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On 20:01 6 Sep 2020, Bruce said:

> On Sun, 6 Sep 2020 10:50:04 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 11:45:24 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 06 Sep 2020 07:50:44 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>> >10lb bag of chicken quarters on sale is very common in my area.
>>> >Maybe once a month or a bit more. I often see it for $5.90 and also
>>> >as low as $3.90. It's called a "loss leader" to bring people into
>>> >their stores and hopefully buy more products.
>>>
>>> Those are rip off prices, here whole oven roasters are under $1 per
>>> pound. The legs/drumsticks cost even less. Skinless boneless breasts
>>> are typically $1.39/lb.
>>>

>>The rock bottom price I've seen chicken breasts here is $1.99 per pound.

>
> Price, RFC's favourite topic. Quality? Dunno. Animal welfare? Don't
> care. But cheap! So cheap! Yay!


I believe Oscar Wilde commented about "knowing the price of everything and
the value of nothing".