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Chicken wings are a popular 'hang out at the bar with friends, drink beer and pick at something' kind of food. Especially in the past few years so I don't see them as a guide to inflation. Those groups are going to pay, no matter what. Yes, IMO it is ridicules but if a restaurant can charge a lot more than in the past for wings so they can still charge somewhat reasonable prices for more expensive items so they can still make money then so be it.
Funny to me as, esp. living where seafood is so popular, I have always been accustomed to crabs, oysters, clams, etc. going for mkt price. There are a couple regular restaurant/bar areas where the wings on the menu are listed as "mkt. price" as well!
A lot of people eat cereal every day or every other day. Not so with chicken wings which is a lunch/dinner option with bazillions of options from pizza, burgers, pasta, mexican, greek, asian, indian, etc. Breakfast has far less options unless you're going to that one Chinese Food/Donut shop.
Some cereals have doubled in price and rip-off grocery chains will take full advantage of it to justify their price hikes.
Gas hasn't doubled everywhere in the country so why is food.
Biden released millions of barrels of oil from Strategic reserve to keep gas low.
Both Ukraine an Russia are big grain producers,guess what they are doing now?
Natural gas price up,so fertilizer is up,trucking and other labor cost up.
Foods in general are not good indicator of inflation since in developed countries food is a relatively small percentage of the average household budget, but to focus on one exact portion of one type of meat is even more useless.
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as a college student living on very little,my room mate and I always buy wings ,as we cant afford white meat
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Could it be consumers realise they are not getting their money worth eating wings?skin and bone and little meat?
Weird you didn't realize this.
I once saw an article that analyzed the most economical part of a chicken based on both price and what percentage of it is edible and the winner was leg quarters, followed closely by a whole chicken. If you want white meat and are on a budget just learn to properly debone a whole chicken, there are a gazillion youtube videos out there. I suspect loss-leaders like Costco roast chicken might be even cheaper, but they were just analyzing raw chicken.
Kentucky Fried Chicken of China just introduces a superdeal,17 pieces consists of chicken wing TIPS,and other chicken parts you dont want to know for under US$ 6.
Foods in general are not good indicator of inflation since in developed countries food is a relatively small percentage of the average household budget, but to focus on one exact portion of one type of meat is even more useless.
Weird you didn't realize this.
I once saw an article that analyzed the most economical part of a chicken based on both price and what percentage of it is edible and the winner was leg quarters, followed closely by a whole chicken. If you want white meat and are on a budget just learn to properly debone a whole chicken, there are a gazillion youtube videos out there. I suspect loss-leaders like Costco roast chicken might be even cheaper, but they were just analyzing raw chicken.
I agree,whole chicken is the best deal,you get both white and dark meat and get the bones to make soup,if it includes liver and gizzard,so much better.
.........Gas hasn't doubled everywhere in the country so why is food.
One must appreciate how much energy goes into US food production. From pesticides to transportation to irrigation to storage to whatever else, it is very energy dependent. I get a kick out of the 70s songs if they don't turn on the pump, we are going to turn off the food because it operates on that the two are separate. They are not.
Nobody does wings where we live, but pork tenderloin is our go-to. Covered with black pepper and garlic....
Cheap, too. $5 a kilo.
Agreed. When brisket started going up in price, I found pork to be at a nice price, per pound. $1.99/lb or cheaper.
Every so often, I pick up some.....to slice up, put in baggies, into the freezer, until it is the meat of the week and goes into a stew.
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