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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Shit's bad in Canada, and our grocery store megacorps are taking us for all we've got. Five boneless skinless chicken breasts for $28 is insanity. Yet here we are.

[–] GenericJeebus 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I went to get chicken for some meal prep a couple of days ago (Missouri, US) and a 1lb container of just chicken breast tenders costs $13, I figured it was a "labor" cost for cutting the tenders off before the customer buys it, like how a container of diced onion costs an order of magnitude higher than just buying a whole onion, but nope, the pack of 2 breasts right next to it cost basically the same, maybe only 50 cents cheaper, and I wasn't in anything expensive like a whole foods, just a generic lowcost midwest regional store. It's absolutely ridiculous. Not to mention 2 orange or red bell peppers costs $5....

[–] Tikiporch 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Chicken tenderloins are $3.94/lb at Walmart in Central KY. Where were you shopping?

[–] GenericJeebus 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This was at a Price Chopper in western central MO

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] GenericJeebus 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree 2 points 6 months ago

Also from Missouri. I got Aldi near me and their chicken is cheap.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Five boneless skinless chicken breasts for $28 is insanity. Yet here we are.

The fuck.

Here in the Netherlands we apparently have the opposite problem. Lots of complaints that meat is too cheap, mainly by animal rights organizations who oppose the conditions under which the animals for this cheap meat are held.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Monopolies are a hell of a drug.

[–] TurtleJoe 4 points 6 months ago

Tyson announced several months ago that they were cutting back supply, just so that they could charge more. They're one of, if not the largest chicken supplier (and they are fully vertically integrated) in NA, so them raising prices affects prices across the board.

Prepare for more pain as bird flu seems to be spreading in US cattle populations.