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> Many US grocery stores sell fully-cooked chickens with minimal spicing for about six dollars. These are loss leaders and are often less than half the price of
by DanBC 5y ago
> Many US grocery stores sell fully-cooked chickens with minimal spicing for about six dollars. These are loss leaders and are often less than half the price of an uncooked chicken
An uncooked chicken is about $10-$15? (£7-£10)?
I don't understand the US combination of terrible animal welfare standards, terrible food hygiene standards, and high cost.
In the UK a fresh whole uncooked chicken is £3.50 ($5). https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/292276232 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/292276232
Bit cheaper if you want a smaller chicken: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/304404069 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/304404069
Bit more if you want higher welfare chicken: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256278098 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256278098
We can get over £10 if we pick an expensive shop, and then pick one of their most expensive chickens: https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/duchy-organic-free-range-british-whole-chicken/078250-39829-39830 https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/duchy-organic-free-ra...
- jasonwatkinspdx 5y agoThe US actually has fantastic food hygiene standards. I know it's a meme with some UK/EU folks to clutch their pearls over the chlorinated chicken wash but it is in fact based on solid science. It's a different approach but not invalid. Prices vary by location, but generally you can expect to get uncooked chicken here for under $2/lb. I live in a largish city and typically pay under $1.5/lb. I agree about the animal welfare standards, but that is most definitely not unique to us. In fact, I'm acquainted with one of the key people in popularizing intensive confinement livestock practices in the midwest US: they're German and brought techniques from there to Kansas. Likewise I've seen first hand what cattle barns are like in Italy, and it is not good. Assuming you have access to a kitchen, you can feed yourself very well at minimal cost in the US. I loathe our fast food culture, but do not underestimate just how solid the US supermarket system is.