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Box A Rox
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Do you buy quality food, or do you buy cheap food.  
What is your priority?  Price or quality?

I have never understood anyone shopping at Walmart Supercenters for food.  Dog food maybe or
things like laundry detergent, but to buy fresh produce or meat??? No way.
Unless you are starving and have no choice... why would anyone shop at Walmart for food?

The Fiscal Times, 12 Worst Supermarkets In America
2nd worst goes to Walmart Supercenters:

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With currently over 3,000 in the country, Walmart “Supercenters” stock everything
from dairy products to home ware. The super stores received scathing reviews on service,
a poor review on food quality, a mediocre score on cleanliness and had the highest
percentage of shoppers – 32 – who experienced three or more problems. However, they
did get a “highly satisfied” score on price. Despite customer complaints, the retail giant
continues to expand and open more supercenters across the country.





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The 12 Worst Supermarkets in America
THE FISCAL TIMES

12. Stop & Shop
11. Acme
10. Ralph's
9. Pick ‘n Save
8. Food Lion
7. Weis Markets
6. Tops Markets
5. Jewel-Osco
4. A & P
3. Shaw's
2. Walmart Supercenter
1. Pathmark

The Financial Times
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/04/13/The-12-Worst-Supermarkets-in-America.aspx#page1


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They must be doing something right I see people shopping there all the time and their prices are competitive.


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I hae one near my home and produce is fresh, but meat products is not something I would buy from them...
actually, I don't buy meat products from Price Chopper or others...I go to small family owned butcher shops


JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!!  
JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!  
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Unless you buy from a local meat shop, you have NO idea where the meat you buy is coming from.. that goes for Hannaford and price chopper as well as Walmart, Nothing has been produced that says meat from Walmart is inferior to meat from other chain markets....It's the walmart stigma that turns most people off , instead of the facts.


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can't beat their prices on everthing...won't buy meat ther...

.compared to Price Chop..  their prices are "CHOPPED" low enough.....Buy 1 ...get 2...or reversed .....not worth it....they price other things UP UP UP...

and people fall for gimmicks...and about the gas.....will pass on that...
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Quoted from joebxr
I hae one near my home and produce is fresh, but meat products is not something I would buy from them...
actually, I don't buy meat products from Price Chopper or others...I go to small family owned butcher shops


Their meat isn't to bad but like anyplace if you want the best cuts or marbling you are going to pay higher prices.


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They must be doing something right I see people shopping there all the time and their prices are competitive.


If PRICE is your priority, then shop the cheapest.  If you buy the "cheapest" and disregard
quality, then Walmart is as good (or as bad) as the rest of em.

Do you really want the cheapest possible chicken?  The chicken that no restaurant would buy because
of quality issues?
Do you want a factory produced tomato, or a chemically induced quality?  Do you want GOOD FOOD,
or do you just want 'food'?

We all have to make choices when we shop.  We at one time could have bought a YUGO if price were
the only factor in car purchases.
There are other choices than Walmart "always the lowest quality... always" policy.

Some local co-ops offer free range beef, bison, elk etc.
Cows were designed to eat grass, not grain.  Grass fed is a very different product than feed-lot
grain fed.  
I seldom buy "ground beef" and when I do I try to buy grass fed.  Ground bison is a much better
product than anything that you can buy at Walmart.
If you look at a package of local ground bison it will be red, like a raw steak.  If you look at
supermarket ground beef, it's pink. The more fat the pinker.
I tried a dozen organic free range eggs a few years back, at $3.75 a dozen.  The quality was so
much better that I've not bought another supermarket egg since.

There are options out there if you look for them.  The more people who support local farmers
and "quality instead of quantity" farm products, the more these farmers will prosper and grow.
  



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If PRICE is your priority, then shop the cheapest.  If you buy the "cheapest" and disregard
quality, then Walmart is as good (or as bad) as the rest of em.

Do you really want the cheapest possible chicken?  The chicken that no restaurant would buy because
of quality issues?
Do you want a factory produced tomato, or a chemically induced quality?  Do you want GOOD FOOD,
or do you just want 'food'?

We all have to make choices when we shop.  We at one time could have bought a YUGO if price were
the only factor in car purchases.
There are other choices than Walmart "always the lowest quality... always" policy.

Some local co-ops offer free range beef, bison, elk etc.
Cows were designed to eat grass, not grain.  Grass fed is a very different product than feed-lot
grain fed.  
I seldom buy "ground beef" and when I do I try to buy grass fed.  Ground bison is a much better
product than anything that you can buy at Walmart.
If you look at a package of local ground bison it will be red, like a raw steak.  If you look at
supermarket ground beef, it's pink. The more fat the pinker.
I tried a dozen organic free range eggs a few years back, at $3.75 a dozen.  The quality was so
much better that I've not bought another supermarket egg since.

There are options out there if you look for them.  The more people who support local farmers
and "quality instead of quantity" farm products, the more these farmers will prosper and grow.
  



Not all their products are bad quality, they sell higher quality cuts of meat but you will have to expect higher prices, that applies for any market or local butcher. Some foods I will not buy at Walmarts because their is better quality items at other places and it is worth spending more to get them, other foods not so much.


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If PRICE is your priority, then shop the cheapest.  If you buy the "cheapest" and disregard
quality, then Walmart is as good (or as bad) as the rest of em.

Do you really want the cheapest possible chicken? The chicken that no restaurant would buy because
of quality issues?

Do you want a factory produced tomato, or a chemically induced quality?  Do you want GOOD FOOD,
or do you just want 'food'?

We all have to make choices when we shop.  We at one time could have bought a YUGO if price were
the only factor in car purchases.
There are other choices than Walmart "always the lowest quality... always" policy.

Some local co-ops offer free range beef, bison, elk etc.
Cows were designed to eat grass, not grain.  Grass fed is a very different product than feed-lot
grain fed.  
I seldom buy "ground beef" and when I do I try to buy grass fed.  Ground bison is a much better
product than anything that you can buy at Walmart.
If you look at a package of local ground bison it will be red, like a raw steak.  If you look at
supermarket ground beef, it's pink. The more fat the pinker.
I tried a dozen organic free range eggs a few years back, at $3.75 a dozen.  The quality was so
much better that I've not bought another supermarket egg since.

There are options out there if you look for them.  The more people who support local farmers
and "quality instead of quantity" farm products, the more these farmers will prosper and grow.
  


Box. where's your proof on produce and meat @ walmart specifically?
I'm assuming that you buy your beef at a local independent shop because the big chain markets buy the same way walmart does..

And as far as meat color, the redness can come from dyes but more likely, an exposure to oxygen...that is what turns meat red..it is NO indication of the freshness.


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And as far as meat color, the redness can come from dyes but more likely, an exposure to oxygen...that is what turns meat red..it is NO indication of the freshness.


FRESH  ground Bison is red.  You can make it pink by adding more fat.  Since Bison contain much less
fat per pound than beef, especially artificially fattened beef, the product is red compared to beef.

But forget about Bison and try free range grass fed beef and compare it to standard feed-lot beef.
See if you taste the difference.  


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And as far as meat color, the redness can come from dyes but more likely, an exposure to oxygen...that is what turns meat red..it is NO indication of the freshness.


FRESH  ground Bison is red.  You can make it pink by adding more fat.  Since Bison contain much less
fat per pound than beef, especially artificially fattened beef, the product is red compared to beef.

But forget about Bison and try free range grass fed beef and compare it to standard feed-lot beef.
See if you taste the difference.  


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Speaking of steaks try this stuff out next time to make one, make sure you buy a decent steak



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Box. where's your proof on produce and meat @ walmart specifically?
I'm assuming that you buy your beef at a local independent shop because the big chain
markets buy the same way walmart does..


My proof??? I don't have proof.  I offered a consumer report review on supermarkets who found
"Walmart Supercenters" SUCK!  How did they put it:
a poor review on food quality, a mediocre score on cleanliness
If food quality and cleanliness are unimportant to you... then keep on shopping Walmart.
Bon appetite!  


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FRESH  ground Bison is red.  You can make it pink by adding more fat.  Since Bison contain much less
fat per pound than beef, especially artificially fattened beef, the product is red compared to beef.

But forget about Bison and try free range grass fed beef and compare it to standard feed-lot beef.
See if you taste the difference.  


I can't stand Bison...it's just too gamey for me. I tried it from two different butchers and had the same opinion.
To eat Bison, I would have to do the same thing I do to venecin...mix it with ground beef.
With ground beef, you need an amount of fat for some flavor...to me, 95/5 meat/fat content ground beef is just as undesirable as the 75/25 stuff that turns your grill into an inferno.


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