Wegman's rotisserie chickens are now $9.99 each.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We moved out of the area and I worried that I would miss Wegman's. But I don't miss it. Looking back, I think it was way overpriced for most things. It had good prices on dairy (milk, eggs) and raw chicken, but otherwise it was spendy. I went into one recently on a visit to NOVA, and zowie -- the prices were outrageous compared to what I pay now. They lure you in with the nice aesthetics and size of store, but don't be fooled. It is an expensive store experience.

Wegmans is still 20-30% cheaper than my closest alternatives (Giant and Safeway).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Costco is 4.99

Sams Club too and they are bigger than the grocery store ones. I think it is a loss leader for both.

BJs also has them for 4.99.

I have tried all 3 for making chicken bone broth/stock after pulling the meat off. Sam's Club makes the best stock hands-down of the 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$20 for 2 roast chickens sounds reasonable. What am I missing?

That some people expect food to be practically free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$20 for 2 roast chickens sounds reasonable. What am I missing?

You’re ridiculous.

Wegmans has been jacking up the prices on everything. So has walmart and Costco. It’s a good thing dcum is full of people like the pp ☝️. Normal people are really struggling.

Just because people are struggling does not mean a store should sell food at a loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's something creepy about a $5 chicken, so this is probably good.

It’s called a loss leader, nothing creepy about that.

Yep. The point of having the roast chickens sold at a loss is that people will come in after work and pick up a chicken to feed the family when they are too tired to go home and cook and it's cheaper than takeout. But, while they are there (and hungry), they will pick up a bunch of other things to go with dinner, bread, sides, veggies, and often turn it into the quick shopping trip of things that they need before they can get there on the weekend. So, luring people in after work on weekdays to pick up a chicken that is sold under cost actually turns into a profit because most people won't just buy the chicken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's something creepy about a $5 chicken, so this is probably good.

This! I always was sketched out when Harris Teeter would offer them that cheap. I actually just bought one last night at WF (closest store at the time) and it was $12. I needed it, so I bought it, but it does make $9.99 sound not as bad.

Have you seen the most recent SNL about $10 for 5 ARbie's sandwiches

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's something creepy about a $5 chicken, so this is probably good.

+1 For a fully cooked whole chicken, $9.99 doesn’t sound unreasonable. Beware dirt cheap meat.

Suckers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's something creepy about a $5 chicken, so this is probably good.

This! I always was sketched out when Harris Teeter would offer them that cheap. I actually just bought one last night at WF (closest store at the time) and it was $12. I needed it, so I bought it, but it does make $9.99 sound not as bad.

Have you seen the most recent SNL about $10 for 5 ARbie's sandwiches

Yes!! Exactly!

What are the meats?

[Anonymous]

Corporate greed, profits are up 50% for poultry companies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's something creepy about a $5 chicken, so this is probably good.

It’s called a loss leader, nothing creepy about that.

Yep. The point of having the roast chickens sold at a loss is that people will come in after work and pick up a chicken to feed the family when they are too tired to go home and cook and it's cheaper than takeout. But, while they are there (and hungry), they will pick up a bunch of other things to go with dinner, bread, sides, veggies, and often turn it into the quick shopping trip of things that they need before they can get there on the weekend. So, luring people in after work on weekdays to pick up a chicken that is sold under cost actually turns into a profit because most people won't just buy the chicken.

Prices have gone up on a ton of things at Costco, but not the chickens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's something creepy about a $5 chicken, so this is probably good.

It’s called a loss leader, nothing creepy about that.

Yep. The point of having the roast chickens sold at a loss is that people will come in after work and pick up a chicken to feed the family when they are too tired to go home and cook and it's cheaper than takeout. But, while they are there (and hungry), they will pick up a bunch of other things to go with dinner, bread, sides, veggies, and often turn it into the quick shopping trip of things that they need before they can get there on the weekend. So, luring people in after work on weekdays to pick up a chicken that is sold under cost actually turns into a profit because most people won't just buy the chicken.

Prices have gone up on a ton of things at Costco, but not the chickens.

The other reason is that keeping the chickens that price actually gets people to sign up for or renew their memberships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Costco is 4.99

Sams Club too and they are bigger than the grocery store ones. I think it is a loss leader for both.

BJs also has them for 4.99.

I have tried all 3 for making chicken bone broth/stock after pulling the meat off. Sam's Club makes the best stock hands-down of the 3.

Meaning Sam’s uses the most salt and oil on them? I don’t get how you think that makes it a superior chicken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So? A whole raw chicken isn’t much less

A raw whole chicken is more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So? A whole raw chicken isn’t much less

A raw whole chicken is more.

100%. I almost exclusively do raw and they range from about 16 to 30 dollars depending on weight.

[Anonymous]

Have you taken a moment to consider that someone is buying or breeding a chicken, feeding a chicken, raising it, killing it, cleaning it, packaging it, loading it on a truck, driving it, unloading it, then the store roasts it, packages it, puts it on a shelf, then checks you out.....for $10. It's sort of a miracle.