What they hate even more is that we're splurging on living indoors with running water and flush toilets.
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It wasn't that long ago Faux was running stories about these uppity welfare recipients having refrigerators and cell phones, shocking I know
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Did Lucille Bluth write that article?
US$5 hot rotisserie chicken from Costco is cheaper than a whole raw chicken from grocery outlet. In addition, I have to pay for the electricity and seasoning to cook the chicken.
yeah its one of the cheapest foods out there. are they splurging on rice and rice cookers too?
I have a rice cooker and they're kinda overrated. Do I use it? Yes, but you can always boil water and make rice that way, or even microwaving rice with water can cook it.
Also rotisserie chicken lasts a long time when you break it apart, shred it and freeze it for future recipes. I love to make this Southwest Chicken Skillet from Budget Bytes. Its so filling and the family loves it, I add in sour cream and stir it in at the end.
oh I disagree. boiling water in a pot and you have to watch it but the rice cooke is set it and forget it. Rice cooker is the most often used gadget for us followed by the slow cooker.
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I know this is preaching to the choir here, but that is so very out of touch for many/most/all of us.
Those things cost like $5 - $9 in my area, and you can even get the "old" ones for a couple dollars cheaper at times. It costs very little more than raw chicken, and in some cases, the rotisserie chickens cost less. Then you factor in time for cooking, clean-up, products for clean-up, and other time / material costs, and the difference comes out a wash.
So, they are apparently suggesting that having chicken in a meal at all is a splurge. Sure, in some idealistic world where we all eat a vegan diet to save the earth, that might fly. But in the real world, it's literally insane propaganda to suggest that chicken is a splurge.
These people writing these stories are probably ultra rich, and go to fine dining resteraunts. They probably pay $300 a meal for what you or I might pay $11 at the grocery store.
Then they think if THEY paid $300, then surely the non-privilaged must be paying $600. And they're doing it several times a week! Such splurge!
Meanwhile we could buy these things every day for a month for what they pay for 1 meal. And the quality realistically can't be all that much different. They probably assume they're eating a chicken thats twice as good, at half the cost.
But they don't know who we are! Say that name! Say it loud!!!
LEEEEEEEROOOOOYYYYYY
JEEEEEEEEENNNKKKKIIIIINNNNNSSSS!!!!!!
Least we got chicken....
The rotisserie chicken is in fact often a loss leader for grocery stores.
Yes, though most of them use the chickens that are close to their sell-by date, so not a lot of loss,.
Most likely yeah. But they won’t keep on over buying chickens forever. At least at my local store, there is a rack of rotisserie chickens at all times. They can’t all be opportunistic waste prevention.
Also, below weight QC for raw chicken roasters
And "old" in this case means "cooked this morning".
They know there's going to be pushback and people hollering and shouting how out of touch they are for printing it.
They don't care, they're just seeding the public narrative, trying to get people used to seeing the message in media that they should expect less and be content without things.
It's not how we feel about the article today, it's about the kids and young people growing up seeing this message as normal.
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Hahaha! I will tell you, my own mother (70s) buys rotisserie chicken because it is cheaper per pound of meat than a raw chicken and is just as good or better than if she bought the same size chicken and roast it herself in her own oven. Something to know about my mom is she is frugal. She coupons, and will always seek out the best deal. Whoever wrote that WSJ article truly has no idea what it is to budget is what I see. Additionally, some of the neighborhoods that were listed, are some of the richest parts of NY, so of course people who have money will also go out and buy easy meals rather than spend time cooking.
The article also points out that grocery stores price rotisserie chicken at very aggressive prices because it's a great way to get people to come into the store and walk past everything else in the hopes they'll pick up some more items. So the stores know they're selling them at a very low price, that's an engagement model.
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Of course.
Rotisserie Chicken is a loss-leader. But that smell stimulates your appetite and gets you to buy more.
Plus you're gonna want some high-margin foods to go with it. Maybe some veggies, potatoes. Box mash is a pain in the ass when the chicken is already cooked, may as well get the pre-made heat-and-eat stuff. It's right here next to the chickens...
Plus if you get box mash you need to get milk and butter too...and walk nearly the entire rest of the store to get all three.
This is basic supermarket psychology.
Rotisserie Chicken is a loss-leader.
You come for the chicken but walk out with 5 gallons of avocado paste for your toast. That's how they getcha.
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WSJ is absolutely on the money here. We shouldn't be eating rotisserie chickens with all of these plump billionaires to feast on.
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Insult and injury on top: If you use EBT for food, you can't buy warm food. Despite deli counter food often being fairly cheap, you aren't allowed to enjoy a nice warm meal. You can't buy a $10 baked pizza, 24 pieces of chicken for $26, or the $5 rotisserie. No, you must always homecook, with all the extra effort and time that requires.
EBT is good, but the richies obviously think that poverty is inherently a sin. The carrot is also a stick, and will be used to paddle the backside of people who aren't "good" in the eyes of the wealthy.
$5 day old rotisserie chicken or $11 for an uncooked chicken and also prep and cooking costs.
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The rich and out of touch commenting on the poor. Seems to be the norm now.
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I think they're hating on genz and millenials because of boomer embaarrasment that they've handed them a world on fire.
Or it's another tool to divide the working class.
You have more in common with normal people from other generations than you do with the wealthy!
Do they really not understand how a $5 chicken costs less than a house?
With just some grey click flooring and LED lights, one can move into a chicken.
Hey kids, did you know eating is bourgeoisie?
if they cant have chicken maybe they can eat the rich instead.
Ah yes good old tens of thousands in debt and property costing ten times what it used to when boomers bought them, cost of living souring, wages not climbing, and of course it's the cheap tasty chicken keeping the young folk from owning their own home. Yeeeesss. Great financial logic there, (checks notes) Wall Street Journal.
Anything more than a chicken tender, piece of broccoli and a small tortilla, is gluttony I say!
Shouldn't you be eating gruel , peasant?
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I never bought rotisserie chicken because they were cheap to the point of being suspicious (i.e. what sort of corners are they cutting).
Sort of the opposite of what I would consider a "splurge."
They take chickens that are on the sale by date and cook them. At least when I worked deli! So maybe not the nicest chickens but all fine!
I remember working on the deli when we'd markdown the chickens. Folks knew when we put them out and how long we waited before doing it. There was generally a little crowd of 2 to 3 folks when we'd do it on the weekend. Sometimes they'd get impatient and ask us if we were gonna come do it. Which, to be honest, I don't really blame them. I don't remember how much of a savings it was but it was significant. It's sort of like "hey buddy, let's stop the charade, I need to get going, can you come mark these down a few minutes early?"
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Rotisserie chicken is in some ways cheaper than raw chicken... and I know place where it is the case. Like is eating now a crime to these people?
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Rotisserie chicken is like the absolute cheapest food a person can buy.
It's a loss leader. It's up there with milk and eggs in terms of standard grocery items that are cheaper than they should be.
This is kind of true, but a little misleading. They sell it at a loss because it was about to expire. If it's reaching the sell-by date. They cook it and sell it as a rotisserie chicken to recoup the losses. They're usually only selling it at a loss because that's the alternative to throwing it out.
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Cheaper to buy prepared at the grocery near me, in Ontario.
I wonder what the cost is wherever the Wall Street journal people shop.
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These rich fucks would complain if you were left nothing but dirt to eat and got an extra grub in a mouthful.
Wallstreet journal... is Microsoft stock going down again?
pretty sure your boss is splurging human babies so shut the fuck up
Dumbest shit i have ever seen published in a newspaper, I think we all know that's saying quite a lot.
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I was OOTL on this one and had to search for it. The article is kind of hard to find, but I was very amused by the fact that there apparently is another article from the WSJ that essentially nullifies the entire claim of rotisserie chicken being a "splurge".
If saving 5 bucks on your grocery bill is the thing that keeps your head above water... you're probably already deep enough to meet the ghost of that OceanGate CEO.
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