$1.29 a pound.
Economically it is cheaper when you buy the whole chicken. The cost of a chicken per pound also varies on the basis of male and female chicken; for example if you buy male chicken its cost will come to around $.67 and $2.3 per pound, and for a female chicken its cost comes around for $2 to $4.5 per pound. Overall the average cost of a chicken per pound is $2.25. According to the BLS, the national average price of a whole chicken is around $1.50 a pound. At Costco, the price for a Foster’s Farm whole chicken was $1.29 a pound. That’s 23% less than the $1.67/lb. for the rotisserie chicken. Supermarket chickens cost more, but their rotisserie chickens also run closer to $8 a bird. If you go organic, in my experience the price is double non-organic. They have Foster Farms fresh Boneless/Skinless chicken breast on Price Cut through 6/5 for $1.99 per pound – normally $4.99 per pound! Use the $1 off coupon from the 5/32 Smart Source and you’ll pay as low at $0.99 per pound! WOW that is a Thrifty price on chicken!! Thanks Julie at the Frugal Find. We ended u with 141.8 pounds of meat, and after the cost of the chicks, and the feed it was $1.42 per pound for the chicken we raised. In our local grocery store on a sale day I can find Perdue whole chickens for .99 cents a pound, on a good day it is $1.29 cents a pound and can go as high as $1.59 per pound.
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