Originally Posted by SVTCobra
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by SVTCobra
That supply chain setup keeps prices low, hence why not too many butchers are still around, they just can't compete.
That's an interesting statement, I wonder if that's quite locale-specific?
Locally, butchers are quite popular. We have several in our town of ~100,000 people and nearby hamlet Lakefield has a staple butcher that recently expanded its operation. These places will also prep and cut deer for you if you hunt, along with other game.
We've shifted to buying all of our meat from the butcher at this point.
Back home from my part of Texas I only know of one butcher shop that is 45 minutes away. Here in my part of Michigan there are 3-4 butcher shops, all 30 plus minutes. To get to the closest butcher I could easily drive to 9 grocery stores to get the most common cuts of meat.
Don't get me wrong, butchers shops have their place and do generally have better meats. From a convenience standpoint though the chain grocery stores are hard to beat and are generally more ubiquitous.
That's wild, definitely quite different from here. About the only towns that I can think of that don't have a butcher, also don't have a grocery store, so you'd have to venture into a larger centre to get meat, at which point you have access to both.