Quality of meat (steak in particular): Whole Foods vs. Wegmans

[Anonymous]

How do the two compare for quality?

[Anonymous]

It depends on the cut obviously but I'd go with a WF filet (grass fed) over a Wegmans one. A strip is a strip typically (not bagging on that cut, just haven't found too much of a quality difference). That being said... Trader Joes actually has a good strip! Finally, If we are having a nice dinner we get our steaks from the Organic Butcher.

[Anonymous]

I tend to buy all my red meat and fish at Whole Foods. I do my regular shopping at wegmans. I feel the quality and pricing for fish and meat at Whole Foods is better. I get organic chicken at wegmans or Costco

[Anonymous]

The quality of meat is less about where you purchase it and more about understanding cuts, where it comes from, and the like. Do you prefer a USDA-graded corn-finished steak, or a grass-fed organic one. If the former, do you understand the difference between high Choice (as you get with Certified Angus Beef) and regular Choice? Do you know where in the subprimals the best strip steaks come from (the front two-thirds, toward the rib end, as there’s no vein meat).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tend to buy all my red meat and fish at Whole Foods. I do my regular shopping at wegmans. I feel the quality and pricing for fish and meat at Whole Foods is better. I get organic chicken at wegmans or Costco

Same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tend to buy all my red meat and fish at Whole Foods. I do my regular shopping at wegmans. I feel the quality and pricing for fish and meat at Whole Foods is better. I get organic chicken at wegmans or Costco

Why do you “feel” that way?

[Anonymous]

USDA grades beef. Stores can't avoid that (though some have treid funny wording and got called out on it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to buy all my red meat and fish at Whole Foods. I do my regular shopping at wegmans. I feel the quality and pricing for fish and meat at Whole Foods is better. I get organic chicken at wegmans or Costco

Why do you “feel” that way?

DP. Because it’s true?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to buy all my red meat and fish at Whole Foods. I do my regular shopping at wegmans. I feel the quality and pricing for fish and meat at Whole Foods is better. I get organic chicken at wegmans or Costco

Why do you “feel” that way?

DP. Because it’s true?

Agreed! (NP)

[Anonymous]

Wegmans has prime and choice and aged and pretty sure even dry age.

If you think WF meat is better, it's just bias at play. And I say this as someone who does 99% of the grocery shopping at WF. Wegmans is further away but I do go into there occasionally for my beloved diet coke and a few other things. Wegmans meat is perfectly good and WF is not going to be better quality.

Neither are specialist butchers. If you want genuinely high quality or specially raised meat, you need to go elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Wegmans has a better organic pork selection, and I like their steaks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USDA grades beef. Stores can't avoid that (though some have treid funny wording and got called out on it).

That works well if your only measure of quality is marbling

[Anonymous]

The wegmans meat selection is far superior to Whole Foods. Lots of different cuts and selections.


I also like Balduccis better as well.

[Anonymous]

I find Wegmans angus beef that isn't wrapped is consistently better than Whole Foods. It is also a lot more expensive. I gave up buying steaks at Whole Food.

[Anonymous]

So there is a hugh difference in meat at While Foods vs. Wegmans….WF adheres to the Global Animal Partnership with 100+ animal welfare standards, no hormones, no, antibiotics and traceable to farm or ranch…..Wegmans does not make the same claims and I was told they inject those meat packages with a solution to prolong shelf life (have not been able to verify this but the individual who told was sure)…personally I find the quality at Whole Foods preferable…the butchers will cut, marinate whatever you need which I don’t find at Wegmans..