Grocery-Marinated Meats: How Fresh and Delicious are They?

Pepper.ph on factors to consider when buying grocery-marinated meats.

Grocery-Marinated Meats (via Pepper.ph)

Meat is both simple and complicated: some cuts can be seasoned with salt and pepper, others require a low and slow cook. Marinating meat is one method many welcome, as it only takes a few minutes to prepare before the cuts are left in the refrigerator to soak in the flavors. But even groceries are saving customers those minutes, and selling packaged marinated meats alongside the fresh cuts of the meat section. However, is there an actual difference in quality between meat we marinate ourselves, versus the ones prepared by supermarkets?... Pepper.ph