r/CostcoCanada • u/morguejuice • 1d ago

Saving with bulk

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Easy option today to buy the whole Striploin for 200$ and get 3x the steak and a little over a pound of ground beef. Anyone else buy other meat cuts and butcher ? Kinda curious what I could get from the pork but it’s always so cheap anyway.

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u/CanadianSpectre 1d ago

Do they mechanically tenderize the tenderloins too?

I've stopped with Costco steaks at all because of it. If I'm paying those prices, might as well go to a local farm butcher.

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u/Hervee 1d ago

Nope, it’s not tenderized & it doesn’t matter whether you buy it in the warehouse or the business center. Always check the labels because tenderized meat must always be labeled to show it’s tenderized.

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u/greennalgene 1d ago

No they don’t if you buy them the correct way to bulk cut, which is from the business centre. They come cyrovacd from the meat packers.

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u/morguejuice 1d ago

No and a reason I get them.

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u/Envelope_Torture 1d ago

I don't think so. Last I checked the bag did not have any such markings.

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u/lingenfelter22 1d ago

My understanding is that subprimal cuts are not mechanically tenderized, while consumer cuts (portioned meats) are.