Drastic price differences in chicken breasts (organic, frozen, healthy, calories)

[phetaroi]

I've been wondering how to explain the drastic price differences in FRESH chicken breasts that I have been seeing lately in our supermarkets.

Red Bird chicken breasts are usually $8/pound.
Perdue are more like $7/pound.
But I also see no-name brand breasts at $3/pound.

All fresh, not frozen.

What makes the prices so drastically different?

[Dogboa]

Right now our local Penn Dutch has their own brand split chicken breasts at $.99 per pound for family packs and boneless/skinless family packs at $1.99 per pound. I believe price is based on brand name.

[evening sun]

The prices I see on a regular basis, are similar to Dogs. I like the .99 bone in deals, becasue there is alot of meat on the bone. Sometimes the bags of frozen ( boneless) will go on sale & the price is equivalent to $1.66 a pound. I get both as we eat chicken, often. The fresh ones are normally Foster Farms, which is a good California brand.

[Jkgourmet]

Red bird is all that stuff that increases prices - free range, organic, vegetarian fed diet, etc etc etc. Obviously, some people will pay for that.How the Chickens are Raised. And at eight bucks a pound? WOW.

Perdue? I don't get the seven bucks a pound unless it's their version of organic, etc which is their "HarvestLand" label. https://www.perdue.com/products/perd...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

Me? I'm with Dogboa. Buying bone in when on sale (great in the instant pot) and boneless at $1.99 or less when on sale. But I use way more chicken thighs than breasts. The flavor is worth the calories.

[mainebrokerman]

MY STORES have boneless chicken breasts for 1.69lb

these are all natural and no hormones...

my "organic" is 7.99lb

margins on organic and grass fed are huge because they aren't looking at price..



bnls chicken breasts are cheap.... wholesale you can buy chicken thighs for .60lb and bnls breasts for 1.40lb

[lae60]

From what I can tell locally:

1. If its organic or free range its at the highest price

2. If the size of the breast is large, it is at a lower price. The breast size that would be a one serving size being the highest price.

[Mattie]

Here in GA, Purdue is $4.99/lb. I used to buy Tyson at $1.99/lb, but Kroger stopped carrying it. The butcher told me the new brand "something" Farms, is the Tyson product rebranded. I can't tell any difference between the two, or the third option, the store hand trimmed breasts. We buy boneless skinless breasts every week, and get the cheapest option.

[Jkgourmet]

Now that I'm thinking about this, I don't think I've ever paid any attention to the company name on chicken pieces. I might notice for whole chicken, but ultimately, 8m looking at the price per pound.

(Strangely, I do have preferences on pork brands - especially for ribs. But its still about the price.)

[Nomadicus]

I don't think we are comparing apples to apples. There must me an orange in the mix. There is some fine print missing somewhere.

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by lae60

From what I can tell locally:

1. If its organic or free range its at the highest price

2. If the size of the breast is large, it is at a lower price. The breast size that would be a one serving size being the highest price.

ive been asked for grass fed chicken ...over 20 times in the last year..

id like to reply...chickens eat their own feces.... and bugs and ticks....so im sure grass is in their somewhere