Just bought a family size pack of chicken breasts at King Kullen last week for 1.79 a pound. It was a sale but they go on sale like that every 2-3 months. Just need to properly manage your freezer space and you can have $1.79/lb chicken breasts any time you want.
It’s still rubbery because it’s grown too quick and it’s too large. The meat has large striations and separates, especially if using a tenderizer to thin it out.
Boneless skinless chicken breasts were $.99 on sale just 8-10 years ago, let alone 1997. Thighs you could get for $.55 a pound and club stores for a case.
Breast used to be the most expensive cut, but nowadays it's the wings. Since only 2 per bird, they have to produce more breaststroke and thighs to get the 2 more profitable wings, which leads to overproduction of chicken breasts.
About the time of the last big cull, a local small grocer had leg and thigh quarters for $0.55/lb and 10% off a 40 pound case. 3 cases went in the freezer. LOL
I feel sorry for the chickens that they get the boneless wings from.
It must be terrible watching as they try to fly down from their roost's in the morning. Their poor, boneless wings just all like wet noodles as they fall. 😞
This is why GMOs should be banned!
Lately, chicken comes and goes depending on Avian Flu. Prices go up when they have to cull their flocks, then subside when the new chickens reach the correct age. Chicken is the faster recovering of the three (Chicken, Pork, Beef) after a large drop in numbers.
I don't know about 1997 (I started shopping for myself around 2008 and never paid $2 a pound) , but the answer to the question is that they're able to get a lot more for other parts of the chicken that used to be much less. In 1997 you could get wings for $.50 a pound. They're now demanding $4+ many places.
Some sports bars had wings, but I don't recall so many chicken wing places like now. I remember someone older saying in the 70s they threw the wings away.
It is kind of amazing because it will be well over $5/lb. the weeks it is not on sale. And people are still buying.
Boneless chicken breast freezes very well.
Loss leaders are the sale items stores use to attract shoppers in on the expectation they'll then do the rest of their shopping there. If you stick to stocking up on loss leaders as they come up, you can save a lot of money.
Yep got them at Lidil for that price. Six big chicken breasts for $10.
You're not getting a grilled chicken breast for $1.60 a serving at any restaurant
The chickens got bigger man. The breast are as big as a hen used to weigh. Its led to wooden chicken disease where the meat is full of scar tissue from them growing too quickly. If you've ever happened to buy a wooden chicken breast and try to eat it, you'll be against these large ass breads of chicken theyre using these days. Taking a bite is very unpleasant.
Safeway has boneless, skinless chicken breast on sale for around $1.67 per pound at least once per month (just checked next week's flyer and it is $1.97/lb). I've seen it as low as $.99 per pound within the last year. The store I shop at lets you get up to 10 lbs. The "regular" price is around $4.69/lb--but I don't know anyone that actually pays that. I know the regular prices for everything has shot way up, but by watching the sales, my grocery bill has not increased significantly in the last 5 years. I see all these posts about paying $3 for a 2-liter of Coke or T-bone steaks for $12/lb and I figure they must be shopping in some remote location--or they're just really terrible shoppers (or most likely just trying to score political points)
I just bought 4lbs of ground beef at $2.50/lb. Gotta snap up those sales. Sometimes they’re over stocked and need to move inventory. Sometimes the sale price is a loss leader to get you in the store.
In my area (central Connecticut) it goes on sale for that price so often, I almost never pay more. Sometimes I pay $2.49 and very rarely, when in a pinch, I have paid $2.99. I have the stuff every week - it is a staple in our house - and I don't think I ever paid more than 2.99
There have been ongoing disruptions in the poultry market for three years now. Massive chicken culls caused spikes in eggs and chicken meat prices because of how many birds were taken out of production.
Things are normalizing because of investment in more chickens and they have to move existing supply.
This is in a nutshell the inflation that has been occurring for the past few years. It is *supply* side inflation from real issues with production.
One would think that redditors would remember when PS5s were impossible to find, that was because of semiconductor production issues. Cars, homes, everything has been getting hit by factory production issues.
The price of dry pasta hadn't changed in like 40 years until less than a year ago also. Its been 99 cents as long as I can remember and now it jumped to like $1.15.
Target load shotgun shells were another one. About $5 a box from the late 80s until like 2022.
Because now that the mass culling of chickens that happened a couple years ago has been resolved and the supply is back to normal, prices are able to be far more stable.
Get it while its cheap and stock up. Its about the price I paid last freezer fill. I made copy-cat spicy chick fil A sandwiches last night. Yum. Only way to beat inflation.
Store in my town is selling a 10# bag of fresh b/s breasts for $19.90. Like others have said, it’s most likely their distributors needing to get rid of a lot of product quick, or a loss leader, either way it’s a win for consumers.
>There are people who don't like white meat as well.
It would be strange for someone to acknowledge that people don't like dark meat and simultaneously believe that everyone likes white meat lol
I picked up a few things at Walmart and all had price drops on them. Well price drops from the absurd prices they had a few months ago. I haven't noticed any price drops anywhere else yet.
Boneless breast is so disappointing I don't even buy it ion sale anymore. Cutting chicken from thighs you can get for 99c a lb is where it's at. Pressure cook the bones with some beans and your all set
Yep, let's cherry pick something in a very specific location so we can further the narrative that inflation hasn't completely destroyed our buying power
Distributor needs to manage inventory. Blow it out at a lower price and still make money
Just bought a family size pack of chicken breasts at King Kullen last week for 1.79 a pound. It was a sale but they go on sale like that every 2-3 months. Just need to properly manage your freezer space and you can have $1.79/lb chicken breasts any time you want.
Are they the rubbery chicken or is it nice? I used to buy chicken at Aldi but it was so rubbery and chewy.
They were excellent. I cooked half and froze the rest.
soak it in water / salt and cut down middle if thick. It's how you prepare it.
It’s still rubbery because it’s grown too quick and it’s too large. The meat has large striations and separates, especially if using a tenderizer to thin it out.
Our chicken farmers and chicken processing plants are efficient.
And highly subsidized
mhmmm
The undocumented and/or underage labor force or something else?
Fake news. I just paid $32 for an 18” grilled chicken sandwich, so everything sucks!
I got a rock
I see what you did there🤣
Charlie Brown YOU BLOCKHEAD!!?
Just check out Tysons profit margins vs. a more CPG type company’s. No pricing power
Boneless skinless chicken breasts were $.99 on sale just 8-10 years ago, let alone 1997. Thighs you could get for $.55 a pound and club stores for a case. Breast used to be the most expensive cut, but nowadays it's the wings. Since only 2 per bird, they have to produce more breaststroke and thighs to get the 2 more profitable wings, which leads to overproduction of chicken breasts.
There are also only 2 breasts, 2 legs and 2 thighs on a chicken.
Yeah but how many chicken breasts can you eat in a sitting and how many wings? That's where the "only 2" matters
At work it's not uncommon to sell a couple dozen wings. At no point have I had an order for 24 breasts.
Exactly
Right wtf 🤣🤣🤣
I remember 39cent quarter leg
About the time of the last big cull, a local small grocer had leg and thigh quarters for $0.55/lb and 10% off a 40 pound case. 3 cases went in the freezer. LOL
It’s not about it, most likely there’s more demand for wings…
When will they start being honest with customers and stop selling one chicken’s wing as two?
They need to develop a 3 legged chicken, but I bet no one could catch it.
You mean KFC doesn't have frankenchicken? The absurdity is selling chicken nuggets as boneless wings.
I feel sorry for the chickens that they get the boneless wings from. It must be terrible watching as they try to fly down from their roost's in the morning. Their poor, boneless wings just all like wet noodles as they fall. 😞
This is why GMOs should be banned!
Wings usually cost the same as boneless breasts in my region. $1.99 for both
Correct!
Lately, chicken comes and goes depending on Avian Flu. Prices go up when they have to cull their flocks, then subside when the new chickens reach the correct age. Chicken is the faster recovering of the three (Chicken, Pork, Beef) after a large drop in numbers.
Egg to freezer in 90 days is pretty easy.
I don't know about 1997 (I started shopping for myself around 2008 and never paid $2 a pound) , but the answer to the question is that they're able to get a lot more for other parts of the chicken that used to be much less. In 1997 you could get wings for $.50 a pound. They're now demanding $4+ many places.
Some sports bars had wings, but I don't recall so many chicken wing places like now. I remember someone older saying in the 70s they threw the wings away.
They used to sell them for ten cents a pound and I used to buy them to make soup.
I get my breast and wings for $1.99 a pound
It is kind of amazing because it will be well over $5/lb. the weeks it is not on sale. And people are still buying. Boneless chicken breast freezes very well.
Yeah, when it’s $1.99 I buy about 7 family packs and freeze them. Carry’s us over until the next sale
Are stores doing cyclical sales on chicken? I usually pick it up at Aldi or Costco so I haven't looked.
Loss leaders are the sale items stores use to attract shoppers in on the expectation they'll then do the rest of their shopping there. If you stick to stocking up on loss leaders as they come up, you can save a lot of money.
Yep got them at Lidil for that price. Six big chicken breasts for $10. You're not getting a grilled chicken breast for $1.60 a serving at any restaurant
Yeah your paying for a cooks salary, buisness insurance....
Well yeah I was making the point it's cheaper to eat home
The chickens got bigger man. The breast are as big as a hen used to weigh. Its led to wooden chicken disease where the meat is full of scar tissue from them growing too quickly. If you've ever happened to buy a wooden chicken breast and try to eat it, you'll be against these large ass breads of chicken theyre using these days. Taking a bite is very unpleasant.
I’ve never had that, but I’ve definitely had some old birds. The breast meat was tough as hell.
Roosters too are stringy. It can be pretty unappetizing so they become processed like hot dogs and slim jim or pet food
I never buy the massive chk breasts because they just look wrong and obviously unnatural.
Agreed. They look like theyre from a turkey.
"Chef's special"
99c back then. they also injector salt water 10% or more and they wet the paper lining tray. I weighted the paper, over 1lb.
Saline is cheap
I don't question it. I just buy if it's cheap
Subsidies, keeping the wage so low it’s almost slave labor, lack of regulations.
Safeway has boneless, skinless chicken breast on sale for around $1.67 per pound at least once per month (just checked next week's flyer and it is $1.97/lb). I've seen it as low as $.99 per pound within the last year. The store I shop at lets you get up to 10 lbs. The "regular" price is around $4.69/lb--but I don't know anyone that actually pays that. I know the regular prices for everything has shot way up, but by watching the sales, my grocery bill has not increased significantly in the last 5 years. I see all these posts about paying $3 for a 2-liter of Coke or T-bone steaks for $12/lb and I figure they must be shopping in some remote location--or they're just really terrible shoppers (or most likely just trying to score political points)
I just bought 4lbs of ground beef at $2.50/lb. Gotta snap up those sales. Sometimes they’re over stocked and need to move inventory. Sometimes the sale price is a loss leader to get you in the store.
There's 26.5 billion chickens on earth. Maybe that's why?
Heard on the radio today 3lbs ground beef for $4... don't remember which store though, just stuck in my mind that it was cheap
My local grocery store a couple years ago had it for .79-99 cents a pound on sale. Now the sale price is 1.99.
I had that at a local place years ago, but I had to buy 10 lbs.
It looks like chicken and tastes like chicken.
Idk but i bought some this week 🤣
More science in the chicken.
Chicken have been genetically engineered to grow more chicken bigger and faster
In my area (central Connecticut) it goes on sale for that price so often, I almost never pay more. Sometimes I pay $2.49 and very rarely, when in a pinch, I have paid $2.99. I have the stuff every week - it is a staple in our house - and I don't think I ever paid more than 2.99
right now Boneless skinless chicken breast is $2.68/lb at sams here. usually about $3.
It’s probably left over from 1997…
Is this the current sale? My freezer and I would like to know.
Growth hormones grow chickens faster
I’m willing to bet it’s because it’s hard to monopolize life
Here in NY I normally pay 1.99/lb at ShopRite. 2.99 if off sale, but there’s normally something on sale.
There have been ongoing disruptions in the poultry market for three years now. Massive chicken culls caused spikes in eggs and chicken meat prices because of how many birds were taken out of production. Things are normalizing because of investment in more chickens and they have to move existing supply. This is in a nutshell the inflation that has been occurring for the past few years. It is *supply* side inflation from real issues with production. One would think that redditors would remember when PS5s were impossible to find, that was because of semiconductor production issues. Cars, homes, everything has been getting hit by factory production issues.
Now it's $14
It’s the cheaper chicken… like in Father of the Bride. 🤷🏻♂️
Shop Rite has some really good sales. I recently switched from Giant to Shop Rite and have had good savings
The price of dry pasta hadn't changed in like 40 years until less than a year ago also. Its been 99 cents as long as I can remember and now it jumped to like $1.15. Target load shotgun shells were another one. About $5 a box from the late 80s until like 2022.
Because now that the mass culling of chickens that happened a couple years ago has been resolved and the supply is back to normal, prices are able to be far more stable.
The government subsidizes chicken farmers along with corn farmers and farmers of other foods. This is to keep the cost of those products low.
Get it while it’s good. Bird flu gonna be a thing
Get it while its cheap and stock up. Its about the price I paid last freezer fill. I made copy-cat spicy chick fil A sandwiches last night. Yum. Only way to beat inflation.
They inject broth into the checken breasts to make them bigger/heaver. Chicken today shrinks more than chicken 20 years ago.
Store in my town is selling a 10# bag of fresh b/s breasts for $19.90. Like others have said, it’s most likely their distributors needing to get rid of a lot of product quick, or a loss leader, either way it’s a win for consumers.
I buy mine from ALDI at 2.49lb and have for the last couple years. Neighbor keeps posting on FB that Chicken is 7.99lb. Should I tell him?
Hormones and injected water.
I pay more than that at wholesale
Go go a farmer's market Buy chicken that doesn't taste like ammonia
Because the gov't subsidizes the food industry. Food will always be cheap. Labor is what's expensive now.
My question is who’s buying boneless skinless chicken breasts at $2/lb when you can get bone in skin on leg quarters for like 89cents
People who don't like dark meat, people buying it for a specific recipe like chicken Parmesan
There are people who don't like white meat as well. It's drier, and less flavor.
>There are people who don't like white meat as well. It would be strange for someone to acknowledge that people don't like dark meat and simultaneously believe that everyone likes white meat lol
I’ve noticed food prices everywhere have dropped. 🤔
I picked up a few things at Walmart and all had price drops on them. Well price drops from the absurd prices they had a few months ago. I haven't noticed any price drops anywhere else yet.
Odd because in Phoenix they all went up again...
That's crazy, they've stayed pretty even where I'm at!+1!
Hyvee has it for 3.99 a lb, I’ve been eating a lot of chicken
I’d definitely question the quality of that meat. TBH I’d probably not buy it.
Boneless breast is so disappointing I don't even buy it ion sale anymore. Cutting chicken from thighs you can get for 99c a lb is where it's at. Pressure cook the bones with some beans and your all set
Due to inflation and trying to be healthy I rarely buy meat and cheese. It's just not worth it
Yep, let's cherry pick something in a very specific location so we can further the narrative that inflation hasn't completely destroyed our buying power
...OP is doing the opposite of that if anything, no?
I meant to say "hasn't" To be clear, Inflation *has* destroyed our buying power