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Old 05-08-2015, 09:52 AM   #1
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Is it me or have the prices of steak tips gone through the roof there. It's not fillet people. There seems to be less of a selection at both stores as well. I know prices are always on the rise but $13.99 a pound?
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Is it me or have the prices of steak tips gone through the roof there. It's not fillet people. There seems to be less of a selection at both stores as well. I know prices are always on the rise but $13.99 a pound?
normal tips have jumped over the past 6 months to a traditional $8.99lb unless you happen to get a sale a $6.99 or $7.99 and wineing butcher is double that? I know they are good but wow

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Is it me or have the prices of steak tips gone through the roof there. It's not fillet people. There seems to be less of a selection at both stores as well. I know prices are always on the rise but $13.99 a pound?
IMO they are not that good either. I like the WB for many things but I believe that they over-vacuum their tips and screw up the texture (they use a vacuum tumbler to marinate). Hannafords across the street has pre-marinated tips that are better, though I prefer the tried and trued gallon ziplock method with home-made marinades.
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Beef prices are through the roof right now......everything I'm getting from prime rib to chuck is up over two dollars a pound from our suppliers.
Some are trying to push Australian beef which is much cheaper but grass fed and very chewy.
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Yup, we picked some up last weekend too. They were very good for sure, but the $13.99/lb sure did leave a bitter aftertaste.
You can buy a quality strip steak, ribeye or even porterhouse for less than that.
We prefer to buy flap meat fresh and cut it to size ourselves. You can get it in quantity at BJ's in Tilton. My wife makes a great marinade, but when we don't have a lot of time, we use Lawry's teriyaki marinade with pineapple juice. It's as good as most mainades at the butcher shops. And of course, you realize that they get the $13.99/lb for the marinade too!!
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Just my opinion on a great marinade. Try "Soy Vay" marinade on your meats. Outstanding and available most everywhere.
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I second soy vay. My MIL broils steak tips marinated overnight in that and it always comes out AWESOME.
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Love their steak tips. Just had them about a month ago. At about a 1/2 pound per person, the 4 of us can eat for $30 ish. Compare this to going to the Canoe. We just went there a couple weeks ago, and I thought they were VERY pricey, (in excess of $30 for a steak or prime rib...cant remember which one), and service was marginal. $30 for beef in Center Harbor, NH??? Really??

Of course, going out to dinner anywhere is more costly than eating at home, but bottom line is that I think WB's quality and flavor of meat is great, even at $13 / pound.
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$3.99 - $8.99 Regional prices. I used to pick up a pound instead of going out to eat, as it was cheaper. Not so much, even though there are leftovers. For 10 extra dollars. I'll be served and still have left overs. And their tips are inconsistent. I can have a great one, and the hubs usually ends up with the chewy one.

But no doubt, I'll still go there when I have company.


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Hello all. Spoke with a friend who works for Pineland farms. While he cannot directly speak to national beef companies he does have some insight. Most suppliers have had wholesale prices to retailers, move from mid 7's to nearly 10 a pound in the last few weeks alone. The reasons are multiple and mostly political. I'm not going there so you can do you own research. Suggest you start 10 years ago with ethanol and keep chasing from there. That being said our visits to butcher shops in Gilford, Alton, and New Durham have yielded similar results, so my thoughts are the local guys have no control, and are not raising prices to tick people off. I agree that denuded flap meat isn't worth half of what the ranches are selling it for. Soon we'll all have a few cows in our backyard at this rate!
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IMO they are not that good either. I like the WB for many things but I believe that they over-vacuum their tips and screw up the texture (they use a vacuum tumbler to marinate). Hannafords across the street has pre-marinated tips that are better, though I prefer the tried and trued gallon ziplock method with home-made marinades.

I agree, especially with the texture of their turkey tips; way too mushy. I also use the 1 gallon ziplock method. I love the Sweet Baby Rays Honey BB-Q sauce.

If you think that their steak tips are too expensive, check out their crab cakes which are very good but currently $34.99 a lb.

I love their chicken quesadillas.
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Hello all. Spoke with a friend who works for Pineland farms. While he cannot directly speak to national beef companies he does have some insight. Most suppliers have had wholesale prices to retailers, move from mid 7's to nearly 10 a pound in the last few weeks alone. The reasons are multiple and mostly political. I'm not going there so you can do you own research. Suggest you start 10 years ago with ethanol and keep chasing from there. That being said our visits to butcher shops in Gilford, Alton, and New Durham have yielded similar results, so my thoughts are the local guys have no control, and are not raising prices to tick people off. I agree that denuded flap meat isn't worth half of what the ranches are selling it for. Soon we'll all have a few cows in our backyard at this rate!
I'll go there, when the government requires you to burn food for car fuel, prices go up, it's not rocket science people.

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Was in a butcher shop in Reading, MA today, and their tips are $17.99/lb, so WB sounds cheap. 😕
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in the end they are in the business to make a profit. If cost go up they raise prices until not enough people buy their product . At that price I would pass but if enough are willing to pay that's fantastic
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We like the butcher section at Hannaford's in Gilford. Stan is great and always cuts the meat exactly as we request it.
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I agree, especially with the texture of their turkey tips; way too mushy. I also use the 1 gallon ziplock method. I love the Sweet Baby Rays Honey BB-Q sauce.

If you think that their steak tips are too expensive, check out their crab cakes which are very good but currently $34.99 a lb.

I love their chicken quesadillas.
Their crab cakes are the best I've had but wayyy too expensive! Will only buy one for myself, every once in a while. WB has excellent prepared food and their desserts are just phenomonal! Wish prices were slightly cheaper so I only go once in a while as a treat
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We just picked up three packages of maple bourbon steak tips from McKinnon's at $10.49 per pound. While we have always liked the Wineing Butcher, we have found their steak tips vary in thickness whereas McKinnon's are much more uniform in size. When grilling WB steak tips often the center is done to my liking (medium rare), but an end may be much thinner and is well done.
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We just picked up three packages of maple bourbon steak tips from McKinnon's at $10.49 per pound. While we have always liked the Wineing Butcher, we have found their steak tips vary in thickness whereas McKinnon's are much more uniform in size. When grilling WB steak tips often the center is done to my liking (medium rare), but an end may be much thinner and is well done.
Where is McKinnon's?
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Where is McKinnon's?

The original one is in Danvers, MA. I'm not sure if they have another location.. I think they may.


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We often get the Key West chicken which we really like. We also like the steak house tips, expensive yes but very good.
One thing that I like about the WB is consistency. If we have unexpected company we can get the items that we like and be assured of the same product.
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I realize they are not in the Lakes region, but I am only answering a question from this forum. Here is a link to McKinnon's web site. They are the real deal. I have no relationship with them, other than being a happy customer.

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I stopped at the Wineing Butchers new shop in Pembroke next to Veanos.. Tips are $14.99 a pound there. I declined and left.

Has anyone else noticed that the business isn't the same since Andrew and Gretchen moved to VA?

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Who are the owners of WB now if they have moved to VA? I remember when either Andrew or Gretchen where serving the customers at their original location. Not that long ago!
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to the best of my knowledge .... Andrew & Gretchen STILL own them, they simply expanded.

If you are mystified by VA location -- Andrew went to VA Tech and loves the area.



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The other McKinnon's is in Salem NH
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they're new partners. This was when they were vamping up the Meredith location and thinking of expanding further.

I think the customer service is still great in Gilford. Wished they had more almost table ready food in the winter. Years past they had. This past Mother's day I was all prepared to bring lasagna and chicken parm down south . . . they had nothing but tips and chicken to offer. I had to go to The Prime Butcher in Hampstead, and know that their meat didn't even compare to TWB. So alas, I'll continue to be thankful they're right around the corner even if I'll need to drive to Meredith in the winter.

Note: I still think the price of tips is outrageous.

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Just my opinion on a great marinade. Try "Soy Vay" marinade on your meats. Outstanding and available most everywhere.
WOW. I just bought a bottle of "Soy Vey" and what a difference! The best marinade out there! Restaurant quality at home....
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I wish they would just close instead of not making food after a certain time. I ordered wings 15 minutes before closing and they turned me down because it takes 20 minutes to make them.
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I wish they would just close instead of not making food after a certain time. I ordered wings 15 minutes before closing and they turned me down because it takes 20 minutes to make them.
Most places with a kitchen do that. Last seating at a restaurant is usually an hour before close.

Considering all the other stuff the WB sells, why would they close early just because they can't make kitchen items?
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Fair. I was just really craving their wings the other day.
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We were going there every weekend last year but the costs are just so high. So now we just marinade our own and it's just as good and a lot cheaper. If you have to get them already marinated the Hannafords marinated choices are pretty good and definitely cheaper...
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they're new partners. This was when they were vamping up the Meredith location and thinking of expanding further.

I think the customer service is still great in Gilford. Wished they had more almost table ready food in the winter. Years past they had. This past Mother's day I was all prepared to bring lasagna and chicken parm down south . . . they had nothing but tips and chicken to offer. I had to go to The Prime Butcher in Hampstead, and know that their meat didn't even compare to TWB. So alas, I'll continue to be thankful they're right around the corner even if I'll need to drive to Meredith in the winter.

Note: I still think the price of tips is outrageous.
You should check out the Pembroke store, lot more selections including lasagna and chicken parm.

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I get my tips from a friend in the catering/restaurant business. Currently we pay $7.50/lb for stuff that blows grocery store meats away. We buy 30-40 lbs at a whack and split it up among a few people.

I used to love the firehouse steak tips from the Wine'ing Butcher. I wish I could get that marinade recipe!
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Angus tips, and nothing on them. $13.99 a lb. I'm going back to being a vegetarian.

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I don't even know where Pembroke but if I stumble into that town. And if it's on my way from Gilford without too much fan fare, I'll go. An hour and 40 down and then back makes visiting my mom and all day affair, particularly if she has doctors appointments.

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I don't even know where Pembroke but if I stumble into that town. And if it's on my way from Gilford without too much fan fare, I'll go. An hour and 40 down and then back makes visiting my mom and all day affair, particularly if she has doctors appointments.

I'll look them up. Thanks again.
From Gilford, take route 106 south to Concord all the way to the intersection of 106 and Rte 3. Actual address is 16 Sheep Davis Rd., Pembroke NH (which is rte 106)

Should be less than an hour from Gilford. It is about 5-10 further south on rte 106 beyond the Concord Sam's Club.
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they're new partners. This was when they were vamping up the Meredith location and thinking of expanding further.

I think the customer service is still great in Gilford. Wished they had more almost table ready food in the winter. Years past they had. This past Mother's day I was all prepared to bring lasagna and chicken parm down south . . . they had nothing but tips and chicken to offer. I had to go to The Prime Butcher in Hampstead, and know that their meat didn't even compare to TWB. So alas, I'll continue to be thankful they're right around the corner even if I'll need to drive to Meredith in the winter.

Note: I still think the price of tips is outrageous.
I'm thinking that places like The Wining Butcher and Prime Butcher and Mr Steer in Londonderry all get their marinated meats from the same distributor as the names are all the same (ie Key West Chicken, Steakhouse Tips, etc. )
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So I was there last night buying some baby back ribs. Almost $25 a rack? I happened to notice the steak tips are now $14.99 lb. Wow! Enjoy!
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Thank you so much! You really helped to make our B-B-Q a meal to remember. I bought sirloin steak on sale at Hannaford's, cut it into tips, marinated them in 1 gallon zip-lock bags, with the Soy Vay, Very Very Teriyaki marinade and they came out fantastic. That is a great product.
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We went to Hannaford's this year. Saved $5.00 per pound on the steak tips. Nobody noticed the difference!
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I did the same, Hannaford's Tips Yo****a marinade and they were great and tender! @14.99LB marinated plus the weight of the marinade, that's wrong!
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I think the owners of the Wineing Butcher may soon be Wneing themselves when they lose customers due to very high prices.
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Bought tips Memorial weekend at Hannafords in Meredith I believe they were around 7.99/lb They were very tender and tasty everyone who tried them loved them.
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Just my opinion on a great marinade. Try "Soy Vay" marinade on your meats. Outstanding and available most everywhere.
After reading this post, I had to try the Soy Vay Teriyaki Marinade. I purchased an Angus beef sirloin steak and cut it into equal size pieces. I then rubbed the pieces with Mrs. Dash steak blend spices. I placed the tips into a Ziploc bag and added the Soy Vay marinade. I let the tips marinate overnight turning them several times. I grilled the tips on high heat for about 9 minutes turning them often. The tips came out great. My wife said they were better than the tips we purchased at the WB.
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I bought some steak tips there last week for $6.99 and I can't believe how tender they were. Lawry's marinades have no MSG etc. were on sale last week at Shaw's. I mix a bottle of 'mesquite' and 'herbs and garlic' to make the marinade. Soak the tips in the mixture for 4 hours. BBQ on low heat for an 1/2 hour and it was the best tasting, tender tips I have experienced!

So much for the Wineing Butcher, let them whine.
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I used to love WB, but prices are just not worth the value. The ONLY butcher shop worthy of charging those prices is Dom's. There is zero comparison to their signature steak tips. However, I branched out recently and had their Hawaiian Cowboy tips and they were UNREAL. I won't go into detail, but if you know Dom's then there really isn't a debate.

Needless to say, WB will likely feel the kickback.
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I used to love WB, but prices are just not worth the value. The ONLY butcher shop worthy of charging those prices is Dom's. There is zero comparison to their signature steak tips. However, I branched out recently and had their Hawaiian Cowboy tips and they were UNREAL. I won't go into detail, but if you know Dom's then there really isn't a debate.

Needless to say, WB will likely feel the kickback.
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is this Dom you speak of?
Doms is a meat provider in Malden Mass but you can get their product in many places now... http://www.domsausage.com/Locations.aspx
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Doms is a meat provider in Malden Mass but you can get their product in many places now... http://www.domsausage.com/Locations.aspx
It doesn't look like they have any locations in NH. I get all my meat from Heath's in Center Harbor. Yum Yum!!
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It doesn't look like they have any locations in NH. I get all my meat from Heath's in Center Harbor. Yum Yum!!
If you want Dom's steak tips in NH then go to Buckey's. Either order the steak tips there, or, my favorite is the steak tip sub in a hoagie with extra tips. I grew up a steak n cheese guy...die hard. Nothing better then good shaved steak n cheese (Boston, not Philly), however, Buckey's steak tip sub will hands down put any other steak n cheese sub to shame. Don't believe me? Prove me otherwise...and while you're at it, order it with chips because the chips they make there are just as good.
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I love this marinade. The best part is all you need is the meat. Open the pouch and insert meat and zip close it up. They have them at FLL's favorite Walmart for $2.68. http://www.walmart.com/ip/16004697?w...204553&veh=sem
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From the instructions on the bag you supposedly bag it, zip it, & grill it. Wonder how the bag tastes?
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maybe THAT's where my wife went wrong .......

............. she said she followed all of the instructions


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I bet it adds a Zippy flavor Sik.
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I love the Wineing Butcher but their current price structure is way out of line with the current market price. I consider their product to be a premium product and I"m willing to pay a little more for it. But numerous posters here have expressed great recent satisfaction with tips that they purchased locally for $6.99 to $8.99 a pound. Few in their right mind are going to pay double the going price no matter how good it is!

For what it's worth the online price of Wineing Butcher tips is 2 x 1 lb packages for $23.98. This puts the cost at $11.99 per pound. Why do they expect customers to pay an extra $3.00 per pound for the honor of picking it up fresh and at the store? It makes no sense as the labor and associated costs involved to package and ship this product far exceed those of handing it to a customer fresh from the case.

As a business person you always want to and are entitled to a fair profit. When you decide your margins need to be substantially greater than your competition it is a step on the road to business failure. I hope that doesn't happen here as the people who started the business are good folks. I'm not sure what their current interest is in the NH Stores. .
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For what it's worth the online price of Wineing Butcher tips is 2 x 1 lb packages for $23.98. This puts the cost at $11.99 per pound. .
Not really. There must be shipping costs but I understand your point.
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I tried to place an online order to get all the exact shipping cost info but their site won't allow you to complete an order to the point of determining shipping charges without adding bank account info or CCD info.

For what it's worth their E com site does not have a SSL certificate and is not secure. I couldn't even access it from my network managed computer at work as the security setting block non SSL sites. I connected with a personal laptop in an attempt to validate my info.

Again some poor business practices by having a non secure website. I"m surprised because Andrew and Gretchen are smart enough to know better than that! This makes me further wonder who is operating the website and where it would ship from.
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I love this marinade.The best part is all you need is the meat.Open the pouch and insert meat and zip close it up.They have them at FLL's favorite Walmart for $2.68.http://www.walmart.com/ip/16004697?w...204553&veh=sem
They have 4 different flavors.http://www.jackdanielssauces.com/ezm..._products.aspx
use these a lot
also some great marinades are made by "Stubbs"
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also some great marinades are made by "Stubbs"
Not that I'm a real tree hugger guy but I do like that your using the same container it came in and not more bags to discard.
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The original one is in Danvers, MA. I'm not sure if they have another location.. I think they may.
They have another location in Salem NH.
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Had steak tips from Hannaford in Meredith last week and we thought they were as good as WB and a better price at $8.99 a pound.
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$7.99/lb. marinated last night--we'll see how they are tonight!

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Had steak tips from Hannaford in Meredith last week and we thought they were as good as WB and a better price at $8.99 a pound.
Agreed, have tried Hannaford marinated tips several times since this thread started. As good as or better than WB.
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We went to the WB yesterday to pick up some dinner/lunch supplies for our weekend visit. We bought a crab cake, stuffed chicken breast, 2 lbs of steak tips and 2 burritos, at a cost of approximately $70....we asked the attendant if we could please have a small container of sour cream and salsa to accompany the 2 burritos *($10.50 each). He accommodated our request with two tiny containers ($.50 each) after several minutes. We asked why we had to pay for this because if we were at a restaurant it would accompany the burrito. He responded "we are not a restaurant". Needless to say, we will not return. The beef stew we made in the crock pot today was so much better, and more satisfying than having to deal with overpriced food and attitude from the worker at the WB.
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I don't quite understand the mentality of some businesses. When the Wining Butcher had the original owners running it and just one or two stores the quality, service and prices were all great. Once they expanded the prices went out of sight and the quality went down hill.

The same thing has happened at Lakeside Roast beef. When it was Dave with one store the quality was super, the prices fair and the service excellent. Now they have 3 restaurants and the prices are sky high with portion sizes much smaller and a staff that doesn't seem to care. I stopped going there because of this, and I know others who feel the same way.

It will be interesting to see what happens at both establishments over the winter now that the summer vacation trade is gone and the locals who tend to be more price conscious are the only customers. Will the prices come down to a reasonable spot or will the two places become ghost towns for the winter season?
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Brought angus beef sirloin steak tips from Hannaford in Meredith yesterday. They were on sale for $7.99 a pound. We marinated them and then grilled them. They were great!
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We went to the WB yesterday to pick up some dinner/lunch supplies for our weekend visit. We bought a crab cake, stuffed chicken breast, 2 lbs of steak tips and 2 burritos, at a cost of approximately $70....we asked the attendant if we could please have a small container of sour cream and salsa to accompany the 2 burritos *($10.50 each). He accommodated our request with two tiny containers ($.50 each) after several minutes. We asked why we had to pay for this because if we were at a restaurant it would accompany the burrito. He responded "we are not a restaurant". Needless to say, we will not return. The beef stew we made in the crock pot today was so much better, and more satisfying than having to deal with overpriced food and attitude from the worker at the WB.
I gave up on them several years ago....aside from the decline in the quality of the food the attitude of the workers was getting worse on every visit.
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