Ditto here. A few years ago, my local grocery store created a very visible clearance section where all the "expires tomorrow" meats can be found. As someone mentioned on a thread earlier this year, thrift and discount stores are a booming business.
Ours doesn’t have the “expires tomorrow” section anymore. Hasn’t had in years. But then they don’t order enough meat (or anything else) to meet the average demand. You honestly need to know the secret code word to get whatever is in the sales circular and even then you’re likely to get the “it wasn’t on the truck” response. Our one and only chain store, HEB, never puts out more than 4 packages of each cut, if you’re lucky. People used to spend time comparing prices but for the past year or two they’ve given up and just thrown whatever willy nilly in their basket and thankful they got that.
It’s the same story all over the store so there are empty shelves everywhere so you grab what can because it won’t be there next week. They can’t even keep their store brand stocked. I haven’t seen their pork ‘n beans for two years. It’s rare if you get to the check out before another customer asks if you really need those 2 gallons of milk or whatever and can they have one. Do NOT expect to fill your grocery list even with the most basic of basics. If there’s a national coupon, they’ll pull the product. No one uses coupons there anymore because there’s always some “problem” with them at the register. When you’re the only game in town, you can pull whatever bs you want. Scary to think what it’ll be like when SHTF.