The Chicken Rip Off

August 27th, 2005 · 9 Comments

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A couple weeks ago I went to Jewel and they were having a sale - buy 1 get 1 free chicken breasts at $5.49/pound. I don’t know how much per pound is a good deal on chicken, but I know what buy 1, get 1 free means, so I picked up a couple packages. When I got home, I had a pack of the same chicken in the freezer from a previous purchase, but I noticed that then the chicken was only $3.99/pound

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  • 1 me // Aug 27, 2005 at 3:59 pm

    this is what buy 1, get 1 free means ;)

  • 2 john crude // Aug 27, 2005 at 5:57 pm

    This 99% fat free boneless and skinless chicken is 98% real hydrocarbon… Since crude oil increases very fast…

  • 3 O // Aug 27, 2005 at 7:08 pm

    You probably shouldn’t eat chicken anyway. Have you read Fast Food Nation?

  • 4 Ms. Julien in Miami // Aug 28, 2005 at 12:33 am

    This is what hospitals do, also - they give what they call a “network” discount (PPO) and then they jack up the prices. So, if they give a 20% “in network discount” to a certain insurance carrier, they charge 20% more for the service, so the price is the same…

    It is crap.

  • 5 jenn in CA // Aug 29, 2005 at 11:35 am

    That is so misleading. I would call the District Attorney’s office and file a complaint with their Consumer Protection division. I’m acting like such a snark but companies are forever ripping people off. You should see the stuff companies will pull I do work in a Consumer Protection division in a District Attorney’s office in CA.

  • 6 Joel // Aug 29, 2005 at 3:57 pm

    “You probably shouldn’t eat chicken anyway. Have you read Fast Food Nation?”

    What does buying chicken at a grocery store have to do with Fast Food Nation?

    … the heck?!

  • 7 Crissy // Aug 31, 2005 at 2:19 pm

    A friend of mine works at Jewel and said this is standard practice for them. Sad but true . . .

  • 8 Literatehomey // Sep 2, 2005 at 2:02 am

    Joel - Read Fast Food Nation soon or you will perish.

    Fast food nation explains where that chicken comes from- and I am not talking about the whole “which came first” thing.

  • 9 Foobar Jones // Sep 2, 2005 at 9:13 am

    5.49/lb @ half-off is still a sale price compared to 3.99/lb, and you didn’t say they were having a “half off normal price” sale. It’s shady, but it’s legal. Welcome to the American corporate way.

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