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Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
« on: March 04, 2023, 04:01:43 PM »
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  • I grew up with whole chickens often being 99¢ a pound.  Since we have been married I usually would bake two whole chickens once a week and save the leftovers for other dinners and bone broth.  Even last year the price was usually under $2 per lb.  So, this totally blew my mind when we saw this at the store yesterday:
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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #1 on: March 04, 2023, 06:07:21 PM »
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  • The package says "organic", which explains a lot.  I just checked my Safeway (Albertson's) app:  Open Nature Whole Chicken $2.99/lb. I checked the Fred Meyer (Kroger) app: Foster Farms (grown locally in WA) Fresh & Natural Whole Chicken $2.09/lb.  Heritage Farms Whole Chicken $1.49/lb.  Simple Truth Organic Air-Chilled Whole Young Chicken $2.99/lb.


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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #2 on: March 04, 2023, 07:38:36 PM »
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  • Inglewood Farms Organic Whole Chicken
    Inglewood Farms Organic Whole Chicken approx. 1.8kg
    $ 22 .50
    approx. 1.8kg  Unit Price$12.50 per 1Kg
    d Add1.8kg Inglewood Farms Organic Whole Chicken approx. 1.8kgfor $22.50to the tro
    Grown in Australia
    INGLEWOOD FARMS ORGANIC CHICKEN WHOLE
    Indicated price based on approximate weight. Weight may vary between 2Kg and 3Kg.


    Just what does organic mean? 
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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #3 on: March 04, 2023, 07:48:41 PM »
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  • Inglewood Farms Organic Whole Chicken
    Inglewood Farms Organic Whole Chicken approx. 1.8kg
    $ 22 .50
    approx. 1.8kg  Unit Price$12.50 per 1Kg
    d Add1.8kg Inglewood Farms Organic Whole Chicken approx. 1.8kgfor $22.50to the tro
    Grown in Australia
    INGLEWOOD FARMS ORGANIC CHICKEN WHOLE
    Indicated price based on approximate weight. Weight may vary between 2Kg and 3Kg.


    Just what does organic mean?
    It's a justification to upcharge.
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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #4 on: March 04, 2023, 07:54:36 PM »
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  • Has anyone checked out the price of honey? $1.00 an ounce. 


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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #5 on: March 04, 2023, 08:29:13 PM »
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  • Has anyone checked out the price of honey? $1.00 an ounce.
    That’s $35 US a kilo.
    We pay Aus $13 a kilo, usually in kg lots.
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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #6 on: March 04, 2023, 08:34:05 PM »
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  • It's a justification to upcharge.
    That’s what I think too.

    I must say you can’t compare the taste of supermarket chicken with the one you catch and slaughter. Now that’s organic!
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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #7 on: March 05, 2023, 07:34:50 AM »
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  • The package says "organic", which explains a lot.  I just checked my Safeway (Albertson's) app:  Open Nature Whole Chicken $2.99/lb. I checked the Fred Meyer (Kroger) app: Foster Farms (grown locally in WA) Fresh & Natural Whole Chicken $2.09/lb.  Heritage Farms Whole Chicken $1.49/lb.  Simple Truth Organic Air-Chilled Whole Young Chicken $2.99/lb.
    The one on the left was organic for $14 the one on the right is $9 and not even organic even though hormone free.
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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #8 on: March 05, 2023, 04:20:15 PM »
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  • The one on the left was organic for $14 the one on the right is $9 and not even organic even though hormone free.
    Those prices are insane, even for organic.  I hope you have other options.  The challenge for organic producers is they can only use organic feed, which can be hard to find and is expensive.

    As a point of information, chickens ARE NOT fed hormones, it is illegal and they don't work when administered orally anyway.  https://extension.msstate.edu/publications/publications/chickens-do-not-receive-growth-hormones-so-why-all-the-confusion#:~:text=Why%20The%20Confusion?  

    Feed lot cattle can receive hormones for growth but not within a certain number of days before slaughter I believe.

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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #9 on: March 05, 2023, 06:11:33 PM »
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  • True the prices of chicken is going up.  I bought 3 whole chickens, organic, from sprouts 2 weeks ago, on clearance for $1.59 a lb.  I grabbed all 3!  Some shoppers do not check prices.  For example:  Shoppers pick chickens they know will have the lowest price and will not look at organics.  The butcher knows this, and these meats can go to expiration date.  So, they put maybe a 30% off the price sticker on them, which is still a high price to pay.  BUT my butcher knows, the meat will end up thrown away and he can not stand that.  So, he will put a new tag over the other at $1.99 a lb and 30% off!  He says he can do it, because corporate said ok, knowing they will get something and no lose. AH!  Very few butchers do this, but you might give it a talk to a favorite butcher.  You look better on record to sell your meat, then to throw it out.  This butcher is not of Sprouts, another store. Sometimes corporate will say yes to this, and then a change of person can go back to throwing meat out, a back and forth episode.

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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #10 on: March 20, 2023, 01:21:01 PM »
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  • I was at the Pasco, WA Albertson's (HQ is Boise, ID; They also owns Safeway) last Friday 3/17.  Safeway Club Card member price for whole chickens was $1.69 per pound.  



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    Re: Insane Price of Whole Chickens!
    « Reply #11 on: June 12, 2023, 09:17:26 PM »
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  • Ever since the picture of the $14.50 and $9.15 per pound chickens I've searched high and low to find such a phenomenon.  I can't help but think the store had a signage mess up.

    The price of chicken keeps going down.  Today I was in the Kennewick, WA Costco and they had twin packs of fresh cage free chickens @ $1.49 per pound from Foster Farms.  The package didn't say where the chickens originated, other than the U.S., but Foster is based in California and has processing plants and many growers in Washington and Oregon.  I'm sure these birds are pretty local.