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submitted 1 month ago by rekabis@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Looks like Roblaw’s at it again… robbing the working class to keep obscene profits rolling to the Parasite Class. And I bet the farmer who raised those turkeys get only a few dollars per.

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[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 month ago

They seem to be $2.50 a pound across Ontario at Independent (including the one in St Mary's), $2 a pound at some other Loblaw stores, both of which are cheaper than Walmart at $3 a pound.

Maybe the uproar made them change their price.

That said, I'm pretty sure my dad paid $80 for our 20lb turkey last year. I only remember cause he was bitching about it and I had to ask him if that was expensive lol.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago

Still didn't keep him from buying it though

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

I didn't say he was smart...

[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

Dollar per kg conversion for those numbers, this is /Canada on .ca after all:

  • The Turkey the dad bought last year: $8.82/kg
  • The Butterball in the picture may be as cheap as $7.45/kg, or as expensive as $9.11/kg
  • Walmart $6.61/kg
  • across Ontario at Independent $5.51/kg
  • other Loblaw stores are $4.40/kg

Were all the prices you saw the same brand?
I don't eat animals, so I don't really have a solid price in my head for what it should cost. I do remember as a child that Butterballs were more expensive, so we never had one.

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Yes, all the exact same product as the one discussed in the article.

(Except my dad's last year, I have no clue what he bought.)

[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

I bought a Butterball yesterday at my local YIG and it was $5.49/kg

Not the best price I have ever seen, but not terrible.

[-] dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

And what happens to all the ones they don’t sell? You guessed it, dumpster. Probably call the cops on you if you try to pull one out too

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

At least in Western Canada, dumpster diving has become impossible: all major chains now have fully enclosed dumpsters that attach to the side of the building, and can only be accessed from inside the building. Plus, most of these are compactor units, which crush the contents down into the dumpster portion that gets hauled away.

[-] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I would hope that they would be able to forecast demand reasonably well and use any extra for other products that might sell better in between holidays, like cold cuts, before it gets stuffed and packaged up only to end up in the dumpster.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Folks sometimes forget that actually selling the thing is a part of the greedy profit maximizing goal

[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 26 points 1 month ago

I love the one comment on the article calling $82 normal

About $9 a kilo,$4 a pound, yes that's about right. Lately chicken has been $11 a kilo.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In Germany good quality meat costs about 25 EUR per kilogram. Everything under 10 EUR per kilo is considered low quality.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i wouldn't say it's low quality, just not luxury meat.

like ground pork is perfectly fine, it's basically the definition of the concept of meat, it's just that a beef steak is pretty fancy.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This seems normal for western Europe. Meat prices will range from roughly 4 to 55 euros per kilo, ranging fro shitty chicken to prime beef cuts.

[-] quafeinum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I know you don’t realize how incredibly cheap food (even meat) is in Germany, that’s ok.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That's a normal price for semi-decent chicken.

Here, the price for a normal, decent chicken is 22 to 26 euros. It gets you a bird that has lived a normal life, has been outside most of its life, hasn't been injected with weird shit, has eaten normally and has led a regular chicken life. That's if you buy direct from the producer though (through the many ways to get stuff directly). Otherwise, you can possibly double the price.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

It’s hard to find good quality meat these days, I eat a lot less meat than I used to.

The quality is not what it was 5-10 years ago and the prices are much higher. When I go grocery shopping I feel like I scour the meat section for anything that is both a good price and looks good, and most of the time I just leave unsatisfied. I bought a chest freezer so now I stock up when there’s an actually good deal.

Vegetables have gotten worse too. I have to double check everything at the super store near me. Even things like beets and potatoes spoil quickly like they’re very old stock. I have to feel and smell everything before I buy it.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

better get em before they hit $100

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

If I buy the 82 dollar turkey today and sell it when the turkey market hits 100 do I have to declare turkey capital gains

[-] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yes but you have to declare it verbally in person while gobbling.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

did you take possession of the turkey or did you buy intangible turkey?

[-] DrPop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

This may be a home but yes, it's from 8949 which is reported on schedule d which is then reported on form 1040.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

We charge $6 to $7 per pound for our farm raised turkeys and many of them run over 20 pounds.

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I'm so stupid. I was like where else would turkeys be raised -- if not a farm? Then I remembered about factory farming and felt horrible.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's the thing. The industry actually calls them Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). They're literally shreds where the animals are kept and fed until they are big enough to harvest

Our turkeys live outside under the sky during the day and in secure open sided huts protected from the elements and predators at night.

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

LOL. And they say eating plant-based is expensive 😂😂😂

[-] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago

Butterball frozen turkeys are like 25% water, sugar, and salt. They're nasty. That's what I grew up on, And I thought they were the best of the best. One at Thanksgiving and another for Christmas! So great, plus the price is right, turkey is turkey, right?

My mother mocked me for buying something else one year, so I can understand why people would be shocked. The waited too long, they have no backup, they think that having meat is a requirement of a healthy meal...

But these birds aren't worth the electricity used to freeze them.

[-] adub@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

They probably lose 2-3 Turkey's for each one that makes it to market that is antibiotic free in the conditions they raise them in.

[-] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Fuck that shit. Guess turkey is off the menu… I’d rather do something else

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