In article >, gravesend10
@verizon.net says...
>
> On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:18:34 -0400, Don Wiss >
> wrote:
>
> >The NY Times recently had an article on the supermarket rotisserie
> >chickens. They are often loss leaders to get you into the store. I looked
> >at them in my local supermarket. The ingredient list went on and on.
> >
> >The other day for lunch I decided to see just what Whole Foods had in the
> >steam and cold tables. The food, with sales tax, approached $10/lb. They
> >also had the rotisserie chickens. The half chickens had a list of
> >ingredients, but the whole chickens had only salt and pepper. All the whole
> >chickens were labeled 1 lb 12 oz. With sales tax the price approached $10.
> >
> >I looked around and picked what looked like a large one. I got home. I
> >weighed it. It weighed 2.5 lbs! Are they always so generous in size? I
> >could have bought chicken from the steam tables. One pound would have been
> >the same price as the 2.5 pounds I got.
>
> Could have bought a 7 pound oven stuffer roaster where I live for
> 79¢/lb... season and pop it in your oven.

Are Americans really completely unaware of what goes on in the chicken
industry? Don't you have decent media that report on things? Or is life
only about money?