Fresh Italian sausage is so easy to make in house, and the needed equipment can be a $40.00 manual grinder, or spend a few bucks and add a grinder head to your mixer.
If you want to grind your own, I’ll share a tasty recipe with you.
I get boneless picnic trim in 60# cases and grind that into sausage. My foodcost is under $1.00/LB doing it this way. Labor is negligible because I a;ready have my prep people on the clock