{"id":1612,"date":"2013-02-03T09:58:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T14:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2013-02-03T18:19:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T23:19:06","slug":"comparison-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/comparison-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison shopping&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1613\" alt=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Our son-in-law Curt sends a picture of the grass fed beef case at the Central Market in Dallas.\u00a0 We found the prices, let&#8217;s say, &#8220;impressive&#8221;.\u00a0 Of course, there are all those wealthy oil men out in Texas.\u00a0 We followed (in parentheses) with the Thistle Hill price, assuming any individual cuts were available.<\/p>\n<p>Filet Mignon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31.99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(22.00)<\/p>\n<p>NY Strip\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a018.99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(16.00)<\/p>\n<p>Sirloin steak\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011.99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(10.00)<\/p>\n<p>Burger\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06.99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0( 4.50)<\/p>\n<p>No, this isn&#8217;t laying the groundwork for a price increase.\u00a0 Certainly, one reason prices for grass fed meat are higher than conventional cuts at the market, or on line, is that not only does it take more time to raise a grass fed animal (increasing the cost) but grass fed farmers, on the whole, aren&#8217;t bowing to the pressure from the big retail outfits to cut corners (and their prices) to serve the &#8220;big boys&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our son-in-law Curt sends a picture of the grass fed beef case at the Central Market in Dallas.\u00a0 We found the prices, let&#8217;s say, &#8220;impressive&#8221;.\u00a0 Of course, there are all those wealthy oil men out in Texas.\u00a0 We followed (in parentheses) with the Thistle Hill price, assuming any individual cuts were available. Filet Mignon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31.99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(22.00) NY Strip\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a018.99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(16.00) Sirloin steak\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011.99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(10.00) Burger\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06.99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0( 4.50) No, this isn&#8217;t laying the groundwork for a price increase.\u00a0 Certainly, one reason prices for grass fed meat are higher than conventional cuts at the market, or on line, is that not only does it take more time to raise a grass fed animal (increasing the cost) but grass fed farmers, on the whole, aren&#8217;t bowing to the pressure from the big retail outfits to cut corners (and their prices) to serve the &#8220;big boys&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-meat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1625,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/1625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}