TESCO WILLOW FARM CHICKENS £2.50 each.

Ricekirsty

Without mentioning welfare issues I would rather spend the same amount of money on a smaller bit of nice chicken. One that is fit well and healthy and has grown slowly. It tastes sooooo much better. I actually had nice free range organic chicken today and only needed a little bit. One chicken will last about 2 meals for 4 and some soup.

fat_cockney

I got one of these yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks op!!

zuzuspetals

I've always bought that chicken in Tesco because I rather stupidly thought that it was free range! Will have to be more careful about what I buy in future. Thanks to the poster who pointed that out - it is useful to know something like that before you decide to buy.

I wish it was easier to see which meat really is higher welfare. I always buy organic when it is available, but I don't think that the fact the meat is organic always means that the animal has been reared and slaughtered humanely.

bylromarha

Tried to get one today and they'd sold out.

Butcher pointed me to the normal chickens as they were "cheaper than Willow Farm per kilo anyway"

I told him they didn't taste as nice as Willow Farm. He told me they were better value. I told him they didn't taste as nice, so not really better value if it's less enjoyable. He told me that they were cheaper (obviously thought I didn't understand the term better value...). I repeated that the taste wasn't as nice as Willow Farm. He then looks thoughtful and says "ah, that's because Willow Farm chicken are basted"...What?! They aren't basted, just have a fuller taste to the meat. He then proceeded to tell me what I needed to do to get the same taste to the chicken as the Willow Farm variety.

I walked away...

lexie55_2

KarenBB wrote: »

First time I read this thread I went and looked for £2.50 chickens on the meat counter at one store, they didn't even have fresh chickens on that counter. But I went to my local Tesco's and they do have fresh chickens on the butchers counter, they're not priced at £2.50, they show as half price per kilo, £1.50 down from £3. I picked another one up today, just over 2kg for £3.02. The offer runs to something like 4/8/10. Prok loin steaks are half price too, I think they were £4.50 per kg, no idea if that's a good price or not without checking around.

Spoke with the butcher at my local and all the chickens are half price at £2.50, offer ends next Tuesday/Wednesday.

squidge60

Thanks op just got 2 anyone know how long they will keep in the fridge.?