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Default Why Costco might never raise prices on $4.99 chickens, $1.50 hot dogs



"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 31 May 2015 15:49:25 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>>>On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:30:39 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
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>>>>> On Sun, 31 May 2015 15:10:29 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>>>> >On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 06:58:35 +1000, Bruce >
>>>>> >wrote:
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>>>>> >> On Sun, 31 May 2015 13:49:23 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>>>> >> wrote:
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>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >"Bruce" > wrote in message
>>>>> >> .. .
>>>>> >> >> On Sun, 31 May 2015 12:52:49 -0700, "Cheri"
>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>> >> >> wrote:
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>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>>> >> >>>> No, I guess I wouldn't pay $80 or $40. But I often see prices
>>>>> >> >>>> mentioned here like $1 (or even if it's $5) for a pound of
>>>>> >> >>>> chicken
>>>>> >> >>>> legs etc. Granted that they're tortured factory chickens, but
>>>>> >> >>>> if you
>>>>> >> >>>> don't care about that, it's dirt cheap. Hee hee.
>>>>> >> >>>>
>>>>> >> >>>Oh BS, they are not tortured factory chickens in CA. Get a clue.
>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >>>http://www.fosterfarms.com/?gclid=Cj...07QaApdo8P8HAQ
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> There are no industry chickens in CA? Very unlikely, but maybe
>>>>> >> >> you
>>>>> >> >> know what you're talking about. But why do you focus on CA? Do
>>>>> >> >> all
>>>>> >> >> supermarket chickens come from CA?
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >The chickens I buy do. They come from the link I posted.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Good on you. From there to "there are no industry chickens in CA"
>>>>> >> is a
>>>>> >> big step, though.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >She didn't say anything of the kind. She said they aren't tortured.
>>>>> >If you'd read the link you'd have found out they minimize salmonella
>>>>> >too. http://www.fosterfarms.com/fosterfarmsfoodsafety/faq/
>>>>>
>>>>> Industry chickens are tortured chickens.
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>>>>Suit yourself then.
>>>
>>> Try this:
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>>> Inside the California Egg Industry:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hks86Xxx1ZE
>>>
>>> (I know you won't.)

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>> 'Battery' hens are outlawed here.

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> http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1.../p2p-82389362/


Good for Walmart, but what about the law. It isn't illegal to keep all
those hens in those cages?



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