"Sheldon" > wrote in message
>
> I don't pay
> full price at the supermarket though, as I can get big saving using a food
> warehouse (BJ's in our area). Why pay $4.99 a pound for pork loin when I
> can
> buy it and cut it myself for $1.89 a pound?

I don't know of any cuts of pork that cost $5/lb unless it's cured
pork. I pay $1.99/lb for center cut loin chops or a center cut bone-
in loin roast and may slice it into chops, same difference...
sometimes boneless center cut loin is $1.99/lb too.

If you buy the whole boneless loin, it is $1.89 all the time at BJ;s.
Supermarkets have it at that price on sale on occasion. That same piece of
meat, with no waste, is sold at $4 to $5+ depending on whether it is cut as
a roast or thin sliced. I can cut it myself to whatever I want on a given
day and save a bundle. We usually use 1/3 for each meal so we have
leftovers for lunches or a second dinner.