Tesco Fresh British Chickens £1.99

f1re_cr4cker

hmm i must admit i agree £3.49 for a whole chicken that is rspca standard will do most families 2 meals - that really isnt expensive....... however its only 50p more for a free range one from sainsburys.

TGM

Lotus-eater wrote: »

And I quote
Studies have shown that fast-growing factory farmed chickens contain more fat and less iron than traditional breeds of chicken that are usually farmed in free-range or organic conditions. Factory farmed meat chickens may be a major factor in rising levels of obesity among people. In traditional farming, chickens roam free, eating natural foods such as herbs and seeds. Intensively farmed chickens are given high energy foods and are very inactive. The result is that a typical supermarket chicken in the West contains more fat than protein, with 2.7 times as much fat as in 1970 and 30 per cent less protein.

http://wspafarmwelfare.org/hhnutrition.html

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

I can't see no evidence to back those statements up

Lotus-eater

valk_scot wrote: »

We spend less in % terms of income on our food than most other European countries. The thinking here seems to be cheap food is the be all and end all. We've grown to expect our food to be cheap and the market is driven on price, not quality. Coupled to that is the boom in convenience and processed food...I don't know the statistics but I'd bet my last 10p that more chicken is consumed in this country in some sort of processed form (ready meals, chicken nuggets, pies) than is bought in raw form, whether as a roasting bird or portions. The £1.99 supermarket bird probably represents the top end of quality of this sort of bird, btw...the really awful stuff goes for processing.

Absolutely what I was going to say, try getting an Italian who cooks to buy cheap rubbish food, they don't mind spending more to have better ingredients.

Perez

TGM wrote: »

As somebody mentioned smoking, and the poor people smoking but can't afford better chicken. Spin that around.

How many people bang on about Organic and Free Range, cos you know whats going into their mouths. Then after their 'healthy' meal, they start sucking on a 'Cancer Stick'?

Not many people that I know anyway - not that many of my friends smoke - it's just not cool!

Agree though, such people are a bit hypocritical... I think the point is that if a 20-a-day smoker can afford to pay £6 per day for their habit, they could easily afford £6 per week to buy a free range chicken - again this comes back to priorities...

daveyjay1

TGM wrote: »

And some of us think there's more to worry about than a CHICKEN. Nobody has died of eating a broiler, but plenty have died by eating no chicken

Who exactly has died from lack of chicken in their diet?

TGM

Perez wrote: »

Not many people that I know anyway - not that many of my friends smoke - it's just not cool!

Agree though, such people are a bit hypocritical... I think the point is that if a 20-a-day smoker can afford to pay £6 per day for their habit, they could easily afford £6 per week to buy a free range chicken - again this comes back to priorities...

I agree with that :beer: Cos I'm not a smoker:cool:

TGM

daveyjay1 wrote: »

Who exactly has died from lack of chicken in their diet?

The starving millions maybe, India and China have over a billion each in population, and a fair few of them go to bed at night hungry. (if they have a bed that is)

daveyjay1

TGM wrote: »

The starving millions maybe, India and China have over a billion each in population, and a fair few of them go to bed at night hungry. (if they have a bed that is)

I think that is to do with food and not specifically chicken?

PEACHYS

TGM wrote: »

I can't see no evidence to back those statements up

And what evidence do you have for your statement "plenty have died by eating no chicken"
I think you need to drag yourself away from your pc to take 5 minutes to think your arguments through

madmum33

Interesting that MrT is selling these chickens for £1.99, don't you think? Could it possibly mean that they are no longer selling as many as they used to, because the "Chickenout" campaign has had an effect?