It still doesn't make sense. Small and large shrimp swim in the same waters. Lobsters don't vary in price by the size.
I also have a local market I frequent that will have boneless skinless chicken breast on sale for say $1.99 a pound but if you buy the tenders or the flattened chicken breast you end up paying $3.99 a pound. Aren't butchers supposed to cut the meat for free? The price stays the same on deli meat whether you get it shaved, sliced or thick cut.
I also have a local market I frequent that will have boneless skinless chicken breast on sale for say $1.99 a pound but if you buy the tenders or the flattened chicken breast you end up paying $3.99 a pound. Aren't butchers supposed to cut the meat for free? The price stays the same on deli meat whether you get it shaved, sliced or thick cut.
lobsters are often more for the most desirable size ( 2-3 lbs). Scallops are always more for the biggest ones.
and yes most shrimp is farm raised, so it gets to that smaller size more efficiently. Would you choose the jumbo shrimp over the little ones....clearly yes, and the same for everybody else.
All shrimp (99%) of what ppl buy is farm raised.
The larger the shrimp the longer it has been raised.
Feed cost is the largest reason for price increase not to mention the older they get the more prone they are to die. There is a VERY short "shelf life" for a dead shrimp.
It is easy to farm out tiny shrimp by the tons. It is hard to grow a shrimp into a larger mature product.
The larger the shrimp the longer it has been raised.
Feed cost is the largest reason for price increase not to mention the older they get the more prone they are to die. There is a VERY short "shelf life" for a dead shrimp.
It is easy to farm out tiny shrimp by the tons. It is hard to grow a shrimp into a larger mature product.
It's still farmed, doesn't matter if the farm is in Thailand or wherever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_farm
Maybe fresh in Mexico ( ?), but I doubt it. It certainly is farmed if you buy it from Von's, Ralph's, Lucky's etc.
6th grade economics
Supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market. It concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded by consumers (at current price) will equal the quantity supplied by producers (at current price), resulting in an economic equilibrium of price and quantity.
in other words people will pay more for big shrimp that's why they cost more.
Supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market. It concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded by consumers (at current price) will equal the quantity supplied by producers (at current price), resulting in an economic equilibrium of price and quantity.
in other words people will pay more for big shrimp that's why they cost more.
The big shrimp look better too ! At a fancy party like a wedding you just can't serve inch long shrimp. I do love the shrimp cocktail at Golden Gate in Vegas for like $1, awesome deal.
Lobster is usually cheapest for the " chicken lobsters", often $5.99 or $4.99 lb all summer long in my area ( ct), these are like 1.25 lbs-1.5 lbs. The 2-3 pounders ( perfect size, IMO) are more like 8.99/ lb.
Occasionally you can get 5+ lb ones usually the same price a 2-3 lb one, these ones are tougher. They look great as a centerpiece at wedding or fancy party. Good luck cracking the claws on those.... I used a gigantic pair of channelock pliers the couple of times I got those big ones for like $5/ lb.
I much prefer big shrimp and scallops, and mid-size lobster.
Damn, I'm feeling like seafood 2nite, now !
those Alaskan king crab legs are always awesome, love those at a Vegas buffet....
Lobster is usually cheapest for the " chicken lobsters", often $5.99 or $4.99 lb all summer long in my area ( ct), these are like 1.25 lbs-1.5 lbs. The 2-3 pounders ( perfect size, IMO) are more like 8.99/ lb.
Occasionally you can get 5+ lb ones usually the same price a 2-3 lb one, these ones are tougher. They look great as a centerpiece at wedding or fancy party. Good luck cracking the claws on those.... I used a gigantic pair of channelock pliers the couple of times I got those big ones for like $5/ lb.
I much prefer big shrimp and scallops, and mid-size lobster.
Damn, I'm feeling like seafood 2nite, now !
those Alaskan king crab legs are always awesome, love those at a Vegas buffet....
