Farmscape for April 29, 2025

A retired southwestern Manitoba butcher-meat cutter suggests families can trim their food costs and at the same improve family communications by eating more meals at home and by shopping for bargains at the grocery store.
The unstable political climate in the United States and the tension that is causing is one of the factors being blamed for steadily increasing food costs.
Hubert Muckel, a retired southwestern Manitoba butcher-meat cutter, says hardest hit are families with children and people on fixed incomes like pensioners.

Clip-Hubert Muckel-Retired Southwestern Manitoba Butcher-Meat Cutter:
I have noticed price increases of up to two dollars a pound on certain items.
Hamburger is high in protein and you can stretch a pound of hamburger for a family of four, no problem at what so ever.
So, stay away from things like ribeye steaks and rib roasts and stuff that you should afford maybe once or twice a year.
I go out a minimum of once a week for breakfast and I noticed it went up in the last two weeks, from one week to another, my breakfast that consists of two eggs and three sausages and patties and a coffee went up from 15 dollars to 17 dollars.
I know the coffee went up and egg prices went up but two dollars is quite a hike.
I'm afraid the restaurants will push people away with the high prices.
It doesn't make sense to go dine out once a week and spend more money on that one dining out than you would do three or four suppers at home.
So, stay at home more often and put the name of family in family meal again and enjoy yourself.

Muckel recommends, with spring barbecue season coming up, checking prices and avoiding the food fads that add cost.
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