"onglet" > wrote in message ...
> On 4/25/2016 2:22 PM, Je�us wrote:
>>>> It's poor folks food.
>>> >
>>> >Ha! Not with the amount of chicken that I put in there. Was heavy on
>>> >the
>>> >chicken.
>> LOL. When was the last time chicken was expensive?
>
> It happens, Auztard:
>
> http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/big-d...183755167.html
>
> Pricey Poultry: Why Chicken Has Gotten Expensive
> By Christina Medici Scolaro
> July 19, 2013 9:37 AM
>
> Chicken prices have almost doubled in the last two years, leading higher
> costs for restaurants and chicken lovers alike, and prices dont seem to
> be dropping any time soon.
>
> Drought conditions pushed grain prices higher in 2010. And last year's
> drought-- the worst since the Dust Bowl which decimated farms in the
> 1930s--made matters worse.
>
> Poultry producers increased prices to offset higher grain costs. For
> instance, boneless chicken breast prices grew to $3.52 per pound last
> month compared with about $3.20 in June of 2012, according to government
> data. That's more than a 10 percent increase. And bone-in chicken leg
> prices rose 2.5 percent to $1.65 per pound during that same time period.

Chicken isn't cheap here. No meat is.