Back before ground beef doubled in price I would make a huge batch of chili for canning. I did the math in January of last year and it worked out to a 28% savings over buying it but the downside was that it cost $50 to make the batch.
Of course the upsides were knowing every ingredient and here I am two weeks short of a year later eating chili that now costs way more to make because of beef cost increases.
This time I added a can of black beans during the reheat because I didn’t feel like making corn bread.
Cost per person: $3.06
We can get frozen 1 pound tubes of ground turkey for $1.98 but if you want it not frozen it’s gonna cost at least double. And I’m pretty sure even that stuff has been frozen.
Ground pork is about $3.50 a pound but sold in 20 ounce packaging.
Here the tray of thawed, and the tube of frozen, ground turkey are the same price. Ground pork, that is ground by the meat department, is the same price. Various brands of ground pork are a little more expensive though. I also believe that almost all meat has been frozen before making it to the store, local butchers, and specialty places may differ.