Rachel Johnson's £32 chicken!

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Was listening to LBC discussing the cost of living or high salaries, can't remember what. Anyway, she said she bought a chicken from her local butcher for £32! She justified it by saying it was herb fed! I was flabbergasted to say the least.
Do people on a high salary really spend their money like this without any thought?

I'm sure it's a good starting point, but my sister's farm/business isn't listed & given she is in the top 10% of sustainable organic farms .... meh

Not a high earner but spend a lot on decent meat, would easily spend that without thinking on her salary. McDonald’s meal is about a tenner now no?

That’s how I feel - we are lucky here in Somerset, tons of great options and yep whilst it doesn’t go on for ever I can genuinely say my 3kg ones do a good Sunday lunch for 3 adults plus Monday night ramen for 2 and enough for rissotto or fried rice on Tuesday - they cost me £17 to £20 and it’s like chicken used to be dense, meaty and you don’t need quite as much .

The chicken sounds a bit stupid like Japanese Wagu beef where they give it beer to drink and massage it every day, there is a difference in good chicken and rubbish, that is clear but beyond free range corn fed I don't see a difference except perhaps the breed, I don't notice a big enough difference to pay top dollar for a chicken, with that said go too cheap and you end up with the diseased stuff that has been killed by the other chickens that have sat in a cage pooping over each other.