The Meat N' Bone Difference
One of the core concepts behind Meat N' Bone is offering a superior price/value proposition than the supermarket. Sometimes it is hard to compare because we go above and beyond. Not only do we offer more variety, we have USDA Choice, USDA Prime, CAB, grass-fed, wagyu, wagyu-angus cross, etc.
Our cuts are steakhouse thick and individually packed in high quality vacuum sealed pouches.
Despite this, every time I go to the supermarket I can't help but compare. Today, while my wife was shopping at Publix, I spent my time at the butcher counter taking pictures!
Now, I cannot lie. I may be biased. Not only am I one of the founders of Meat N' Bone, I am also one of my best customers. I am used to consuming our product on a daily basis so the difference in service, packaging and products between Publix and Meat N' Bone is incredibly different (and far exceeds the chain supermarket's). Yet, pricing is in line. Many people make the common assumption that just because our website looks so good, then we must be more expensive. This is simply not the truth. When comparing our prices of a few standard cuts to that of those at Publix, I found some startling price similarities!
Meat N' Bone Vs Publix
Outside Skirt Steak
First, I looked at the Publix Greenwise Outside Skirt. It's something I used to buy often. It is relatively high quality choice, not Certified Angus Beef, but good quality beef, priced at $17.39/lb. Our Outside Skirt is actually a much better deal, priced at $16.99/lb and vacuum sealed; also a high-end choice.
Ground Beef
Next I looked at the Publix Greenwise Ground Beef. It was nicely priced at $5.99/lb; cheaper than our's priced at $7.50/lb. So yes, Publix Greenwise Ground Beef is 25% cheaper than our lean ground beef. Taking this one step further, if you buy their regular ground beef, it's even cheaper!
But not all ground beef is the same. The majority of ground beef today comes pre-ground from gigantic meat processors where the risk of contamination is far greater and accounts for the recall over large geographic areas of beef products from time to time.
On the other hand, our ground beef comes from the same high quality prime steaks we sell. To me, that's worth a 25% premium!
The same applies to burgers. Burgers are generally a cheap meat product to buy because many producers simply use offcuts and cheap fillers to produce the burger patties. You can have Publix burgers, which are cheaper but far less superior in quality, or you can enjoy the delicious, juicy steakhouse-quality of our burgers featuring 1/2 pound of beef from dry-aged premium steaks. You will notice the difference in quality. You get 2 of our awesome burgers for $5.99 or buy 4 at Publix for $8.99.
Premium Beef Cuts
Now our NY Strip, Porterhouse and RibEye should never, NEVER... EVER be compared to anything sold at Publix. It's like comparing a Ferrari with a Ford Fiesta. Our cheapest Ribeye comes in at $9.99 and is $14/lb vs the cheapest at Publix at $11/lb. The difference is palpable.
Last but not least, I compared our newly launched Baby Back Ribs at $17.99 for a full rack vs Publix Greenwise at a few cents less.
This gives you an idea about how Meat N' Bone pricing (and quality) differs to Publix. Then again, we are comparing pears and apples. But it is a good thing because that means we are doing EXACTLY what we set out to do; offering Steakhouse Grade Meats, at supermarket prices (or close to!).
Factor in our cheap/free delivery (the time it saves you) and we actually may be cheaper than Publix.
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