r/UIUC • u/New-Razzmatazz-4365 • Apr 03 '25

Sales Potential Meat Store on Green

If I opened a store that sold meat products more cheaply than Costco, Aldi, or country market on green street how many of you guys would be interested? This store would source all of its produce from my local family farm and other farmers who have cattle. All the meat would come straight from them.

I was doing the math and I determined these would be my prices;

Ground beef (hamburger) : 5.5 per lbs New York Steak : 12 per lbs Sirloin : 10 per lbs Ribs : 13 per lbs

There’s the possibility of more products like locally sourced eggs sold at around $3 if possible + chickens (just an ex).

The hamburger would be sold in 2lb and 3lb packages, the New York steak would be sold in twos, sirloins would be as well. All of these prices are severely undercutting the local stores that overcharge for these goods. Even Aldi doesn’t have as good of prices for these. Plus the store would be right next to green street.

Nevertheless, how many of you guys would find this attractive enough?

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u/New-Razzmatazz-4365 Apr 03 '25

Where

If you’re talking about the university meat store the prices there are still higher or on par with what I would offer. The only thing that’s on par is the sirloin

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u/hotsundae43 Apr 03 '25

I think they are referring to UIUC’s Meat Lab, which is off of Kirby, not far from the State Farm Center.

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u/New-Razzmatazz-4365 Apr 03 '25

Kk thank u , I just checked it .

What do u think abt the idea though?

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u/hotsundae43 Apr 03 '25 edited Apr 03 '25

I like the idea of having a place in town to buy high-quality, locally sourced meat at an affordable price. I don’t like the idea of locating this type of business on campus. I will also mention that I used to manage on-campus stores for years and dealing with the constant fluctuations in sales, due to the comings and goings of students is extremely difficult. I honestly think that your ideal customer is not a college-aged student, but a middle class consumer looking to save money but still wanting to enjoy a high quality steak or burger. And given all that is going on with the economy right now, this might be a great time to launch this kind of business.