What’s up with the price of beef?

Try a chunk of beef or pork, use a stronger tasting cut that needs slow cooking. Cut it into 2" chunks and pan fry first, slow cook in your tomato sauce for ages until you can take the meat out and shred it easily.

I found marinading the pork the previous night in white wine, fresh thyme and garlic worked well.

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shizzler@reddit

For sure. Using short rib is ideal for this.

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vcsl14@reddit

Pork mince is actually the better product if you ask me. Most Asian dishes that require some kind of ground meat is normally pork mince. It’s used in so many different ways that beef mince just doesn’t cater for. It’s used in Stir fries, dim sum dishes, Indonesian staples.

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Worried-Penalty8744@reddit

Well beef mince nowadays is hardly fillet steak is it. Finest snouts and entrails

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shizzler@reddit

Fillet would make crap mince anyway. Chuck, brisket, etc is where it's at.

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cookiesoon@reddit

Yeah, guess your right but still tastes good.

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todorokimusa@reddit

£3.99 for 5% 500g mince pork in Lidl

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Worried-Penalty8744@reddit

That’s crazy for Lidl

https://groceries.asda.com/product/1000383159321

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Appropriate_Emu_6930@reddit

I agree. It keeps you fuller longer and is good for you.

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househelpuk88@reddit

Lean mince is always going to be better for you

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dbxp@reddit

Mix with quorn, the beef puts out fat and the quorn soaks it up, you end up with a good balance

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redsquizza@reddit

I find finely diced mushrooms to be a good filler for the likes of spag. bol. etc. where you'd use beef mince.

By the time it's cook down, it's almost unnoticeable.

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BravelyMike@reddit

Found Quorn mince to have a distinct mildly sweet taste

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dbxp@reddit

Haven't found that myself but it does have its own flavour, personally I like the blend though

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BravelyMike@reddit

Not hot from the pan, when meal prepping after being cooked and served cold from the refrigerator, quite noticeable.

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Acubeofdurp@reddit

It was big sugar who demonised fat, get with the times.

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

Saturated fats can still raise your LDL. The person you replied to wasn't wrong.

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Few-Display-3242@reddit

It's not the case. You can significantly reduce serum LDL by eating high fibre foods before high protein/fat meals. Ketogenesis has proven health benefits.

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

It's not the case.

What is not the case?

Post

You can significantly reduce serum LDL by eating high fibre foods before high protein/fat meals. Ketogenesis has proven health benefits.

Yes, and? I never argued against this, I would never as I learned in uni that the carb polymer chains create a gel, the gel binds the bile acids to be excreted. That then forces the body to create more bile acid and can pull cholesterol from the bloodstream and can lower LDL.

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Few-Display-3242@reddit

I guess my point is, your argument is irrelevant. You're saying sat fats are bad becasue they raise LDL. I'm saying: no, they're still good, this disadvantage (your argument) is nullified when the diet is even more optimised.

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Appropriate_Emu_6930@reddit

Not correct. We are mammals.

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Appropriate_Emu_6930@reddit

Animals don’t defat food they just eat it as nature intended

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

What are you even talking about?

And what part wasn't correct. Come on, if you're going to call something out as wrong then you need to first state what is incorrect (at the very least) and then actually explain why it's wrong. "We are mammals" means fuck all in this context.

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jonewer@reddit

Basically we have been lied to by Big Carb who have deceived us into becoming obese by making us not eat saturated fat but by eating the Daemon Sugar instead (even though we're actually eating less sugar than we were a hundred years ago, but you can prove anything with facts)

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

What the fuck is going on with these replies? Every time I fucking read something I feel like I should be fucking smelling toast right now.

Can somebody follow the damn conversation and keep things in context to what is being spoken about?

Saturated fats raise LDL cholesterol. That's a fact. Fats are better off and healthier when they come from things like nuts, avocado, seeds ect, these LOWER LDL. That's another fact.

even though we're actually eating less sugar than we were a hundred years ago,

Yeah that's bullshit unless you can provide a source.

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LitmusVest@reddit

So... Let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel?

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GodsBicep@reddit

What does being mammal have to do with this lmao

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househelpuk88@reddit

Wild education standards

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Appropriate_Emu_6930@reddit

Nope, full of collagen and other goodies. We need fats. I’m lean and I eat the fat. Low fat Greek yoghurt etc is bullshit too

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deathmetalbestmetal@reddit

Bullshit how?

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Few-Display-3242@reddit

Because they pump it full of sugar because it tastes bad without it. then they tell you to slther fruit with it and eat it for breakfast. That is basically a sugar sandwhich for breakfast taken with a calcium pill.

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deathmetalbestmetal@reddit

Ah yeah this old bit of Reddit nonsense. It’s not pumped full of sugar at all. Usually has a fraction more in exchange for dramatically lower calories and more protein.

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Few-Display-3242@reddit

Why would you get your calories from sugar when you can get them from fat - where those fat calories condition your body to metabolise fat faster for energy?

Why would you resort to the processed dairy product crap, full of chemicals to make it more appetising, when you can just have the real thing and live like you evolved to? You think the cows and grandmas are after your soul, or is it more likely the nameless billion dollar chemical companies?

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LambonaHam@reddit

Not emotionally.

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Few-Display-3242@reddit

It really isn't. You need the fat to make testosterone.

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Zaphod_79@reddit

Very hard disagree. Tried using 20% for chili a couple of days ago. It's one of my favourites and I cooked it the same as normal but I couldn't eat it. Absolutely disgusting. Just threw the leftovers away and they were grey and shiny.

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t-a-n-n-e-r-@reddit

Yes. It raises my lasagne game significantly.

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zeelbeno@reddit

I did the calculations and you'd get less actual beef for your money going 20%

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cornishpirate32@reddit

That's why it's like £2 cheaper, but the point still stands that things like mince in tomato sauces benefit from the extra fat contents, and if you're making brown sauces with it you just use some flour to make a gravy, burgers, meatballs etc benefit from more fat.

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Ritalin5@reddit

yeah if you want spaghetti al gloopy brown grease.

most people drain the fat.

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annoyedatlife24@reddit

This! Anything that calls for beef mince you want a minimum of 10% fat content

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Difficult_Tea6136@reddit

Does it taste better? Absolutely

Is it better for my waistline? Absolutely not.

Could I just eat less of it and manage my macros? Sure. Will I? Fuck that, I'm a hungry fuck.

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Ok_Attitude55@reddit

Local beef prices are up as demand is high. Imports which would push the price down are not happening due to global trade issues from Trumps tariffs to middle east Drama.

So beef is more expensive, but on the plus side it is British farmers seeing the benefit for once.

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re1d@reddit

It's depressing I had to scroll so far down the thread to find the best answer.

It's supply and demand, nothing more, mainly from lower imports. UK Farmers do not set the price for very many products, and definitely not beef.

Lots of Irish beef went straight over to the continent as the price offered there was better than the UK.

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TreatFriendly7477@reddit

It's got to the point where I've found that Tesco is now about the same price as my local farm shop butchers. The difference being I can point to the field where they raised the farm shop animals they're selling.

I hope that the supermarkets are now being made to pay market price as farmers are producing less so they can choose their buyers.

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Lessarocks@reddit

You’re lucky. My local butcher is charging £5.49 for 250g if mince so about £22 per kilo. That’s almost double Tesco. I guess I’ll be sticking to the supermarkets.

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TreatFriendly7477@reddit

Wow. That is expensive, the farm shop does special offer trays of 900g ish for £9.99 (think it's just gone up to £11.99 actually). I asked about fat content and the butcher said around 10% so even at £12 that's similar to Tesco.

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bluehobbs@reddit

I thought I’d try the butcher a week ago - £16 per kg for 10% mince beef. Yes it was better, but that’s literally double what I normally pay

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redsquizza@reddit

Yeah, everyone says shop local but butchers are for rich people.

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Lessarocks@reddit

Nice. The area of London I’m in just doesn’t have many alternatives. They have a farmers market in the town centre occasionally but it doesn’t sell meat - it’s mainly just French cheeses and nibbly things

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TreatFriendly7477@reddit

Ah yes. I live in the Cotswolds so plenty of farm shops.

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Valuable-Wallaby-167@reddit

Beef cattle prices have gone up, the price of feed has gone up, labour costs have gone up etc.

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Bayakoo@reddit (OP)

Yes but why

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naraic-@reddit

Farmers made a big push for higher prices and got them.

In general every few years the farmers get together and push for a higher price. That price is one where they make decent profits. Then over 3 or 4 years those profits get eroded by cost increases and farmers make thinner profits until they make a big push again.

Add in increased labour costs from minimum wage increases in super markets.

Fundamentally though the beef market is a bit broken as too much of the cow ends up as pet food.

10% of the cow is going to consumers at £40 a kilo, 10% is going at £7 a kilo, 15% is going somewhere in between those rates. Then the rest is at 50p a kilo and being used as pet food.

Ive been told by people working with immigrants that they are complaining that cheaper cuts of beef arent available in supermarkets. I reckon that you could sell an additional 10% of the cow at £3-£4 a kilo in ethnic supermarkets and discount supermarkets a lot of price pressure would disappear.

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Valuable-Fork-2211@reddit

You are talking nonsense, I've been a beef farmer for 25 years and can promise you not once in that time have farmers been able to dictate the price of beef leaving the farm. This year there are 140k less cattle to slaughter in the UK, but this is coupled with a general shortage of cattle worldwide too. Supply and demand controls the price, not farmers having a "big push".

Interestingly the price of beef peaked around £7/kg deadweight a few months ago, I'm now being offered £6.20/kg so presumably the shelf price will ease a bit too as the supermarkets pass those savings back to their customers....

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Bodster88@reddit

Absolutely pissing in the wind on Reddit mate.

They probably aren’t even aware of the Foot & Mouth outbreak that occurred in Germany that screwed up beef and other markets.

I had a whole shipment of bacon turned away from the port in France as it had a small amount of pork origin from Germany.

Then people wonder why prices are going up. 🥴

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w3sticles@reddit

I don't know the ins and outs of foot and mouth, but that's fair enough. I don't think we want piles of charred livestock littering the countryside again

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EbonyNivory19@reddit

Why are supermarkets still recording record profits

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Laurence-UK@reddit

They're not. Asda reported yesterday a £600 million LOSS for the previous year

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River562@reddit

The above user was wrong in saying the farmers increase prices to make ‘decent profit’, it’s more like ‘to not go bust’.

From the prices raises you see in store, the farmer only see a tiny increase.

Theres always an argument between the farmers and the shops as to who’s responsible for the price increases. If you want the answer just think about this: shops are reporting record profits; farmers are reporting record suicides.

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jonewer@reddit

So many good cuts that we just can't get. Tongue is rare as hens teeth but you can buy it pressed and sliced in a little plastic pouch 😞

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worotan@reddit

Get used to ever-increasing prices due to the effects of climate change.

Harder to grow crops in weather that swings from increasing extremes, much more social and political unrest making supply chains less stable, etc.

It’s all predicted by climate science. We prevent it by reducing our consumption, but that’s too much like acting responsibly for most people. They just want meme reasons why they shouldn’t have to do anything to deal with our problem, except complain about the effects of us all ignoring the loud message from climate science - reduce your consumption now.

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Objective_Mousse7216@reddit

tl;dr;

It's all gone up.

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Suitable-Record-7095@reddit

Tits up^

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Dimac99@reddit

Udders up?

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Ironfields@reddit

Except my wage. Funny that.

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cccactus107@reddit

Funny how everything is blamed on "increased labour costs" when wages haven't gone up and more work is expected per person.

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hairybastid@reddit

Well the minimum wage has gone up, and I suspect that most of the employees involved in the actual production of beef , from farm to supermarket, are at, or slightly over, minimum wage. Not that I'm defending employers or retailers with their huge profits.

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cregamon@reddit

Supermarkets make tiny profits as a percentage because the UK has one of the most competitive grocery markets in the world.

Which is why Asda are finding themselves in serious trouble

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HiveHallucination@reddit

Yet, they have record profits. And ASDA has been taken by private equity firm and saddled with debt.

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TheLonelyWolfkin@reddit

Asda have been run into the ground by their owners. Aldi and Lidl are having no issues because they're run competently.

The fact is that someone somewhere expects more money and higher profit margins and that's why we're paying more. Simple as.

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cregamon@reddit

Yeah agree on Asda, the management is completely at fault.

But beef prices are up across the board, for a variety of factors, it doesn’t matter if you buy it from a Supermarket, butchers, farm shop or a bloke at the market you’ll pay more for it.

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Ritalin5@reddit

oh boo hoo

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thickwhiteduck@reddit

And cost of employees has gone up due to employers NI

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thickwhiteduck@reddit

And cost of employees has gone up due to employers NI

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Mgo32@reddit

I always worry when the minimum wage goes up, cause they are making up for that elsewhere,usually in the shops. It's a lose lose for the majority.

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HeelysForDogs@reddit

This has been studied exhaustively and the benefits of increased wages more than make up for the relatively small increase in prices that follows. Minimum wage going up typically boosts other low-mid wages too. Wages are not the only cost for a business, and increasing them does not increase prices 1-to-1.

Assuming that you are on a low or average income anyway. If you're a very high earner you'll see none of the benefit directly while still paying higher prices, but most would see that as an acceptable outcome.

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Mgo32@reddit

Maybe so, I only see poor people getting poorer, I may be incorrect but minimum wage increase helps no one I know.

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DeezWuts@reddit

If it didnt to up they would absolutely still raise the prices.

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imahumanbeing1@reddit

Minimum wages have gone up quite a bit but sadly the next level jobs have stayed largely the same - wage compression is definitely an issue atm

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Appropriate_Paint_29@reddit

As a % against risk factor retailer profits are absolutely nothing. Against ppp cheap food in the uk is something we excel at. The only relative expensive goods are down to the high government duties

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FitConsideration6529@reddit

Booze, smokes, fuel. All high for one reason... (not that I disagree with the taxes)

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cccactus107@reddit

I work in food manufacturing, the cost of minimum wage increasing is offset by having less workers and more automation. For example, this year we're replacing 28 workers with one packing machine.

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Purescience2@reddit

Don't forget the increased employer NI contributions. Can't even begin to fathom how much that'd cost a large supermarket chain.

In an ideal world the money would be removed from profits and c suite salaries/bonuses.

We don't live in an ideal world.

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stuaird1977@reddit

Minimum wage and employers NI contribution went up.

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PraterViolet@reddit

But don't worry, the cost of that will be passed on to the consumers - bonuses and dividends will be safe for the board members. In fact, they'll probably increase!

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bottle-of-sket@reddit

Well yeah, duh. They are a business not a charity. A listed company needs to pay dividends or no one will invest in them, they are not going to operate at a loss through sheer altruism, they exist to make a profit. Supermarkets are not even particularly profitable - it is a hugely competitive market with margins of only 3% on average.

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Ritalin5@reddit

so?

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KyeMS@reddit

I think most people would agree with you. But the person you replied to is right, and you or I complaining about that isn't going to stop that from being the case

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bottle-of-sket@reddit

Wages have gone up on average. The average annual growth in wages is 5.6% as of March. Minimum wage has also gone up. Employers national insurance has also gone up which comes under labour costs. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/averageweeklyearningsingreatbritain/may2025

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Mean-Attorney-875@reddit

The labour cost boils down to fuel cost. Those tractors are hungry.

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_No_Use_4_A_Name_@reddit

Let's all get on board and go on strike

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bluejeansseltzer@reddit

Try being a cow

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draughtpunck@reddit

Are they underpaid and overworked as well ?

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bluejeansseltzer@reddit

Apparently they’re going up in value and have been since January!

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Crazy-Bluebird6099@reddit

Dont have a cow man

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Whisky-Toad@reddit

Seems like a good time to have a cow

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Loud-Ad9148@reddit

Check out the price for a small tin of paint in B&Q wtf!!

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highrouleur@reddit

well I mean, paint is 45% beef

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astromech_dj@reddit

Cozzy Livs, innit.

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Iwantedalbino@reddit

dead weight prices

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AddictionisHell@reddit

It’s so cheap. I go to my butcher and pay less than that and it’s much better meat !

Bought a huge piece of rib eye steak today for £9.96.

Bought 12 chicken thighs for £7.

Support your local butcher , why line the pockets of fat cats. Also it’s locally sourced meat so a smaller carbon footprint so it’s a no brainer.

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aleopardstail@reddit

remember this next time you hear "official" inflation figures

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No_Watercress8348@reddit

The same mince I got a few weeks ago was £3.50 now £6, my eyes nearly fell out of my head

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CurvePuzzleheaded361@reddit

Yup. Tesco finest was about £5.25 and now £6.20. Huge jump.

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JedsBike@reddit

I googled the answer- Beef prices are increasing due to a combination of factors, including high demand, reduced supply, and rising production costs. These factors are influenced by a range of issues, including weather patterns, government policies, and global market trends.

Hope that helps

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vox_libero_girl@reddit

Did you just get whatever AI overview said on your search? Lmao

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JedsBike@reddit

I did! Come on - why is it being asked in here - it’s a simple search away.

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worotan@reddit

AI data centres are disastrous for the environment, so you’ve demonstrated how thoughtlessly people deal with the problem of climate change.

Anything other than reducing your consumption, the one way that climate science urges us to act.

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stevecrox0914@reddit

Its being asked here because OP is hoping for someone who knows about the topic.

As someone who has spent years developing AI..

For Gemini they've ingested the internet and the model builds a database of what it finds.

It uses your search to find results and merges them into a single result.

Gemini could be usibg an NFU article or a series of angry facebook posts by someone who has never left London.

The way it generates text from merging can pick up weird rules, leading it to 'hallucinate' results.

Your answer should be treated with as much respect as mike in the pub after he has had a few too many pints.

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MarthLikinte612@reddit

We can tell because the answer contains nothing of any substance

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Ok-Salary3550@reddit

What "substance" are you expecting from a Reddit comment?

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danabrey@reddit

God, I keep seeing this attitude recently. "Why are you asking a question of humans on Reddit, the answer is an AI google away". No, it's not.

What you posted is just a word soup, there is no evidence, no sources, no actual information. Just a likely bunch of words that might appear after that question.

If you'd googled and found a reputable, verifiable source that discussed why this was the case, that would be different. But don't start looking down on people for not doing what you did and blindly reading the two sentences Gemini AI has given you. It should be the other way around.

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JedsBike@reddit

It’s a clear and concise answer - OP isn’t looking for a dissertation

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danabrey@reddit

But it could be bollocks. Does that not matter?

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JedsBike@reddit

So could anyone’s opinion on Reddit! I do take your point though.

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danabrey@reddit

Sure, but a human's opinion can be backed up with sources and explanation and context.

Or, if it's just unsourced bollocks, ignored entirely.

We're giving the AI word soup the same gravitas as the former.

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BulkyAccident@reddit

This is the extent of a lot of people's information gathering nowadays and it's only going to get worse.

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KeyLog256@reddit

This is the MASSIVE problem with AI. It isn't "super scary and is going to take over the world because it is way more intelligent than us!" it is utter crap, but people are blindly believing what it says.

I'm 1000% sure u/JedsBike is a decent intelligent chap and took the Gemini AI answer in good faith, but that's the problem. It isn't thickos and lazy buggers doing it, it's ordinary intelligent people.

Gemini is wrong way way more than it is correct, but this specific answer is arguably even more worrying. It is probably correct, based on answers we've had from actual farmers (I know a Caleb type who works on farms not far from me, he's said much the same thing, beef farming is expensive) but as u/MarthLikinte612 points out, it's just word salad. It may be correct, but it isn't giving any context, substance, facts, figures.

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peteZ238@reddit

Outsourcing intelligence and thought. What could possibly go wrong huh?

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cryptonuggets1@reddit

So supply and demand?

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ProffesorPrick@reddit

It always is with stuff like this

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Boldboy72@reddit

ain't it funny though that with lower yields, crop failures and reduced supply, the prices go up and there cannot possibly be an incentive to the farmers to have reduced supply, lower yields and crop failures. No incentive at all.

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SlightlyIncandescent@reddit

I've noticed it too and it's going to need to keep going that way unfortunately. We're looking at a potential water crisis in the future and we use more water to create 1kg of beef than we use for a year of showering.

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circling@reddit

It's good, actually. Eating intensively-farmed mammals is terrible for the planet in all sorts of different ways, as well as being horrendously cruel.

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worotan@reddit

Lots of people complaining that the effects of climate change they hoped to ignore and leave to later generations are affecting them now.

Tiniest fucking violin in the world for them.

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smushs88@reddit

We can’t be far off getting to price points for items where they just don’t sell and wastage increases?

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ControlExtension9062@reddit

Blame the immigrants

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Spock32@reddit

Just checked my Tesco order history, on Monday this week 500g 5% mince £4.79, July 2024 it was £3.49, 37% increase in less than a year

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BravelyMike@reddit

The price increased from £3.49 around March this year. Can confirm as I buy 500g 5% fat beef mince once a week. Used to think it was a bargain at £3.49.

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BravelyMike@reddit

Found the sweet spot is 5% fat beef mince for bolognese.

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BravelyMike@reddit

Haha glad somebody else noticed this price variation, and it is across the board; Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, etc.

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DigitalStefan@reddit

£210 for roughly 15Kg of a mix of beef products from our local smallholding.

£206 for 20Kg of pork, plus a load of free trotters if I ask for them. Which I do because they are amazing and I made jokbal out of them last time.

£168 for around 16Kg of lamb

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annoyedatlife24@reddit

£168 for around 16Kg of lamb

That's actually a very good price, compared to what I payed the other month. Where is this local smallholding?

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DigitalStefan@reddit

Yes their pricing isn't terrible. They do sell smaller boxes, but we didn't bother because of having the chest freezer

They are in Llandrinio, Powys. About 25 minutes from Shrewsbury. Argae Cottage.

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Still_Wrap4910@reddit

Starting to see a closer representation of the true price, meat tends to be sold no where near the price it takes to rear, slaughter, prepare and pack it, remember reading somewhere that if we paid true prices you'd be paying £20 for a small steak, pack of mince etc and better cuts, roasts etc would be close to £50-60 but that was a few years ago too.

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flyingmooset@reddit

It’s curtains for beef

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EntireFishing@reddit

There was a radio advert in Birmingham many many years ago for a shop that sold Venetian blinds and their tagline was it's curtains if you go anywhere else

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doctorgibson@reddit

The bloodiest beef in the reach

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JohnLennonsNotDead@reddit

Piss flaps to that, sir

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Milky_Finger@reddit

Expect to see chicken restaurants completely take over burger joints. People just aren't ready to pay £20 for a burger with 4 chips in a metal weaved basket.

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Raz_Magul@reddit

With the way prices are rising, human flesh is becoming more and more appealing

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TravestyTrousers@reddit

Brexit, basically. The cost of importing cattle feed has increased exponentially.

So all those morons who voted for something they had no clue about are to blame.

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zombiezmaj@reddit

Its why we've started going to farm shops. Find they can now be cheaper... our local one also slaughters on site so its as fresh as possible

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MacGroo@reddit

Meat is expensive, and it should be. The meat industry is horrendous for the environment.

Go to your local butcher instead. Still expensive, but less harmful and better quality meat.

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Terrible-Group-9602@reddit

Go veggie 😃

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Main-Arm6657@reddit

Between rising feed costs and labor expenses, it's no surprise beef prices are climbing. Feels like we're heading toward a point where mince might become a luxury item. Really makes you consider cheaper protein alternatives these days.

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yukizasa@reddit

Try the ones with higher fat content like 12%, much cheaper

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Active-Task-6970@reddit

Yuck!

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Dapper-Message-2066@reddit

20% is best.

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Active-Task-6970@reddit

5% is the best. Why do you want all that fat making everything greasy? I get wanting fat in steak. Not on mince.

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Dapper-Message-2066@reddit

It doesn't make things greasy.

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MidlandPark@reddit

Drain off the liquid fat. Fat is good for flavour

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rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit

Found the person who likes skimmed milk.

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Active-Task-6970@reddit

Semi skimmed. Of course. Nobody drinks full fat milk!

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

I'm drinking a glass of full fat milk right now.

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rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit

I disagree. Fat is where the flavour is. Buy raw milk and you can taste the cow.

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

If it is too fatty, drain the excess after frying. Use in your roast potatoes. Really lean mince isn't very tasty.

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Harrry-Otter@reddit

12% is the optimum IMO.

5% is a bit overly lean and gets quite dry. Higher percentages are a bit overly fatty and require a lot of draining unless you’re doing on the BBQ.

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thegerbilmaster@reddit

Guess you don't like flavour?

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Bayakoo@reddit (OP)

Only 0.25 cheaper

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DrHenryWu@reddit

And tastier

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jayjaytuk@reddit

Give man a bit of beef , he will feed his family Give him a cow and he has an extra mouth to feed

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bowen7477@reddit

The steaks are high

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azkeel-smart@reddit

Still way too cheap.

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TimeNew2108@reddit

What's up with the price of everything

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hotchy1@reddit

I'll just need to fo the British thing. Give a right good moan about it, and buy my mince 🤔

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FairyDani92@reddit

Meat shouldn't be this cheap anyway. I was actually shocked to see a chicken on sale for £5. It's heavily subsidised and people should look to reduce consumption for health, animal welfare and environmental reasons.

Demand means it's almost impossible for higher quality and welfare meat to be produced. There are plenty of non meat alternatives available and we have gone backwards with all the factory farms.

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rainz_gainz@reddit

The steaks have been raised.

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Low_Understanding_85@reddit

It's way too cheap due to government subsidiaries.

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ThrowawaySunnyLane@reddit

Steaks have been raised

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Emergency_Mistake_44@reddit

Braised, even.

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Mean-Attorney-875@reddit

Watch clsrksons farm and you will know why. Fuel is the main driver. Feed has trippeled This beef goes up.

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Jimmy_h4t99@reddit

And the squeeze on reduced stock numbers because of net zero targets, because cows fart

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ACoffeeBeanOnTheEdge@reddit

Look. I don’t know who you are, I’ve got no beef with you. The price, it can be.. life changing, capisce..?

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Round_Caregiver2380@reddit

Aldi 10% is what I get now. It's like £3.10 or something.

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Basic-Finish-2903@reddit

What's up with all the Russian propaganda trying to stir shit?

Damn, Russians would love to afford it.

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rubber_galaxy@reddit

How is it Russian propaganda to say that the price of mince has increased? Is it propaganda to say that energy prices have risen the past 3 years?

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cyclingisthecure@reddit

Strange ive never noticed since I started doing what all the immigrants are doing, just walk out with a trolley full, the security guard is a mild inconvenience but they dont do much just go around them

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b-roc@reddit

All the immigrants? Really?

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cyclingisthecure@reddit

Rounding up for effect. The others use their free money cards at least

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Judging_Jester@reddit

It’s mooooooving on up

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Daniito21@reddit

gotta eat less beef i suppose

spoiler alert: you'll be fine

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UrticateSeven@reddit

National Insurance increases

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DigiNaughty@reddit

That's just fucking ludicrous.

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Daniito21@reddit

i lol'd

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JustChineseWhispers@reddit

Honestly, I wish to hurry up lab grow meat it would solve a lot of problems.

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ShowerAlarmed5397@reddit

20% used to be £2.49 a year ago, it’s £3.50 now

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patpouti@reddit

£7.70 for 500g of mince meat (Waitrose) where I live. Switched to shopping at Aldi

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DigitalStefan@reddit

Prices go up.

Depending where you are you may find a local or at least reachable farm shop outlet or independent smallholder selling bulk meat raised well.

Prices remain pretty static or at least don’t increase rapidly over time.

Also the quality is much higher, meaning it’s better for you.

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Hot_Earth8692@reddit

£2 a burger at my local butchers. Will still pay it because the quality is fantastic, but still.

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DigitalStefan@reddit

We buy massive boxes of either pork or beef (have yet to try the lamb). Literally so much in the box that I can barely carry it more than 10 steps. £205 at a time.

I chuck £52.50/month into a saving space with Starling so that we can, if we need to, buy a box every 4 months. Helps we have a chest freezer.

Best meat we’ve ever eaten. Can literally taste how nutritious it is.

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Zyaru@reddit

Dinner round yours tonight then, cheers mate

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DigitalStefan@reddit

BBQ at the weekend. Got plenty of pork in at the moment.

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whatthebosh@reddit

£100 a kilo for sirloin in the butchers where I live

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Material_Tiny@reddit

Now check the price of fish.

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

You can do better in Aldi, and get the 10 or 20% too. Still good value, per kilo for any meat tbh. I stretch mine a lot with beans or lentils these days too.

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Bayakoo@reddit (OP)

Yeah. It’s just the convenience of online delivery. Wish ALDI had it at the same prices

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UltraFab@reddit

Lamb mince is even more, I paid £7.50 for 500g from the small Sainsbury's near me. It used to be £5 for the organic version

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CriesWhenEjaculates@reddit

That's my favourite song by The Smiths.

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Appropriate_Emu_6930@reddit

Steaks is high

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Justboy__@reddit

What’s this got to do with the price of fish?

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Boldboy72@reddit

farmer friend of mine told me a few months ago that beef is going to rocket in price this year so I'm not surprised.

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walkthelands@reddit

Did they give any reason why?

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Boldboy72@reddit

he said cost of feed, fuel and vets had risen and are rising fast. Farmers are cutting back on their stock to cut these costs so there's also a shortage of supply. there was some complaining about regulations but I usually tune him out when he starts that (farmers love to complain)

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walkthelands@reddit

yeah, that all makes sense...I dont know how farmers do it, so much pressure and most of it they have no control over!

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EatingCoooolo@reddit

Apparently no one eats red meat.

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RarestSolanum@reddit

Might be a pricing error, mis-steaks happen

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HDher0@reddit

Quality has gone shit too. £4.20 for 300g diced beef that slow cooked still chewed like an old boot

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Duanedrop@reddit

Yep noticed it shot up. I just don't buy beef anymore. Guess the Poor's won't be able to afford any meat soon. (Don't eat pork, not religious)

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Easy-Equal@reddit

I think thats the goal they keep baning on about the need to reduce meat consumption for the environment

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Objective_Mousse7216@reddit

Let zem eat ze bugz

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DrHenryWu@reddit

You will eat ze bugz

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DimiRPG@reddit

As another comment noted, demand has increased and supply has decreased: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg41n37990o .
Also: ' (...) competition between supermarkets had previously been keeping the price of beef down, so it was only a matter of time until customers were hit by cost increases.'

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