I stopped by the grocery store this morning after work to grab some fresh fruits and veggies for juicing (link to last juicing post). As is customary, I text Wifey to make sure there wasn't anything she needed before I left. There's nothing worse than the dreaded "...wish I had known you were going, I needed some xyz..."
She replied we needed some sandwich meat for the kids school lunches so I headed over to the lunch meat section. The average price for ONE pound of pre-sliced ham was $3.38-$4.50 depending on brand. I've posted in the past about how we bought a meat slicer we found on CraigsList and slice our own meats to save money.
$7.98 for 5lbs whole.
I headed over to the meat counter and checked on the price of a whole ham. A 5 lb whole ham was $7.98. So 5lbs for $8 and I slice it or 5lb for $20 (averaged at $4/lb) and it's pre-sliced. Wow. Talk about paying for convenience. I chuckled to myself and tossed a whole ham into my basket.
If you're looking to save money, and in this economy I don't know who isn't, consider slicing your own meats to save some serious cash.
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