Grocery Prices Are Plunging
- Wal-Mart effect combines with deflation to eat away at margins
- Two-for-one sirloins? How about a nice deal on a wagyu steak?
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Call it the Great Grocery-Store Giveaway of 2016.
In Austin, Texas, Randalls slashed prices for boneless beef ribs by 40 percent, to $3.99 a pound. Not to be outdone, the H-E-B grocer down the street charged $1 a pound less. Not long ago, Albertsons advertised a deal you don’t normally see on your finer cuts of meat: “buy 1 get 1 free” specials on “USDA Choice Petite Sirloin Steak.”