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Grocery Saving Tip: Watch for meat markdowns

Yesterday I went to our local Food Lion . I hadn't been in awhile and decided to check out their meat department. They had several packages of beef marked down and I bought almost every package. I got: Top round steak (I think 2.20lbs had sliced into stir fry strips) $3.93 London Broil (1.8lbs) $3.58 Chuck Roast (2.9lbs) $4.96 2 NY Strip steaks (1.6lbs) $3.48 2 packages of cubed steak (about 1 pound each) total for both $4.25 Beef kabob or stew meat (.90lbs) $1.63 For a grand total of $21.83 That should provide at least 7 meals (and should be leftovers for several of those). So if I said 10 meals (including leftovers) that would be around $2.20 meat cost per meal! That is an awesome deal! Here's a picture of my receipt. Sorry it's not better quality. It's kind of hard to photograph a receipt! :) It's best to go early and check your stores. Now, I was at Food Lion at about 11:00am but usually most stores have the most markdowns early. So make sure and check your stor...