(CNSNews.com) - The price for fresh whole chickens hit its all-time high in the United States in October, according to data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In January 1980, when BLS started tracking the price of this commodity, fresh whole chickens cost $0.69 per pound. By this October 2003, fresh whole chickens cost $1.54 per pound.
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I miss buying $0.69/lb roasters. Even at $1/lb it was still very affordable to feed 2 people. I could count on nearly half my weekly dinners coming from that bird.
ReplyDeleteI remember when chicken on sale was $0.49/lb. But I'm older than most of the readers here.
ReplyDeleteHey, I know! Let's raise fuel prices up some more, make poultry producers comply to more restrictive regulations, make them all pay a rain tax, then punch them with new runoff fines! Yeah! That will bring the price down!
ReplyDeleteWages have increased by a multiple of 2.23 times since then, so it's inconsequential.
ReplyDeleteOh, wait, no it hasn't...
Maybe 10% at best?
Do you guys get this yet?????
I guess putting corn in fuel for our cars was not such a good thing after all. Anything to do with corn has gone up including the animals that eat it.
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