I bought a dehydrator to make my own, only to find out buying the meat to dehydrate cost exactly the same as and equal amount of already made jerky.
If a 16oz bag of Jack Link’s was actually $16 here, I’d start using the dehydrator again since the fresh, pre-sliced meat I’d use is only $8/lb.
witchybitchy@lemm.ee 4 days ago
it’s because they’re sold by weight and since all the water is gone, the jerky pieces weigh so little. to then make a 16oz bag, you gotta add a lot of jerky. backtracking to make that happen means you need way more meat, which means way more money to buy that meat.
I agree though that the prices are ridiculous. I think it helps to know why also.
Aquila@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
The bags are 8 oz now. Shrinkflation is double whammy
witchybitchy@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I just picked a number that sounded good enough lol. I checked the pic above to see what it says but it doesn’t have a weight