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That's situation normal up in these parts.
Only one store in my area sells full packers and even then they don't even know when they're going to get them in.
I wake up every morning and thank my lucky stars that I live in Texas. They sell them in the 7-11s here. "Oh honey, can you run down to the convenience store, pick up a gallon of milk, a dozen eggs and a 16# Prime full packer for me please?"
Just messin' with ya wcpreston, just consider SRF or some other online source to tide you over. You'll be ok, take a deep breath. Inhale, exhale. Now don't you feel better?
"Part of the current boost is attributable to a seasonal demand jump in Texas, which buys up half of the nation’s retail briskets in the second quarter, according to Sarah Havala, a commodity researcher at Topco Associates LLC, the largest American retail food-group purchasing organization."
Well that's crappy. I buy all my packers at Costco. I have seen them at the local WalMart Super. Never checked them much though, but if that's the case I may have to go there if the meat drought is going to happen at Costco.
Which I find as odd. Sams Club is owned by WalMart so you would think that the meat would be the same. On Sams Clubs website it says they carry prime brisket
Last edited by AverageJoe; June 21, 2019, 10:08 AM.
Tryin' not to light my beard on fire east of KC MO. Pit Barrel Cooker for smokin', Char-Griller for grillin' and the cutest little no-name instant read thermometer you've ever seen to keep me from screwin' up!
1) This is Costco being Costco. Sometimes this happens with all the products they carry, and it can be a bit maddening.
2) This is a prime (pun intended) opportunity for you to explore local butchers as an alternative. Costco briskets are great in my opinion, but I found a local butcher who had even better because it’s fresher. If they weren’t so dang far away, they’d be getting all my brisket bucks.
Lots of good alternatives presented here. The main issue for me is that Costco’s Prime packers are the cheapest cut of beef anywhere around by several dollars/lb. Very rare to find beef on sale under $3.79/lb, which is the typical price at my Costco.
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