evening. I have purchased +++ cuts of meats that I would normally never be able to afford regular price like lamb chops, French cut pork roast, rib eye roasts, nice quality ribs etc…

Don’t even get me started on boneless skinless chicken and how expensive it has gotten!!!!! I now buy most of my chicken with the bone and skin on and just take care of cleaning it up myself before freezing while I’m portioning it.

We love all the "ground" meats and always have a variety on hand. I buy my ground veal, turkey, pork and chicken only when on sale though. As far as ground beef goes if I need I buy it whether on sale or not but I have been doing really well with lucking out and stocking up when there are good deals.

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Santa gets all the credit but I swipe the card...

Rosie
Single mom of 2 boys~ DS#1 (17) & DS#2 (6)
Burn the good candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion...Today IS special.

Limit the amount of meat you eat each week. When my husband and I were younger and trying to pay off hefty student loans, we looked at our grocery list, and slashed everything that was not necessary, including meat. We saved a huge amount of money living as vegetarians. Now we have a little meat a few times a week in stews and sauces, but we tend to think of it as more of a seasoning than a main dish. Our children have grown up on vegetarian or near vegetarian meals, and are none the worse for it.

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Rebekah, Mom of fun but chaotic preteens

My grandfather has a farm in here in california and he has a lot of animals around. Like chicken, pigs, ducks etc. My grandfather is in charge if we want fresh meat.

make them happy