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annasuave · 09-13-2010, 01:02 PM

OK, supply-chain people, economists, agri-business folk, and people who just like chicken - what's going on here?

I like chicken. So much so that yesterday, went to buy one with the idea in mind to cook it up and call it dinner. Try as I might, I could not find a frozen chicken to buy under $7.00. No matter how small, not even the B-grade "utility" chickens.

Reasoning that fresh chickens must cost more because of the freezing, I looked at fresh chickens. Starting at $9.00 each.

But yet, as I exit the store, cooked, hot and ready to go chickens are $5.99.

What gives. Why is a hot cooked chicken cheaper than an uncooked frozen one? Supply & demand? Transportation logistics? Marketing tactics?

Is there ever any reason to buy frozen chickens? Or should I just pick up a hot, cooked and ready to go chicken on my way home from work once a week?

09-13-2010, 01:02 PM	#1
annasuave Scoring Winger Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	chicken economics OK, supply-chain people, economists, agri-business folk, and people who just like chicken - what's going on here? I like chicken. So much so that yesterday, went to buy one with the idea in mind to cook it up and call it dinner. Try as I might, I could not find a frozen chicken to buy under $7.00. No matter how small, not even the B-grade "utility" chickens. Reasoning that fresh chickens must cost more because of the freezing, I looked at fresh chickens. Starting at $9.00 each. But yet, as I exit the store, cooked, hot and ready to go chickens are $5.99. What gives. Why is a hot cooked chicken cheaper than an uncooked frozen one? Supply & demand? Transportation logistics? Marketing tactics? Is there ever any reason to buy frozen chickens? Or should I just pick up a hot, cooked and ready to go chicken on my way home from work once a week?