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One small thing you could do
On your next shop, walk past the packaged meat case and ask the butcher counter what’s cheapest this week. Ask them to cut and portion it however you want — that’s the service.
The butcher counter at the little grocery near me cuts and portions meat however I ask, for about a third less than the packaged case. It felt like finding a secret door in a store I’d shopped at for years.
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