On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:19:13 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 14/12/2012 8:30 AM, jmcquown wrote:
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>> There is a meat market in town but the prices are exhorbitant! I only
>> shop there if I'm looking for something really special. I like bacon
>> but wouldn't want to guess what they'd charge!
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>Things must be quite different here Jill. Where bacon is sold at the
>meat counter it is usually cheaper than the packaged stuff and its
>always a superior product. In fact, I am surprised that people buy the
>packaged stuff if there is the option to buy it at the counter. I get
>all my bacon fro the local Dutch butcher. No one else's bacon comes near
>the quality, and it is at least $1 per pound cheaper than grocery store
>bacon.

Many food items cost less in Canada than in the US, especially cured
meats... and labor is paid less which is why deli sliced bacon costs
less. Whenever I went to Canada I was suprised that most delis, if
not all, sold already sliced meats, from a large pan in the counter
fridge, price marked per gram... I didn't see any delis that sold
sliced to order. Sliced bacon was sold either packaged or previously
sliced.