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Default It's only $4.99. But Costco's rotisserie chicken comes at a huge price

On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:57:58 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:29:46 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>> Interesting article.
>>
>> https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/busin...ken/index.html

>
>If they sold 91 million rotisserie chicken last year, then I don't
>understand this math:
>
>"Once it's at full speed, the plant will process about 100 million
>chickens a year, or 40% of Costco's annual chicken needs. Costco
>will process around two million birds a week in Nebraska to supply
>to stores on the West Coast."
>
>And the said several times that these will be used specifically for
>the rotisserie supply, not for parts and nuggets.
>
>-sw


I don't know. Maybe they will use the whole birds in the meat case as
the rotisserie needs grow.