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Why is it when I went into a supermarket spaghetti was the same price per pound as chicken drumsticks?
Yes the spaghettis is processed and shaped
and the chicken is a raw ingredient
but that chicken had to be raised on grain
and given water, slaughtered, cut up and so on,
The mark up on the pasta has got to be a much higher rate than the markup on the chicken
Why would you want to be in the chicken business then?
And going back 100 years how would a pound of chickens compare in price to a pound of dry spaghetti?
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Why is it when I went into a supermarket spaghetti was the same price per pound as chicken drumsticks?
Yes the spaghettis is processed and shaped
and the chicken is a raw ingredient
but that chicken had to be raised on grain
and given water, slaughtered, cut up and so on,
The mark up on the pasta has got to be a much higher rate than the markup on the chicken
Why would you want to be in the chicken business then?
And going back 100 years how would a pound of chickens compare in price to a pound of dry spaghetti?
It's the free market. The market says that those are the prices people are willing to pay for those items.
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Why is it when I went into a supermarket spaghetti was the same price per pound as chicken drumsticks?
Yes the spaghettis is processed and shaped
and the chicken is a raw ingredient
but that chicken had to be raised on grain
and given water, slaughtered, cut up and so on,
The mark up on the pasta has got to be a much higher rate than the markup on the chicken
Why would you want to be in the chicken business then?
And going back 100 years how would a pound of chickens compare in price to a pound of dry spaghetti?
Upon seeing that I would rejoice in such a low price for chicken! We just picked up some spaghetti last weekend and it was $0.97/lb., I don't recall seeing any chicken that low ever.
Why is it when I went into a supermarket spaghetti was the same price per pound as chicken drumsticks?
Yes the spaghettis is processed and shaped
and the chicken is a raw ingredient
but that chicken had to be raised on grain
and given water, slaughtered, cut up and so on,
The mark up on the pasta has got to be a much higher rate than the markup on the chicken
Why would you want to be in the chicken business then?
And going back 100 years how would a pound of chickens compare in price to a pound of dry spaghetti?
They are both processed food since the chicken is raised on grain which is a processed food it is not organic. Cheap factory raised chicken doesn't taste good nor healthy for you.
Natural chicken feeds on worms and bugs not grain.
They are both processed food since the chicken is raised on grain which is a processed food it is not organic. Cheap factory raised chicken doesn't taste good nor healthy for you.
Natural chicken feeds on worms and bugs not grain.
Why is it when I went into a supermarket spaghetti was the same price per pound as chicken drumsticks?
I'll need to see a receipt or call BS.
I bought spaghetti, thin spaghetti and rigatoni and saw pasta prices in a Wal-Mart, Meijer's and a Giant Eagle over the last 8 weeks and never saw any prices of any pasta more than $1.49 and I was at Meijer's last night and Giant Eagle the day before.
Two weeks ago, I was at a Kroger's in West Virginia and got a box of thin spaghetti for $0.99.
Fresh pasta is normally more expensive than dry pasta, but I don't see where it would be the price of chicken legs.
I can also see where in a convenience mart, where prices are normally higher because you're paying for the cost of convenience that pasta might cost as much as a gallon of gas, but I have a hard time believing your phony story.
I bought spaghetti, thin spaghetti and rigatoni and saw pasta prices in a Wal-Mart, Meijer's and a Giant Eagle over the last 8 weeks and never saw any prices of any pasta more than $1.49 and I was at Meijer's last night and Giant Eagle the day before.
It also depends on what part of the country you are in
But there is no need to produce a receipt when you did it yourself.
Here you mention pasta for $1.49
Obviously you don't live in a big city where they also have foreign brands than can be much higher than that.
In NYC many supermarkets sell a box of Ronzoni spaghetti for $1.99.
but there is no need to get into that, you mentioned $1.49
$1.49 is also a price one might easily find for a lb of chicken drums
I think there is more too this economically and might be related to farm subsidies
It smells wrong to me
At Walmart you can get 10 lbs of chickens drums for $7.48
In NYC you can also easily find cheaper brands of pasta, some imported from Italy for .99 a pound
but how can that be the same price as chicken?
And another trick these pasta companies do is they will do a spinach pasta, put it in the same sized box as the regular but reduce the product weight to 12 oz. Some people don't notice.
It also depends on what part of the country you are in
But there is no need to produce a receipt when you did it yourself.
Here you mention pasta for $1.49
Obviously you don't live in a big city where they also have foreign brands than can be much higher than that.
In NYC many supermarkets sell a box of Ronzoni spaghetti for $1.99.
but there is no need to get into that, you mentioned $1.49
$1.49 is also a price one might easily find for a lb of chicken drums
I think there is more too this economically and might be related to farm subsidies
It smells wrong to me
At Walmart you can get 10 lbs of chickens drums for $7.48
In NYC you can also easily find cheaper brands of pasta, some imported from Italy for .99 a pound
but how can that be the same price as chicken?
And another trick these pasta companies do is they will do a spinach pasta, put it in the same sized box as the regular but reduce the product weight to 12 oz. Some people don't notice.
So, what part of the country are you in? Cheap store brand pasta rund $2 here.
Comparing the price per pound for a 10 pound box od something versus a 1 pound of something else does not add up.
So, what part of the country are you in? Cheap store brand pasta rund $2 here.
Fine, store brand pasta runs $2 where you are. Those are one pound boxes usually
Now tell us how much chicken drumsticks run per pound in your area
This thread is about comparing the two prices in a given area
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