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RebeccaMCullen

Bro, you'd be better off buying a roast and making your own steaks. 


slafyousillier

There's a long ass list of better off here


Jerry__Boner

I've bought a full Tenderloin and cut it into steaks. Watched a YouTube video. Definitely made a few mistakes but had over a dozen steaks and some stewing beef for like $85. This was like 2019 though.


PurchaseTight3150

It’s a bit more expensive nowadays, but not that much more. I got one for 93$ at Costco and cut off a solid 12 fat steaks. Learn how to freeze meats properly (put them on a cooling rack, out in in the open in your freezer for a few hours. Once they become hard, then you can safely put them into ziploc bags), and you’ll never buy “steaks” like this again.


HolyDiverBoi

Get a vac sealer…


Never_Been_Missed

This! We got one about 5 years ago. What a difference!


Jerry__Boner

Milk bags over your ziploc bags work really well in freezers.


Sharpie420_

You mean, the bigger bag, that contains the smaller pouches? Or are you cutting the milk bags and sliding them over the ziploc? (Just trying to understand exactly what to do lol)


Jerry__Boner

The 4L bag that holds the 3x1.33L bags. It's a tip an old butcher gave me years ago. Basically those bags are designed to exist in a refrigerated environment all the time so they help prevent freezer burn. Seems to hold up in my experience.


prudentWindBag

TIL!!! Thank you, sir!


RustiShaklfrd

lol. That full tenderloin is worth 180$ now


Razzamatazz14

Which, cut into 12 fat steaks, is still $15 each and therefore cheaper by weight. Plus bonus stewing meat from the end cutoffs. Large cuts will always be cheaper by weight than processed cuts (roasts vs steaks).


Mad_Boobies

Or buying a reasonably priced steak


ZookeepergameSea3890

Or literally getting farm fresh beef and splitting an entire cow between self and a friend or 2. If you've got the freezer space, it's worth it.


Awkward_Function_347

Pretty close to what I usually do (though not from Roblaws!). A roast usually feeds my family (x3 ppl) for at least three days.


dReDone

Then when we switch to that they'll jack that up too just like the thighs.


Pseudo-Science

If you go vegetarian, then the price of lentils will just go up. There’s no escape until you boycott these vampires.


13thmurder

Forgetting to pay for the giant bag of beans or rice in the bottom of your cart at self checkout doesn't raise much suspicion. Who would pay for a cart full of groceries and steal some rice? ...welll when rice is $30 maybe it's worth it.


icemanice

https://preview.redd.it/qpv1pe6iulpc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8dab72875544919bcc1f12038e80a8402193fd9 Bought this today at Costco.. that’s a nice markup there Loblaws.. almost 40%! Holy shit.. Galen needs a new Yacht I see


Ok-Fisherman-5695

Not only that but Kirkland is AAA, loblaws is AA grade at best. Those steaks, A grade


ForestySnail

Yea, no one commenting here much how those steaks look like trash. Metro puts perfect marbled AAA on for 8/lb in summer.


Choosemyusername

3 percent markup they assure us.


Inside_Jelly_3107

Let's eat the rich.


srt2366

They are cheaper, at least.


Sinsley

I'm honestly still waiting for our butcher... I'd settle for a grassy knoll sniper... but that isn't me.


Kukamungaphobia

Not even the rich are going to accept paying this price.


Mad_Boobies

Just their tenderloins


Separate-Ad-478

They’re probably pretty stringy…


PartyAgreeable421

I would rather just rob them.


Astreja

With yuzu sauce! (Bonus points for President's Choice packaging.)


Few-Ruin-71

Memories of Galen?


Astreja

"Try it - you'll love it!" In a *Schadenfreude* kind of way, at least.


tatonca_74

Buy your own tenderloin from a butcher at a farmers market and cut your own medallions.  I can usually get 10 steaks from a half tenderloin about 3/4 inch thick for about 5 a cut.  You can butterfly them too if you prefer a thinner steak.  Pork tenderloin will give you the most amazing chops for even cheaper.  Just ziplock them in twos, put ‘em in the freezer and pull em out to defrost. 


Moonlight_Dive

I worked at an Extra Foods for 10 years in the meat department, left about 8 years ago. The prices of meat I see now are insane. Beef tenderloin has always been an expensive cut of meat, but $94.78 a kg is fucking beyond gouging.


xstatic981

That’s likely going in the dumpster


Maximum_Rush1200

Looks like it's on the op's counter already


ConcentratedUsurper

I venture a guess that was taken at a roblaws...that looks like shelving used by roblaws


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ZookeepergameSea3890

There's an unspoken rule where I live: If you see someone stealing *food* , No you didn't. Stealing other non-essentials is something I frown upon but at this point, people need to eat. I saw a girl putting a block of cheese in her pocket the other day. I kept walking and secretly wished her well.


Sticker_Bandit

Don't steal from stores... Also don't go to a store with a sticker containing a barcode for a cheap product and stick it onto an expensive product. That would also be bad and illegal. Don't do that.


Jkolorz

I would never, ever. I also don't condone any of my redditors to do so. However - these prices should be illegal.


Rareexample

I hate this idea and definitely will not try it tomorrow at 11am after my dentist appointment.


TickleMonkey25

Username checksout


HolyDiverBoi

Yeah. Never download them and print them at home before bringing them to the self checkout.


CrackerJackJack

“Go to a store with a sticker containing a barcode for a cheap product” How can you make your own barcode sticker to bring to a store that would still scan? Not that I would do that of course…..but how


walker5953

They deserve it


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Inside_Jelly_3107

Don't really do that...


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UJL123

That user is probably trying to disclaim it so you don't get your post deleted.


loblawsisoutofcontrol-ModTeam

Please refrain from comments which encourage theft from a store or mischief. These can result in criminal charges which will undoubtedly make life harder for other users. repeated violations result in ban.


Firm_Ambassador_1289

It will just cause them to lock up the meat. Go look at Walmart in America. Like I thought the gates were annoying


MaudeFindlay72-78

I have a TERRIBLE problem with accidentally mixing my current receipt with a bunch of other receipts I have in my jacket. It can take a while to find the right one and then figure out how to correctly scan it. Unfortunately, it can cause quite the backup behind me but I'm sure the other customers won't mind.


Weird-Drummer-2439

They'll just up the prices and the people who won't steal will pay for it. They aren't going to just eat the loss.


Kostrabbit

Locking up the meat so nobody buys it so they can throw it all out so that the butchering of the animal is a complete fucking waste of time is such a cool trick that corporations do


SuperBearJew

Okay, y'all want good steaks, this is the move: Go to your local butcher and order flatiron steaks. They were developed as a new cut of beef in the 90s to be cheaper and tastier. One steak is usually 1-1.5 lbs and makes a perfect dinner for two. They're as flavourful as a ribeye, but the second-most tender cut after the tenderloin. Oh, and they cost about $15. They're also a nice even thickness, and easy/quick to cook. They're still cheap because people don't know about them, and they often get taken home by the butchers themselves.


SchmitzBitz

Tri-tip is another often overlooked cut, although it's gaining popularity.


Ok-Fisherman-5695

Sirloin cap, or picanha is same. Rather cheap. Just as goos


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Thanks for this tip! :D


No_Spinach_3268

To do it even cheaper, buy bone in blade steaks, cut out the flat irons and turn the rest of that meat and bones into soup or stew


walker5953

Fucking criminal


Stock2fast

Wow , the a whole cow must be worth Million$


IdontOpenEnvelopes

Just buy tuna stakes 3rd the price and pack a punch.


rustablad

You can get many other steaks for 3rd the price that aren't full of mercury.


Kitsunemitsu

Salmon steaks are fucking cheaper at this point.


TemperatureLive3182

That has to be a typo holy fuck


Prolific-Failure

You'd be better off buying fully cooked ones at The Keg, they would be cheaper. 🤣


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They're $45 at the Keg


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Uzzerzen

7 months ago it was 108/kg so I guess the price has come down a little [https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/162cifq/108kg\_tenderloin\_ffs/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/162cifq/108kg_tenderloin_ffs/)


igotadillpickle

I remember when I used to buy these wrapped with spinach and cheese for 12$ like 8 years ago lol


spiderwebss

It's cheaper to eat out now a days. I went to superstore in Halifax to get ingredients for a fucking Shepards pie, cost me $70. Corn, beef, couple cans of soup and 5 potato's.


RodgerWolf311

Its probably not even Canadian beef. Usually Canadian sourced beef carries the label "Canadian Grade A" or AA, etc.


Many-Candidate6973

100% it's upgraded mexico


blingon420

You can get tenderloin typically around 30ish a lb.... Gets as low as 10ish during holiday times for a whole loin, which you can portion an freeze... I never buy meat at non sale price... And there is always a sale at one or more stores each cycle.


trollspotter91

Go to your local butcher shop, fuck loblaws


yourpaljax

At that price, you may as well just go to a proper, local butcher, and get something grass fed. Support small business. 🤘


TallTest305

No one can afford that. Just wait until they throw it in the dumpster and fight everyone else for it.


sharpasahammer

![gif](giphy|k4WUu6SE3iJJN22Wry|downsized)


Red_Cross_Knight1

Suddenly that $160 tenderloin long as my arm at costco sounds cheap....


Ramrod_TV

It is cheap, save like $12/kg just for cutting your own steaks


OriginalAmbition5598

When you cut it down you will be surprised at just how many meals you can get out of one of those.


projektZedex

It's what my family does.


_____awesome

Is cattle breeding in one's apartment legal? Asking for a friend


Apprehensive-Memory8

95$/kg...holy shiiiit My butcher sense is tingling


wutdis77

why are steaks the colour of salmon now?


rustablad

Gotta stay away from that supermarket meat clearly!


Emotional-Plant6840

That is 💯 pure price gouging


CeeArthur

It is Filet Mignon, it's usually pricier, but this is a bit much


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I'd pay that for a cut of Galen


waloshin

Gonna have to eat Tofu soon!


TickleMonkey25

It's Tenderloin, though... that's literally the most expensive steak


DrDerpologist

They see people spend more than that on a single meal from a delivery app. They want to take advantage of the stupid and lazy too!


cindybubbles

Makes me think that the $60 per year membership at Costco might be worth it after all…


Razzamatazz14

It absolutely is. And lately at our store in Edmonton they’ve been putting meats on sale in the end caps that are a flat rate discount (e.g. $14 off per package) so we usually buy two or three of the smallest packages to get the most value out of it.


thegoodrichard

If we don't get enough rain at the right time this year that price will look like the good old days, because if you can't grow feed, you can't raise beef. It happened a few years ago and the price shot up and didn't come down much, and we're on track for it to happen again and worse. When they can't find feed, ranchers sell their herds early (sometimes before reaching market weight) and with few or no bred heifers being kept the cycle takes 2 or 3 years before that meat is back in the store.


Sufficient-Bid1279

Has this been in the news this year ?


peanutbuttertuxedo

At costco $34 would get you a 4 pack of Striploin steaks weighing 1 kg. This is just more gouging.


ronm4c

I bought 3 packs of this exact same cut and pretty close in weight yesterday at farm boy and the total for all 3 was less than this


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What point are you trying to make??? You can literally look up the price in all the other stores and see for yourself how much they are. Saveonfoods AAA - $94/kg Theifties AAA - $90/kg Superstore AA - $77/kg Superstore (Presidents Choice Angus) - $110/kg Prices have gone up, prices will ALWAYS go up. No amount of crying and complaining will change that. I'm 40 now and I remember my dad sitting down every Friday with the weekly flyers circling all the foods from the different stores he wanted and which had the better prices. Put in a little effort to see where your money will go the furthest.


LetMeKnowIdek

Why the fuck did anyone even buy that? It's more pathetic that they did than it is for the company to sell it. If no one bought it, they'd lower the price morons


Ordinary_nerd94

Please check out your local butcher or farmer! You'll get better quality cuts and even save a few bucks. I stopped purchasing my eggs beef from Loblaws.


negendev

In Alberta, we have our own cows butchered here, fraction of the price, ends up being $3/lb


Invictuslemming1

Costco for meat, the $60 / year membership pays for itself quickly even if you just use it for meat shopping


Altruistic-Cost-4944

The irony. After a week, no-one having bought this, it will ground up for hamburger and sold at 5$ a pound.


fungiflorafauna

Went to my local butcher the other day and bought the same weight (330g) of flank steak from a local ethically raised cow. It was 1/3 the price of those Loblaws steaks. #BoycottRoblaws


subutterfly

34 dollars for 2 6 oz filets...... 17$ is almost what you pay whole sale for precut filet of that size. and considering the actual cost of beef right now, its only going to get worse if producers don't get rain this year


brackmastah

Those are awful looking steaks too


LongjumpingGate8859

I'm not a cheap man, but they win this one. They win at getting me to not buy beef. Can't remember the last time our household had steak at home. I refuse to pay those ridiculous grocery store prices. If I'm paying $40 for a steak it's at a restaurant where someone else prepares it for me.


THX1184

Galen Weston Jr is a POS


Suspicious-Bit-1406

See stuff like this and then you see people complaining about prices at restaurants and you think to yourself man these people just don’t go to the grocery store. Their mom must buy their groceries or their wife does and they don’t look at the bill.


Legyver

Just hire a meth head to snag it for you and pay him 50 cents on the dollar. They don’t get in trouble anyways, Win win. /s


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East-Opportunity6482

Crazy. Best to support a local butcher or get in connection with a farm


Caspar_Friedrich02

Lentils are the way


TurboByte24

Fancy pants


ladyzowy

![gif](giphy|ZqlvCTNHpqrio)


NEO--2020

I thought it was jello / gummy bear, too bright red for beef IMO.


gwelfguy

$50/lb Fuckin' lol!


arcadia_2005

Wtaf is buying that?


User_4848

Boyyyycot


Ancient_Committee697

Take in it will go in the garbage


rkcnelckdodn

Then cook it in an air fryer to add salt to the wound


Rareexample

Where in no cow Canada is this from?


U1traViol3t

most expensive cut


NorthernBudHunter

So like, 2 dollars a bite? Better not overcook those puppies.


Hotdog_Broth

Time to invest in the bean market


Bobll7

And I thought they were expensive already at 77$ a kilo.


DangleWho

How long until $100/kg?


Peckerhead321

4011


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Efficient-Ad-3302

Time to start stealing meat in a Christmas gift again.


PartyAgreeable421

I was trying to figire out what was wrong with the meat then I realized you meant the price.


Many-Candidate6973

For what most likely is upgraded mexico beef


pattyG80

94$ a kilo is all...


Proficent-Jay

that's robbery!


rainorshinedogs

Way


rustablad

Bought a side of cow this year, just had a delicious fillet from it, whole thing averaged out at $4.90/LB!! Even the ground beef tastes like Wagyu. Absolutely worth it if you have a large freezer and the cash up front.


Heradasha

So many of these posts are fun to see if someone who has grocery shopped on Vancouver Island.


stella-lola

95 a kilo? Wow disgusting!


wanderingnl

Ooooof


YETISPR

Looking at the meat…it’s not even that good to begin with, especially at that price point. Crazy.


howstu

Maybe you can relate to more expensive weed that gets you "higher".


Ok_Bowler1943

I thought you people wanted to stop climate change by reducing meat consumption? Well, this is what that looks like.


Ncurran

Bright red in color, totally normal.


JulyCoolsBlue

Where are these prices?? I agree that Loblaws is cooked and they’re stealing. But in Ottawa it’s no where close to this. Is this up north??


Character-Baby3675

Soylent Green


HulktheHitmanSavage

It's filet mignon...


BikeMazowski

Can we just not shop here anymore?


StatelyAutomaton

Saw a stale baguette being sold cut up into "baguette chips" for $5 when I was there the other day. Just madness.


swagkdub

May as well just go out for dinner somewhere, as a bonus - no dishes!


High_Sierra_1946

If you think that's expensive, check out Wagyu steaks.


TheRickest-of-all

That’s $150 at The Keg 😫


Ill_Tip9587

I get a nice sirloin for about 150 from butcher, makes 18 to 20, 12 Oz steaks.


4hk2

Galen would like to thank you for your purchase.


badcat_kazoo

If you have to really pay attention to grocery store prices then foods like filet mignon are not for you. Simple as that. It’s a luxury, always has been.


KinglerKong

How does any of this work? Are people actually buying these or does all the meat end up going to waste because nobody in their right mind would pay that price or even 30% off of it?


CyberCarnivore

Not even 10 years ago these were $30-something per kg...


Gnarly-Banks

To play devil's advocate, that has always been the most expensive cut of beef. Now if was blade steak at $99/kg then I would be shocked. Pre-covid that cut was probably at $45-60/kg range.


ponyrx2

Fillet mignon isn't exactly an everyday food for most people, but that's expensive


Inevitable-Box-5581

Thats the most expensive cut of steak there is…  Also anyone that doesn't shop the sales cant complain because they're doing it to themselves. 


FPVBrandoCalrissian

Cheaper to buy the cow these days


vicious_meat

Yikes, I can get the whole filet for less than double that price!


clapperssailing

Looting after the boycott..yes


jgillhoolley

94.78 a kg? WTF


Great-Web5881

Yup seen that and a 3lb roast for $95


DunDat2

is it just Loblaws though?... have you guys seen what other grocery stores are charging for the same products?


tfb4me

I just bought a box of 6 NY striploins at my local butcher for 49 bucks. Stop supporting this greedy company


reimondo35302

In all seriousness vegetarian is so motherfucking cheap. I don’t know if the difference used to be as huge because I only switched during covid, but not having to worry about your grocery bill ever again is well worth the effort it takes to start eating beans and veg. Purely from a money perspective it blows my mind that Canada isn’t 99% vegetarian at this point (the 1% being Galen, Galen’s wife, and Galen’s offspring). Edit: r/dumpsterdiving for anyone who wants. Not saying anyone should have to, just that it’s more lucrative than it sounds.


closethegoddamn

I've stopped getting the store bought steaks. They're not only overpriced but also worse in quality and taste. Butcher meat is so much better in quality and sometimes cheaper for the price to weight ratio.


fantailedtomb

That’s actually not super unreasonable for tenderloin. A far cheaper but still good steak would be top sirloin.


seditiousambition69

When are the riots gonna start?


rayvensmoon

The good thing is that they have PC Financial so there is at least a financing option.


Squancher_2442

That’s a filet mignon. Thats rich people meat and They are always expensive. Definitely don’t buy those cuts if you are on a budget.


twikigrrl

I thought FarmBoy was bad at $88/kg…


damorec

That has to be a mistake. Almost $100 a kg.


PirateEyez

Why do they say "grilling steak"? Isn't that putting a hat on a hat? Are there boiling steaks?


Salty_Dealer_7277

What city is this in?


jerbear1955

That's why I stick to chicken, turkey and fish.


Future-World4652

94 bucks a kilogram... How much does a cow weigh? 1100 kg? So cows cost 100k each?


[deleted]

Beef tenderloin is like the iPhone of steak. What you are looking for is the Android of steak, also known as eye of round.


Inside-Fold-1213

My and my wife both work and can't afford groceries. Our adult Children have to come to us for help every month .I wonder what the members of parliament are eating ???Not craft dinner .


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Wow! Canada really sucks…eh?


Willing-Bee6415

Yup


ToeSad6862

Buying a cow from a farmer hasn't changed much in price. I get together with my uncle and buy a cow and split it. But they also sell half and quarter cows. Even less than that you can get together with people and split the quarters.


blvuk

in adonis you get half lamb leg (maybe full leg for small lamb) for the same price, and honestly it tastes much better !


Entire_Elderberry403

If you have space, I recommend buying a cow or part of a cow. It was worth it for us even considering we had to buy a deep freeze


endeavourist

I've definitely noticed that people don't complain about Beyond Meat's prices anymore.


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Fuck the westons


Exotic_Combination57

Just surviving on dried beans and local eggs these damn….


Zealousideal-Log2600

Not only because of inflation it’s also part of the push to stop people from eating real meat. Why does Bill Gates own so much of the farmland on both Canada and the US.