Tesco Fresh British Chickens £1.99

mo786

rdwarr wrote: »

I bet he buys them all from Asda and just chucks a bit of mud on the pack

PMSL.:rotfl:

dj_jenns

To be honest, unless you pay attention to what your actually eating does anyone genuinely notice until these documentaries come on the telly...
I'm not saying that broiler chickens aren't poorer than organic ones but it also shows how much we exceed the supply if they have to go to such lengths to meet the demand.

I wouldn't necessarily plump for something just because its more expensive and it says organic... it wouldn't be the first time some supermarkets have been naughty now would it? If everyone starts buying the organic chickens then we're going to have exactly the same problem surely?

At the end of the day it's what the supermarket is there for, choice, if you dont agree with the ethics of cheap chicken then simply don't buy it, there are many people out there with tight pursestrings (for example those on low incomes with large families) who would see this as a great bargain...

Ephemera

dj_jenns wrote: »

To be honest, unless you pay attention to what your actually eating does anyone genuinely notice until these documentaries come on the telly...

We kept chickens for years and yes, they tasted far better than supermarket plastic chickens. And they had FAR better lives before they went in the pot!

I'm not saying that broiler chickens aren't poorer than organic ones but it also shows how much we exceed the supply if they have to go to such lengths to meet the demand.

In the short term, yes. If free range becomes more popular, prices for free range are likely to rise while the demand outstrips supply and farmers adjust their method of production. It will take time to make the transition. Then the broilers will be so cheap because they are unwanted (for a while) until the market re-adjusts. It is likely that we will pay more for a standard free range bird than we do now, obviously, but maybe not the much higher free range premium we pay at present.

I wouldn't necessarily plump for something just because its more expensive and it says organic... it wouldn't be the first time some supermarkets have been naughty now would it? If everyone starts buying the organic chickens then we're going to have exactly the same problem surely?

Personally I think this 'organic' stuff is mainly a load of twaddle. Pretty much everything we eat is organic in the chemistry sense! However I would agree with feeding livestock as natural a diet as reasonably possible, allowing them to live as natural a life as reasonably possible, and making their deaths as painless and stress-free as possible. And yes, the supermarkets are occasionally caught out with mis-labelling. Big business for you!

At the end of the day it's what the supermarket is there for, choice, if you dont agree with the ethics of cheap chicken then simply don't buy it, there are many people out there with tight pursestrings (for example those on low incomes with large families) who would see this as a great bargain...

Fair enough as long as those who play the 'can't afford it so have to buy cheap chicken but would love to buy free range if I could' card are not wasting money elsewhere on convenience foods (who need to buy cut up spuds and apples?!?!?), etc, or buy so much more meat than they need and waste most of it! If those people were to reduce their meat intake they could easily afford ethically produced food, the sad fact is they just don't see it that way. They prefer to be 'victims' and not take control. Those you cannot help...!!!

Please see my comments embedded in the post - hope it makes sense! Been a loooooong day..!

TGM

chipotle wrote: »

TGM wrote: »

"Organic is just BS IMO."

Organic is not BS, organic means additive free, hormone free and GMO free. And to me, it is not ONLY a chicken, it is the food you put in your mouth and that of your kids.

Enough said.;)

Well not quite, organic actually means that synthetic pesticides and fertilizers hasn't been used. IMO there is a lot myths surrounding GM crops, because organic food is not 100% free. And there is not a shred of evidence to suggest that GM is harmful. And GM food has saved millions of lives, by developing grains which produce high yields in drier conditions.

toniq

I'll duck as i say this!

But the chicken is going to die whichever way you look at it,so you need to be a vegan if you really care about the chicken.

barginboyrob

What effect does eating a battery chicken rather then eating a free range chicken have on us, i really don't know

If there is no effect on me, and if it's cheaper then obviously i'll get it

dazza32

it is sad how some chickens are treated like in that video but lets face facts most people only can afford the cheaper chickens but the way im thinking is if you go to t-aways resterants ect how do you no what chicken there using lol and i bet the typical chinnese or indian uses them cheap ones they taste the same at the end of the day its a dog eat dog life sorry to say :rotfl: (just off to tesco,s to pick my £1.99 chicken up yummy ):rotfl:

tr3mor wrote: »

Before anyone else posts this...

http://www.chickenout.tv/

:money:

valk_scot

Inactive wrote: »

How does anyone know for 100% certain where or how their chicken ot other meat was grown??

Surely not because it says so on the label.. :rolleyes:

To be honest, unless you grow your own food, nobody can be 100% certain.

Well, I'm 99% sure because I'm lucky enough to live just outside the urban sprawl and within a ten minute drive there's a chicken farm. With a shop. The chickens look happy, they're fed a natural diet (though not 100% organic) and they get to run around outside. They taste good as well, and a 5lb one costs about £5. They also are happy to give you a list of the butchers they supply in the nearby urban sprawl.

Lotus-eater

Skippy2roo wrote: »

Hy

I admire the efforts of Mr Oliver and Mr Whittingstall for their highlite of battery hen conditions, however in my opinion they fail to grasp one fundamental reason behind mass production.
Can you, using free range hens sustain the eating requirements of a nations desire for chicken and at what cost ?

The only reason this nation has the eating requirements of large amounts of chicken, is only because they started being raised in ever larger numbers, in ever more crowded conditions and became cheaper, cheaper, till the cost of a chicken in no way relates to an actual chicken, but to a plastic, water filled lump of fat filled "meat", and that quite honestly disgusts me how we as animals can treat other animals this way and at how people put their head in the ground and say, I don't WANT to know where my food comes from, its not something I want to think about.

Pay more for decent meat, eat less of it, you will be healthier, there will be less animals killed, less pollution

Jonny_B_3

£1.99, jeez.

Theres something wrong with an industry that can grow a bird in 39 days (way faster than it should do), feed it, transport it, kill it and package it for £1.99. The farmer gets about 3p a bird.

At the end of the day its everyones choice whether you give a stuff about welfare or not.

For those of you buying the £1.99 chicken - enjoy the hock burns.