Re:The Shut-In Economy
by madcaptenor on Thursday March 26, 2015 @02:57PM
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In Atlanta (specifically, the Buford Highway Farmers Market) I regularly buy 10-pound bags of chicken legs for $0.99 a pound, and I've seen them as low as $0.69.
The comparison isn't quite apples-to-apples as legs have bone, but I can't imagine I'm paying over $1.50 or so for the meat.
Note for non-Atlantans: we don't know what "Farmers Market" is here, this is basically a large grocery store with a good produce section.
That's easily doable, at least here in the southern US. I regularly buy $10/3lb of chicken tenderloins. You can do much better if you're prepared to buy in bulk. Of course, venison is cheapest, if you're willing to kill it yourself/eat fresh roadkill/get the excess from hunting friends. ;)
Catfish runs about the same here as chicken, but tilapia can be had for super cheap. Of course, that's another one you can get for almost free after the investment of a fishing rod and a weekend.
Your egg prices are insane. I can buy 60-packs of eggs for $8.72.