On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:24:02 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Kalmia wrote:
>>
>> Someone claims that the rotiss is cheaper than buying a raw bird and roasting it.
>
>Yes, because that's how supermarkets recycle
>the birds near their expiration date.

Depends on the supermarket, most of the medium to smaller markets and
especially ethnic markets buy more than they can sell to get the
volume discount. What they can't sell prior to the expiration date
they use for rotisserie chicken but still most are sold to local
restaurants, Chinese take outs buy a lot of those chickens. The
markets typically conduct business with the restaurants at the loading
dock when they're not open for regular business. They do the same
with produce, Chinese take outs buy all the ready to spoil veggies
they can get. Who do yoose think buys most of the returned baked
goods from the factory outlet stores, local eateries. On Lung Guyland
I lived a short walk from the Entenmann's plant, they had a large
factory store there selling returns, most customers were local
restaurants... and a lot was donated to the local hospitals for the
write off. Who do yoose think buys most of what people here call
"used meat", local restaurants of course. Yoose would be amazed at
how little the big chain markets pay for groceries at the
wholesaler... a major portion of the price of food is transportation,
costs of transporting is kept low by sending huge semis to regional
warehouses. Small businesses can't take advantage of those incoming
bulk prices so they buy from the nether end. Supermarkets don't
really sell all that many rotisserie chickens, and they are a pain to
prepare and clean up afterwards, but most of their profit comes from
selling them at their deli department, the highest profit margin items
in the store... most rotisserie chicken buyers also buy a lot of other
deli items, especially salads, those have a huge mark up... and they
are mostly made from salvaged produce, rotted parts pared away.
Business isn't conducted in the make believe world the dwarf would
have yoose believe... it's the very rare patron who walks through the
entire market to get to the deli department and then wait for their
number to be called just to buy a stinkin' rotisserie chicken and
nothing else, and then walk the entire length of the store again to
wait at the check out just to pay their five bux for one lousy
chicken. I don't think anyone goes to a stupidmarket with even the
thought of purchasing a rotisserie chicken... people buy them because
they see and smell them, they're tired and haven't much time so figure
an easy dinner, it's a point of purchase item, the same as the rag
scandal papers at the checkout... most shoppers toss a lot of items
into their cart that they never thought to buy because it's displayed
as eye candy. I'm often tempted by those banks of twirling chickens
but then I've learned long ago I'd only be disappointed.