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Anybody else surprised by how much a chicken costs in Africa? $5 is £3.45[1] and I can buy a (dead, plucked, gutted, packaged, delivered to my door) chicken in

Anybody else surprised by how much a chicken costs in Africa? $5 is £3.45[1] and I can buy a (dead, plucked, gutted, packaged, delivered to my door) chicken in the UK for £2.95[2]. I realise the local supply's much lower because my Sainsbury's chicken is grown in a cage in a factory somewhere, but nonetheless, I didn't expect that. [1] I presume USD is the currency in the video, since 5 of the local currency is £0.006 [2] http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/chicken/sainsburys-british-whole-chicken--small-135kg-%28serves-2---3%29 http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/chicken/sainsb... edit: looks like I left the page open for longer than I thought - this discussion happened elsewhere hours ago. Apologies.

gricardo99 10y ago
There's also the famously cheap Costco $4.99 Rotisserie Chicken. But it seems it's a bit of a loss-leader for them[1]. [1] - http://time.com/money/3901655/costco-rotisserie-chickens-hot-dogs/ http://time.com/money/3901655/costco-rotisserie-chickens-hot...
Spooky23 10y ago
Chickens weren't sold that way until pretty recently in history in rich countries. Like cows, chickens provide ongoing sustenance. That $5 chicken may yield $50 in eggs. When the bird gets old, you make some soup.
- maxerickson 10y ago
  $5 seems to be the price for a carcass. In the video, dead chickens are tied together and draped over a bike for transport to wherever they are being sold.
  - kuusisto 10y ago
    I'm pretty sure the chickens tied together on the bike are alive. I imagine it's just a lot easier to transport a bunch of them with a bike when they're tied together like that. https://youtu.be/MwZxBPYqiLg?t=17s https://youtu.be/MwZxBPYqiLg?t=17s
    - maxerickson 10y ago
      Yeah, giving it a second look, you are right.
majani 10y ago
one of the funny things foreigners notice when they come to my country(Kenya) is that there's chicken & chips shops EVERYWHERE. People absolutely adore chicken over here and are willing to pay over the odds for it, so the supply has adjusted their prices accordingly.

gricardo99 10y ago

There's also the famously cheap Costco $4.99 Rotisserie Chicken. But it seems it's a bit of a loss-leader for them[1]. [1] - http://time.com/money/3901655/costco-rotisserie-chickens-hot-dogs/ http://time.com/money/3901655/costco-rotisserie-chickens-hot...

Spooky23 10y ago

Chickens weren't sold that way until pretty recently in history in rich countries. Like cows, chickens provide ongoing sustenance. That $5 chicken may yield $50 in eggs. When the bird gets old, you make some soup.

maxerickson 10y ago
$5 seems to be the price for a carcass. In the video, dead chickens are tied together and draped over a bike for transport to wherever they are being sold.
- kuusisto 10y ago
  I'm pretty sure the chickens tied together on the bike are alive. I imagine it's just a lot easier to transport a bunch of them with a bike when they're tied together like that. https://youtu.be/MwZxBPYqiLg?t=17s https://youtu.be/MwZxBPYqiLg?t=17s
  - maxerickson 10y ago
    Yeah, giving it a second look, you are right.

majani 10y ago

one of the funny things foreigners notice when they come to my country(Kenya) is that there's chicken & chips shops EVERYWHERE. People absolutely adore chicken over here and are willing to pay over the odds for it, so the supply has adjusted their prices accordingly.