On Sat, 20 Aug 2016, 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.

smart idea to check the weight at home... Hell, if there's a scale in the
produce section, you could probably have weighed it in the store! ;-)

Sometimes the rotisserie chickens are kind of greasy to me, but if you
want to eat Right Now, it's a great option.

I know, Haters are complaining that they're too expensive, but what's your
time worth??