A medium chicken out of asda, guess how much??

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Honestly, i nearly landed on my arse

We got one at the weekend and took 2 hours to cook.
So hangry by the end of the 2 hours that I was trying not to think of the cost of cooking it 🤬

Bird 'flu prevention measures in the UK mean that all poultry has to be housed at the moment anyway. So no, there are no free-range chickens (or eggs) currently.

I was expecting around £3.50
Why though? That’s ridiculously low for a medium chicken.

Whilst the rise makes it seem expensive to us don't we have some of the cheapest meat prices here? Seen lots of videos online of people travelling/ studying/ working here showing their grocery baskets and what they get for much less money than back home.

Should a whole chicken and all the work that has gone in cost the same as a box of chocs /cereal/ crisps?

There's another thread on here where the op's DH is a farmer working all hours and not making enough to get by.

for bird flu quarantine there is a transitional period for which free-range lable can continue even if the bird are kept inside.
some farmers offer a covered outside enclosure to still comply but to keep the bird flu rules.

bird flu sucks. it is extrey contagious and one infected bird leads to the whole flock dying.

poultry and eggs will be more expensive due to this for some time.

You get replacements for life though… so keep your receipt!

That's the price for the large one at my asda, are you sure that's right? The cheapest chicken they do is £4.50.

I haven't bought a whole chicken for a while but 2 organic breast filets cost me about 8€ the other day. same price for drumsticks. or boneless thighs.

But of course it will feed a family of four for two to three weeks (longer if you add chickpeas) so remarkable value really.

I imagine a lot of shops were selling it as a loss leader too.

I paid about £7 for a medium free-range corn-fee chicken in Aldi last week. Hopefully if there’s no longer quite such a massive price difference people will start choosing higher-welfare birds.

I paid more than that for a small chicken from Tesco but it was a free range corn fed chicken. I would rather eat higher welfare chicken less often than a battery farm one.

Odd as I bought an extra large chicken on Sunday from Asda and it was £5.59.

Agree. Chicken is too cheap for what it is.

you need to search for the special offers

Out of Asda?! 🙈

some years ago they changed the sizing
1.7 kg used to be medium
it is now large

I change my own - I have hundreds of batteries brought in Poundland and others and a specialised tool kit that was about 4 pounds and do my own - always have done.

recently the tumble dryer stopped working part was £5 online ok it took me and children about 3 hours and a number of YouTube clips but far cheaper than the £130 minimum that I was quoted by a tradesperson or £500 for a new one

Completely agree with this, we really shouldn’t be able to buy what was once a living creature so cheaply. It must have have had a pretty awful life if farmers can afford to sell for around £3.50 and still make a profit. Urgh.

Well said

Chicken should be a luxury item , not a basic. If you want to eat chicken it should probably cost £15 if there is any element of welfare.
I totally agree with this. Those super cheap ones are also tasteless!

I shop in Asda all the time and notice every time the prices change nearly every week. I buy tuna in water a lot and the price goes up and down more than a yo yo. More up to be honest. I get chicken pieces in marks its a lot cheaper ive noticed and the price stays the same week in week out.

£3.95 in my Tesco for a medium chicken. I’m surprised Asda are so much more expensive.

That's still cheap considering everything it takes to produce a chicken!

The issue is that people aren't paid enough to afford it, nor the actual price of the chicken,

But I'll not get on that particular soapbox right now...!

As a pp has said food is still cheap in the UK compared to some parts of Europe.
I saw a cauliflower in our Lidl for €3.49 yesterday.