Local meat vs the big supermarkets

See what Walmart, Costco and the big supermarket chains near you charge per pound right now, next to what a local animal from your own butcher works out to — then make sure you've got freezer room for it.

What the big supermarkets charge near you

Today's shelf and weekly-ad prices from the big-box supercenters, warehouse clubs and supermarket chains around your ZIP code — next to your own order from a local farm and your butcher.

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Do you have room to freeze it?

An order this size comes home as 4 boxes of wrapped, frozen packages.

Take-home meat

150 lb

Freezer space needed

5.0 cu ft

Size to shop for

Chest freezer

Plan on about 5.0 cubic feet — roughly a chest freezer (7 cu ft).

Do you have that much freezer space free?

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