"stay tuned".... So apparently this has been in the works for a little while. Yeah. I just can't buy meat from whole foods and I am way too far away from Costco, so Safeway is my only option to avoid the pink slime.

I am pretty sure it is not in their fresh ground beef and I am positive it wont be in the sale roast you have them grind for you. (or grind yourself)

this is safer meat anyway - that crap in the chubs is from so many different animals the risk of contamination is exponentially higher than fresh ground in the store.

Costco isn't too far from me...

according to this: http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/who-sells-meat-with-pink-slime-heres-the-list/8877/#.T2jt0rbNNFI.facebook

So, until KS makes some kind of announcement to the contrary, I'd suggest assuming their in-house ground beef likewise contains this stuff.

They are on the middle list, which is the in-store ground meat does not use it but they sell some prepackaged versions that you can probably avoid. I just stopped buying ground meat altogther at some point long before this came out.

The tube stuff is highly suspect. I would not buy that from Kroger or anyone else. There are often bits of bone, and it does not taste right.

The meat they grind in the store seems much better. I also like Costoc meat even better, but at 12% fat it's just a little too lean for burgers.

I would always buy the same thing which was fresh ground beef labeled Angus Chuck. I had never had a problem with it until
one particular purchase I noticed seemed very fatty and my hands were covered in fat like cheap ground beef would do. The taste was
like cardboard even though I had seasoned the patties as I always did.

The next two times the same thing and I complained to the meat department who told me their Angus already came wrapped. I also took my
complaint to customer service who said to talk to the meat department. Arggghhhh
I had thought it had been adulterated with regular ground beef while I was paying top dollar for Angus.
I haven't had a burger or purchased ground beef since.

Now I realize it was most likely pink slime. That is why it had no flavor and was "fatty" for Angus.
I don't know whether to trust a store saying they won't adulterate with pink slime when they could easily get their beef from the
supplier who added the crap before distributing to other stores.

I will get my ground beef from a butcher shop or farmers market where I can get farm fresh meat.

Unfortunately, Krogers did not make note of my complaint that go round, but I am going to speak with a manager next time I go in.

I am pissed. Pissed at spending such a high price for crap!

they would no longer carry beef with it. That was awhile back. At that time, they kept saying it was safe, blah blah.

Thanks to everyone who made noise.

thanks for the tip!

no doubt will help Safeway out if a lawsuit comes along due to the pink slime they sold as hamburger

since they can't put the pink slime in hamburger, it will go into hot dogs and bologna, etc.

Whew. That one almost broke my spell check.

That's what my mother always did. She didn't like the prepackaged stuff.

Simple. You will be healthier and happier. The factory farming is unhealthy, a war on the environment and subjects animals to horrific cruelty.

Always remember that you too, are made of meat.