Chicken and Hamburger

**SammyS** · 06-10-2009, 01:50 PM

Since I'm new here, just want some thoughts on what's considered a "good price" for Chicken and hamburger! I found bonless, skinless chicken breasts for $1.88/pound and Extra Lean Ground Sirloin for $2.49/lb....thoughts??

**Domestic Gal** · 06-10-2009, 05:05 PM

A lot of it depends where you live.
I myself do not pay over $1.75 lb. for 85% lean ground beef.
$1.50 lb. for boneless chicken breast.
Actually it is super easy to bone out bone in breasts. They are on sale a lot for less than $1. So I have been getting those and boning them out.

**pinetree** · 06-10-2009, 06:19 PM

I just paid .77 a pound for chicken breasts, they were not skinned or boned, I did it myself. I bought alot and put in foodsaver bags & in the freezer. It will hold me until the next big sale.

I dont buy beef from the store, we get it by the half.

**rowdy35** · 06-10-2009, 06:21 PM

those are great prices in my opinion. I usually get the boneless skinless on sale for $1.99/lb and stock up.

the hamburger I buy in chubs at Costco. It is lean beef and it's in their freezer section.

**mombottoo** · 06-10-2009, 08:57 PM

In my neck of the woods both of those prices would be considered extremely reasonable! I generally pay $1.99 for skinless, boneless chicken breast (on sale) and $2.99 a pound for ground sirloin...

**Momto2Boyz** · 06-11-2009, 09:28 AM

Here, boneless chicken breast is usually about $1.99 regularly. So anything under that, I would think is a good deal. I normally buy regular chicken breast for .99 per pound and just debone them myself. It's not that tough!

For ground beef, I don't buy ground sirlion, so I don't know what a good price would be for that. I normally just buy extra lean ground beef, and I don't pay over $1.49 per pound for it. It regularly goes on sale for that, so I stock up when it is priced right! Although, with prices going up, I would imagine it's gonna start getting harder to find at that price!

**spyzvixxen** · 06-13-2009, 12:59 AM

Those sound like decent prices. Boneless/skinless chicken breast is normally 1.99. ShopRite mailed out a coupon this week for 1.49/lb in 2 weeks. You bet I'm gonna get the biggest pack they have. Sometimes I find markdown split breasts for 1.29/lb but it feels like they're less meaty & I've paid more for bone, so who knows.

As far as ground beef, I wait till the 85% goes on sale for ~1.99/lb then stock up. If you mean around 93%, then 2.49 is pretty darn good.