Lunch meat is soooo expensive, isn’t it? Premium brands are as much as $12 a pound, and even store brands are $7 or $8 a pound. There is one place, sort of close, that has very cheap lunch meat. (and just a reminder, around here it is lunch meat, never cold cuts!)

If you go up 41 to the town of Gap, there’s a small grocery store called Dutchway. I still call it Dutchman’s, which is what it used to be known as, and in my defense, I’ve noticed that the handles of the shopping carts still say Dutchman’s.

Anyway, I am fortunate in that I am required to pass there twice a day, to/from work. It is about 20 miles north of Avondale. With these gas prices, it may not be worth your time & effort. But if your family eats a lot of lunch meat, and you have a vacuum sealer and can freeze it, it is worth your while. They also have better meat prices than what I have found, yesterday I paid $1.39/lb for boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Yes, I did have to buy in bulk (9 lbs) but I divided it up, vacuum sealed it and froze it.

Yesterday I paid $2.49/lb for Jennie O smoked turkey breast, $3.99/lb for Hatfield Virginia baked ham and about $3/lb for sliced American and Muenster cheese. I know the Dietz & Watson smoked turkey at Acme is $11.99/lb!

With autumn approaching, maybe you were planning a trip up that way anyway, so make sure & stop on your way home if you do. And jsyk, they are closed on Sundays. Bakery items are cheaper and better than around here and you can get good sticky buns.

And, I thought milk prices were state regulated, but milk there yesterday was $0.20 cheaper per gallon than what I pay at Acme.

Their phone number is 610.593.2388. You can always call & ask for the deli or the meat dept to see what they have on sale before going. Sales change on Mondays–but they overlap for a day, so you can take advantage of both week’s sales on Mondays.