Warning: trust the price per pound math, not the sticker

My neighbor Dave swore by buying the family pack of chicken thighs even when I only needed two, said it always comes out cheaper per serving. Well, I tried his trick at the Kroger on 5th and the pack was 3.2 lbs at $1.99/lb. After trimming fat and bones, I got maybe 1.8 lbs of actual meat, so that 'cheap' pack ran me $3.54 a pound once I did the real math. I went back to buying single thighs from the butcher counter and my weekly total dropped by $4. Has anyone else caught this trap with bulk meats, or is Dave just clueless like me?

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milessmith26d ago

Man, same thing happened to me with pork shoulder last month... ended up paying like $5 a pound after all the fat and bone came off. Dave means well but that math only works if you actually eat every scrap of it.