Hannaford rotisserie chicken 🍗

Submitted by jevamoka t3_zrw27r in Maine

Does anyone have the scoop as to why the prices are now a whopping $10?!?!!?

And if this is a temporary increase?

Yes I know all food is expensive right now blah blah blah.

My friend got a rotisserie chicken for much cheaper than $10 at Whole Foods which makes no sense to me.

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Jakelshark t1_j14wyfi wrote

There is a really bad bird flu that has decimated the chicken farming industry, driving up prices on all chicken related products. It's a national issue

As for the rotisserie chickens, they're a very popular loss leader to get people in the store. So some companies are willing to take more of a loss than others.

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Mikerm3 t1_j151zoy wrote

same reason egg prices are over $5 a dozen

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indyaj t1_j156k73 wrote

I was just at the store. They're $7.99 for a dozen large.

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simsian t1_j15os4b wrote

Per the Hannaford app, 1 doz large eggs are $5.19. not cheap, but not quite as high as you're saying. This is for the Westbrook Hannaford.

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indyaj t1_j15tppc wrote

I'm not surprised they're cheaper at the Westbrook Hannaford. That store is 2-1/2 hours from where I live. They're $7.99 at my local store that I was at today. They are as high as I'm saying.

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Smitch250 t1_j17bfn2 wrote

Jeez glad I got some chickens last year!

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Sufficient_Risk1684 t1_j152gws wrote

This gets blamed but is probably not really true.. Bird flu has led to culling of 50 million birds yes this year.... But the US processes 9 billion birds a year, so it's really only half a percent loss, unlikely to justifiably affect supply or prices

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Jakelshark t1_j156sct wrote

It definitely causes major supply disruptions. When they cull they are shutting down the coop for a few weeks to remove the dead chickens and then thoroughly clean it. It's not just the ones they've culled, it's also all the ones they couldn't raise due contending with the outbreak. Plus you have to consider the disruptions caused to replacing egg laying hens

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Sufficient_Risk1684 t1_j15a7wd wrote

Oh sure layers have a much longer replacement time, and may have an effect on egg prices... Though I suspect cage free regulations have far more cost.... Meat bird processing though is actually up several percent year over year. Now the effect of the price of say diesal and feed... That I would believe as a price increase force..

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jevamoka OP t1_j14y05m wrote

When do you expect the prices to return to $5.99

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ZingZongZaddy t1_j1504i7 wrote

... you can't be serious

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R3lak t1_j1583qa wrote

Hahaha right?

OP be like - “When will our money be valuable?” Everything literally costs more now because the value of the dollar is shit, because the Fed keeps printing money instead of actually fixing the situation. Oh, and you say, “but brosif, the fed is raising interests rates,” that’s when I laugh in your face and ask you “who is affected most by the rates increasing? (I.e mortgage rates, CC rates)” and “look at how the RRP percentage increases along with the rates!.” You’ll prolly just look at me dumbfounded and I will then realize that I live in Maine and give up trying to explain how voting in shitty representatives can actually have negative consequences to our economy.

Hahaha Cry more OP.

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Jakelshark t1_j14yzxy wrote

I have no idea. The flu outbreak is still an ongoing issue as far as I know.

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houndshmix t1_j150kps wrote

Best get down to Whole Foods then bub because I personally increased Hannaford’s rotisserie chicken prices, and I ain’t fixin to let up until April.

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houndshmix t1_j15jj79 wrote

Well son, you best be asking your mom that question. I heard tell she came across a couple bubs last night.

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houndshmix t1_j15x08d wrote

Dude, the bub thing was in response to you asking what a bub was- thought it was a dumb question, and I guess you did too since you edited it to make me look like a jerk.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j15t0ll wrote

Whole Foods? A filled cart of organic stuff cost us $500 a decade ago. You got $1000?

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houndshmix t1_j15zz5o wrote

Just replying to the guy that said chicken was cheaper there.

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Vtguy802812 t1_j15ljwd wrote

Bird flu. Also Hannaford is owned by a global conglomerate and is not your local grocery store anymore.

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GuppyGB t1_j15qv13 wrote

Wtf are you even insinuating? It's not a trustful company? When did Hannaford sell local only food? In the 1800s? They have distribution centers throughout the East coast. The product they get from vendors is no different than the product going to other chains. All that Hannaford brand stuff comes from private label companies that sell the same product to other chains. I can assure you the Rotisserie chicken they are selling did not come from the Netherlands. They were owned by a Belgian company since 2000. I promise you didn't even know what an avocado was in the year 2000.

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indyaj t1_j156cwj wrote

Have you bought eggs lately? There's a chicken thing going on...avian flu?

I've noticed a lot of restaurant menus don't even have chicken anymore. Probably for the same reason.

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costabius t1_j15fslo wrote

Costco and Whole Foods use rotisserie chickens as loss leaders. Meaning, at five bucks they are either barely breaking even or losing money on that item but you will likely buy something they will make money on while you are there grabbing a cheap chicken. The 10 bucks Hannaford is charging is probably actual cost +20% markup.

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e2346437 t1_j15ktzg wrote

This plus big electricity cost increases in Maine as well. The rotisserie ovens are electric.

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R3lak t1_j1555r9 wrote

I.N.F.L.A.T.I.O.N.

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Elouiseotter t1_j15emxl wrote

Head south to a Costco. Rotisserie chickens are $4.99 each.

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icanliveinthewoods t1_j15gamz wrote

No Costco in Maine

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Elouiseotter t1_j15i9ie wrote

I know. That is why I said head south. Assuming OP would buy other stuff beside rotisserie chicken a small road-trip might be worth it financially.

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ImpressionNo9470 t1_j17570x wrote

To be fair “head south” to most Mainers means, like, York County. It’s practically Massachusetts.

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Elouiseotter t1_j189eiy wrote

I think it depends on the context. If OP said “ I’m heading south to get Costco rotisserie chicken,” I would know OP is traveling out of state. Most people don’t say “I’m heading south,” with no context.

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Expert_Drama9374 t1_j19jc9u wrote

I have lived in Mass and currently live in York County. It's not the same.

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ImpressionNo9470 t1_j1a0pug wrote

Haha, genuinely curious, what’re the bullet-pointed differences?

I only said it (genuinely as a joke) because I consider myself a “Mainer,” born in Portland grew up Cumberland County, spent 4 years at college in NH but moved right back and lived here ever since, 40+ years in Maine. But when I was partying with some friends’ friends in the County couple years back they said “Anything south of Bangor is just North Mass, you ain’t a Mainah fah shit…” made me laugh.

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Expert_Drama9374 t1_j1a6t24 wrote

I'm Originally from Bucksport, so I absolutely get the Joke Ha! I just think Mass is so much more chaotic. I did not enjoy living there.

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dantosxd t1_j15hu4y wrote

Most rotisseries sold in-store are at a loss for the grocery store. They are called “Loss Leaders” and are used to get you to buy the fixing that goes with it.

With inflation, bird flu, shipping issues, and workforce shortages all over, a price increase was almost certainly going to come.

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lambaghetti t1_j1675g4 wrote

The cost of my sams card is worth it just for the chicken, especially that I don’t have to cook.

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Soccermom233 t1_j169npg wrote

It was $8 last time I got one. And $6 before inflation-gate.

Probably still cheaper then most lunch meat per pound?

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RoyalRootersRallyCry t1_j16cxoq wrote

Well yeah, the same reason that literally everything is absurdly priced.. Those who run things in “x” industry see other industries increasing prices, and they want to do the same with flaccid reasoning, or in most cases no reasoning at all.

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CrunchyCrunch816 t1_j15z2yr wrote

Try ALDI if it’s by you

and I know it’s in NH but if you live close it’s clutch

Best prices hands down in food.

Yes you have to get used to it

Focus on the price tags, this is the price sensitive option

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MomTRex t1_j16eglg wrote

Costco $4

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Puff1012 t1_j1bkbos wrote

HPAI is killing 60 percent of the birds it touches.

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jevamoka OP t1_j14xuzf wrote

Wow thank you for that great explanation

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membaberry18 t1_j16edmv wrote

It’s only $10 for natures promise organic. The regular rotisserie is $7.99

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jevamoka OP t1_j16lakn wrote

My hannaford is $10.99 for regular and $11.99 for organic right now

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