Parma ham in supermarkets debunked

geordie_joe

antrobus wrote: »

That's my point. You buy a whole chicken, the carcass comes free.

You missed the next bit.......

"If you only want the carcass why pay for the rest of the chicken?"

antrobus wrote: »

I've never heard of anyone buying just the carcass before.

People don't tell you everything they do

antrobus wrote: »

And I certainly wouldn't pay £1.99 for one. Sugar me, for that kind of money I'd expect to get the actual chicken.:)

I wouldn't pay it either, but some people do pay more for organic.

antrobus wrote: »

Very likely. Clearly life is different oop north.:)

Able & Cole aren't oop north.

stephen77

antrobus wrote: »

I'm flabbergasted by the idea that anyone would pay anything for a chicken carcass.

Has the world gone mad?:)

You may want to add flavour with home made chicken stock to the vegetarian soups.
The veggies may notice lumps of chicken

Edwardia

antrobus wrote: »

That's my point. You buy a whole chicken, the carcass comes free. Once you've eaten the chicken, you chuck the bones etc in a pot, thrown in whatever veg you have lying about, add some water and heat and hey presto you have stock.

I've never heard of anyone buying just the carcass before. And I certainly wouldn't pay £1.99 for one. Sugar me, for that kind of money I'd expect to get the actual chicken.:)

Down here in the South East, you'd be lucky IMO, if you got a yellow-stickered whole factory-farmed chicken for 1.99.

A whole organic chicken:

OCADO
Waitrose 1.4kg 9.79 (6.99/kg)
Daylesford 1.5kg 15.28 (10.19/kg)
The Black Farmer 1.7kg 14.08 (8.28/kg)

ASDA 1.1 kg 6.58 (5.98/kg)

Tesco 1.1kg 7.15 (6.50/kg)

Sainsbury's 1.75kg (8.69/kg) 11.71

WAITROSE
Duchy Originals from Waitrose, per chicken 7.21
Waitrose. per chicken 10.13 (diff pkg to Waitrose one sold by Ocado)

Marks & Spencer £11 (0.63/100g) to order only, allow 5 days price valid to 01/04/16

ABEL & COLE
min 1.4kg 10.50 (75p/100g)
min 1.7kg 12.65 (74.4p/100g)
min 2kg 14.99 (71.4p/100g)
min 3kg 22.49 (75p/100g)

RIVERFORD - minimum order £25 for meat/poultry
1.6kg 13.95
1.8kg 15.45
2kg 16.75
2.3kg 18.95
1kg carcass 2.45

Morrisons only has breasts and legs according to own website, none listed on mysupermarket either.

Noo way am I buying a whole chicken just for soup or stock ! It's actually often cheaper here to buy 2 wild pheasants or partridges than buying one whole organic chicken.