Maybe a nice billiongnese sauce.

Hummus?? BROWN bread?? thats rich people food

Well, you can live on rice and beans pretty well, and simple salad is cheap. But yes, I agree. Vegans pay more than vegetarians, because milk and eggs are cheap.

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?"

TL;DR: Rotisserie chickens are smaller on average and price per pound usually more expensive except at stores like Costco. So you see similar numbers but don't notice the size.

organic artisnal bread, non gmo, single source, fair traded,,yadayaday.

Having not yet read the article, I still have no idea what it's supposed to mean. I mean, I can guess in a general sense. But it is a weird phrase that I have never heard before.

I thought they were saying they had a new fettish

Pfft, stupid millenials and gen z wasting all of their monies on fancy rotiserrie chickens and non processed fresh food. If they just lived on a starvation diet, they could afford their rent and insurance. They are just bad with money.

But wages have never had more buying power! The CPI and inflation adjusted numbers say so, and although we've changed the way it's counted to understate it, 2-3% from 5-8% under the old unimproved metric for the last half century, just by 2008, you can totally trust we wouldn't in bad faith understate the numbers to give every worker, every retiree, and every fixed income a pay cut every year automatically, and transferring that money to investors in gate keeping corporations. /s

They go bad quickly. If you leave one in a hot car, it gets funky like in one afternoon. Which if you cooked your own chicken and left it in the car it wouldn't, which is odd.

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".

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.

Yes, though most of them use the chickens that are close to their sell-by date, so not a lot of loss,.

How often do you leave meat in hot cars?

When travelling I've had cause to buy those pre cooked chickens, and to cook mine own meats, and had to leave them in cars for a bit, so quite a bit actually. Not often on the Rotisserie chickens after a couple got funky, but plenty on mine own meats.

Hamburgers cooked over a wood fire died down to charcoal will stay good for up to days in a hot car.

I think they're hating on genz and millenials because of boomer embaarrasment that they've handed them a world on fire.

if they cant have chicken maybe they can eat the rich instead.

$5 day old rotisserie chicken or $11 for an uncooked chicken and also prep and cooking costs.

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?

And rotisserie chicken is tasty, filling because it's high protein, and healthy/low calorie.

The store cooked BBQ chicken is 50% more expensive than the fresh chicken, 0.9KG Vs 2KG?

Do they really not understand how a $5 chicken costs less than a house?

Omg no :(

Took way longer than expected to find THAT vegan...

And half the stuff on the list are things boomers buy too. Coffee? Apparel? ...streaming services when they had cable?

Fucking goofball shit

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 Costco ones are brined in all kinds of chemicals.

Oh yes. Burger is a different beast than chicken to be sure, but wood smoke is curative, and cooked food lasts longer in general. I've had cooked burgers in a trunk/backpack for up to three days, hiking and the like, in the summer, that didn't go bad. I bet if you cooked it, you could pack it in a jar with vinegar right away and it would stay good indefinitely.

Or if you expose it to smoke long enough it cures it completely and doesn't have to be refrigerated at all forever. Usually salt is involved, and often other plants that help preserve it if traditional curing. If new age curing they use toxic chemicals like sodium nitrates to cure it, like in ham or bacon nowadays. Those are to be avoided and are bad for you, just as preservatives like sodium benzoate put in condiments and the like, even in some pop, is bad.

Personally I always sprinkle some yellow 5 on my food after I cook it because testicle shrinking properties or no, it's worth it to not have to eat food that's not yellow enough, yuck.

The rich and out of touch commenting on the poor. Seems to be the norm now.

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.

So much this. Jesus Christ.

Just buy beans ffs and stop killing the climate.

Beans.

Beans?!?

the difference is: we read their crap, but they don't read ours.

Existing While Poor is a crime to those people. It has always been.

I don't want them to read our stuff, our stuff may include plans such as pouring raw sewage into the intakes of their bunkers when shit goes side ways like they plan for.

It’s not that I’m anti bean. I know beans are popular as “protein sources” but black beans have a 3:1 ratio of carbohydrates to protein. I’d consider them a source of carbs first for most people. Beans are a better source of protein than the new wave of protein-washed foods for example protein Doritos, or some “protein bars” that are like 20g protein 100g carbs 15g fat and it’s all mystery highly processed mystery ingredients.

Probably still a cheaper source of protein and if it’s not salted in a can probably a lot healthier overall too

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.

The chemicals: water, salt, rice starch, sugar, vegetable oil, tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, sodium triphosphate

Nothing concerning in that list, although the last two sound scary when if don't know what they are

What they hate even more is that we're splurging on living indoors with running water and flush toilets.

Cooked chicken is 25% less water weight apparently, so those costs are 0.9kg vs 1.5kg cooked. Still not bad, but not less for the precooked it just is cheaper because they use smaller birds

Posts on Twitter can get flagged with "Community Notes", generally to advise readers about inaccuracies and lies.

Apparently "Community Note" has been verbed, without so much as a hyphen.

Yuck.

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.

It wasn't that long ago Faux was running stories about these uppity welfare recipients having refrigerators and cell phones, shocking I know

salt, sodium phosphate, modified food starch, potato dextrin, carrageenan, sugar, dextrose, and undisclosed spice extractives.

tetrapotassium pyrophosphate

Used in instant puddings, seafood, poultry, and dairy products to improve texture, emulsion, and stability. It is used to enhance protein solubility and moisture retention in pet food.

Functions as a cleaner and dispersant in paint, textiles, and water treatment. It acts as a surfactant in detergents.

While generally considered safe in low concentrations for food, it can cause skin and eye irritation.

Sodium Triphosphate: Industrial Uses: Primarily used in detergents to soften water, in water treatment, and as a stabilizer in industrial processes.
Food Industry: Used in processed foods to improve texture, act as an emulsifier, and retain moisture in seafood (e.g., shrimp).

Why not just roast a chicken with some herbs, I can definitely taste that shit.

With just some grey click flooring and LED lights, one can move into a chicken.

Meet my buddy from New Jersey, Sal.

Sal Monella.