Before You Stock Up on Meat for Labor Day, Check These Prices FirstLabor Day and late-summer celebrations bring a wave of promotional meat sales across supermarket butcher departments. However, promotional meat pricing can sometimes conceal hidden packaging tricks, bone weight inflation, or poor portion yields. Boneless cuts often provide better financial value despite higher initial sticker prices due to 100 percent meat yield. A higher fat ratio means you are paying meat prices for water and grease that cook away in pans. True savings only occur when every pound of promotional meat gets safely consumed.