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Member's Mark 88/12 Ground Beef, priced per pound
4.6 out of 5 stars
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5,854 ratings1,248 reviews
  1. 5 stars77% (4,488)
  2. 4 stars14% (810)
  3. 3 stars4% (249)
  4. 2 stars2% (90)
  5. 1 star4% (217)

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Oct 3, 2025
Reviewer name: LD
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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LD

Best quality meat

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Jan 28, 2025
Reviewer name: Jeremy
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

Be aware of the weight.

Adjust broke down the 5.07 pounds of burger. I separated it into two packages. I only got 4.13 4 lb of burger The rest was packaging. At 3.3 ounces Sam's roughly made an extra $1 each package. Times that by the thousands sold each week they have overpriced their customers. I have photos but can't load them here

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Sep 7, 2023
Reviewer name: marieg
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Tough and chewy

I am by no means a ground beef snob but this is awful. It was so tough my teeth hurt to chew it. I made meatloaf with half of it and I thought maybe I did a poor job cause it was so tough. Next night browned it up for tacos and could barely get it broken up with my hamburger chopper. 2nd night it looked fine but had an off smell. I'll never buy this again.

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Jul 27, 2024
Reviewer name: Meghan
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Trash

Stick to the tube of meat. Idk what this is but it didn't break down like normal meat does. It literally turned brown the next day while in fridge in it's original package that wasn't opened. Taste and texture was way off. Literally had to throw all of it out . It seems like a totally different meat. We will Stick to the square packages one or the big long tube moving forward. It was gross it looked like splattered brains or worms

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Feb 6, 2025
Reviewer name: BG
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Verified Purchase

Ground beef

This very good quality meat. 88-12 is a great ratio. I use it for all my recipes. I get it home, divide it into 1-11/2 pound bunches then wrap and place in my freezer. Sam’s is the best price although it has increased over the last year but what hasn’t!

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Feb 6, 2024
Reviewer name: Scott
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Paying for the weight of the packaging.

The total weight of the hamburger purchased included the weight of the packaging. In my case 5.6 ounces. At 4.12 per pound the packaging cost about $1.40. Contacted Sams and all they would say is the packaging "should not" be included in the price but would not say it should definitely not.

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Oct 15, 2022
Reviewer name: Carnivore
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Low quality burger - stay away

Burger is very tough, at medium/medium rare, and dryer than you would expect from an 88% burger. We made 2 burgers, and after suffering through them, we threw the balance away. Absolutely the worst burger we've ever had. We normally buy all of our meat from Sam's and really have never had issues with their quality before but, this is one to avoid.

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Aug 19, 2024
Reviewer name: Brenn
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

URGENT WARNING! ⚠️

I purchased this from the Provo, UT Sam's Club on August 14th 2024. Upon opening it to package some of it up to freeze, I noticed a strange smell but didn't think too much of it. Tho, after cooking some hamburgers for my family... After we all took a bite, we all were hit with a very bitter taste of some type of chemical. A very very strong bitter taste. We all immediately spit it out. And it took multiple times using mouthwash, to get the horrible chemical taste out of our mouths. This batch that I purchased, has been tainted somehow. So I am putting this warning ⚠️ out there to anyone who is planning to purchase this. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! THIS COULD BE POTENTIALLY VERY HARMFUL TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES. IF IT SMELLS STRANGE/ TASTES STRANGE... DO NOT EAT IT! THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY SCARY AND EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE. I'm actually very scared to even eat anything purchased from any store now. I'm absolutely horrified and worried for anyone who ends up with this same batch. I pray that nobody gets hurt etc. I have called and reported this. But who knows if anything will actually be done!

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Aug 22, 2024
Reviewer name: Anonymous
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

SCARY!

We've been purchasing this beef for at least 4 years now and have never had any issues. Last week I purchased three packages of this ground beef. One package I had divided out and made hamburger patties for the freezer. The other two packages were divided out into pound and a half servings and put in the freezer. Last night we cooked six of the hamburger patties and noticed a very odd cleaner or bleach type taste to our burgers. We decided to try one of the packages of frozen ground beef tonight and you could just smell it when it was cooking. It smell like bleach. I made ground Mongolian beef and you could taste that same taste Even with the strong sauce. It tastes like some sort of cleaner or bleach. I did contact Sam's Club and they issued me a refund.

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May 25, 2021
Reviewer name: Lella
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

Is there a need to change things up now?

The ground meat was ok just one more day and it was have spoiled. I did return a package of ground beef because it was spoiled. I don’t know why lately this has been a problem. I have been buying ground beef for years and there is a problem with your ground beef.

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