Sandhusker
Well-known member
I've seen "worthless 50/50 trim" tossed about several times. I'd like to know who is trying to fool who, because I'm not buying the notion that it is worthless, or worth 8 cents as SH says.
In today's grocery flyer, shoulder roast is $1.99. Ground beef is $1.79, and I'm assuming it is 70%. If I have 100 lbs. of that "worthless trim", I would have to add 65 lbs of that shoulder roast to bring it up to 70/30 so I could sell it for $1.79. I now have 165 lbs of burger that I'm selling for 1.79 - this grosses me $295.35. Subtracting my roast expense of $129.35 leaves me with $166.00. That 100lbs. of "worthless trim" had value after all - $1.66/lb.
I realize this isn't perfect as I haven't accounted for grinding and mixing expense, but I think we can all see that trim is not worthless, and is certainly worth more than 8 cents. The questions that beg to be asked is; Why are we being BSed and should we have any reason to believe anything else from those that tell us that trim is worthless?
In today's grocery flyer, shoulder roast is $1.99. Ground beef is $1.79, and I'm assuming it is 70%. If I have 100 lbs. of that "worthless trim", I would have to add 65 lbs of that shoulder roast to bring it up to 70/30 so I could sell it for $1.79. I now have 165 lbs of burger that I'm selling for 1.79 - this grosses me $295.35. Subtracting my roast expense of $129.35 leaves me with $166.00. That 100lbs. of "worthless trim" had value after all - $1.66/lb.
I realize this isn't perfect as I haven't accounted for grinding and mixing expense, but I think we can all see that trim is not worthless, and is certainly worth more than 8 cents. The questions that beg to be asked is; Why are we being BSed and should we have any reason to believe anything else from those that tell us that trim is worthless?