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how am I able to buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store for $5? seems like I've getting pretty much everything that's economically viable from the chi
by pitt1980 10y ago
how am I able to buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store for $5?
seems like I've getting pretty much everything that's economically viable from the chicken, plus a fair amount of labor put into the chicken
- Turing_Machine 10y agoWell, the rotisserie chicken is very likely grown on a massively capital-intensive assembly line, and quite possibly delivered frozen. Those options are likely not available to the people this is trying to help. Also: fresh, free-range, "organic" chicken costs more like $3.00-$5.00 per pound in most areas.
- rnga1dco 10y agoRotisserie chickens are often a loss leader for grocery stores[0]. 0- http://debtblag.com/why-rotisserie-chickens-so-cheap/ http://debtblag.com/why-rotisserie-chickens-so-cheap/
- bryanlarsen 10y agoA rotisserie chicken is usually ~2 pounds.
- rmah 10y agoUS agriculture is extremely efficient. Agriculture in underdeveloped nations is, usually, inefficient. The retail price typically only costs less because there are less steps between producer and buyer. For example, in the US, only about 25% of the cost of bread is for the bread itself (wheat, baking, etc). IIRC, in egypt, about 50% of the retail price of bread is materials/production. Thus bread there costs 1/2 what it costs in the US. But egypt is an outlier in agriculture with an extremely high wheat yields for a nation at their economic situation. Probably due to the fertility of the nile.