Why is prices going up ludricous??? read the press! Everything goes up it affects the whole food chain. Watch Countryfile, read Farmers weekly, go to a livestock sale. Anyone heard of grain & fuel prices???
Some of you have no idea what it costs to raise an animal, to raise cattle on average each animal comes out minus. Pig farmers are going out of business everyday so on so on so please dont tell me about farming, meat etc perhaps its the supermarkets who damaged this country with price fixing and controlling the farms and abbattoirs. For too long meat prices who sooo cheap and now people have to understand that those days are long gone. Even so, the damage has been done.
Yes, demand, because of people who used to laugh a cheap cuts of meat are now buying it, its called "demand" same as any industry. Prices will increase. Sausages are still a good way of getting rid of the meat but its not cost effective, not unless you cook them on a stall, then you make money.
Agree, a few years ago I couldnt shift oxtail, but then there is only one tail per animal so its bound to have a higher price tag. Not forgetting good meat comes from fine beef cattle not some mongrel rough old tatt so once again better butchers arent going to sell crap. The butcher has to get as much return on his carcus as possible - now from cheek to tail
If you want good deals then buy half/whole lamb direct from the farmer, you can get 1/4 pig, you can also get mixed beef boxes. But dont expect a cheapo deal whole carcus prices are high particualry in lamb.
If you want a better deal then cut it up yourself!
Beleive me in a few years time you wont be getting deals on meat, countries like China are pushing demand and the overall production costs are higher than ever. Supermarkets wont be able to control costs.