I'm annoyed at this weeks Publix Ad - What exactly is a whole chicken?

[aphex]

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I'm usually filled with praise for Publix, but this weeks ad left me annoyed after visiting my local store.

The ad shows; "Whole Chicken - $0.79/lb"

When I got to the store, they had a small sign over a group of 5-7lb chickens that showed the same thing in the ad, yet the prices on the chickens were still marked at around $1.79/lb. I grabbed one and asked an meat associate if the price was right, as the ad showed the chickens to be cheaper. He looked at this whole chicken I was holding and told me that it was a Roaster, not a Whole Chicken. A Roaster I asked? He then tells me that a Whole Chicken is a small chicken (usually under 4lbs) while the bigger chickens are Roasters. He then proceeded to direct me to the "Whole Chickens", all which were small enough that we needed to buy two of them to make enough for tonight and the week.

Have I been ignorant in my 27 years of life to have never realized that a whole chicken is actually determined by its size? That a chicken too large is no longer a whole chicken, but a Roaster?

Now, believe me, I know all too well this is beyond trivial, but it still annoyed me.

I welcome your thoughts.

 

[Q]

Man you have a lot of eBay feedback

Anyway, I work in a grocery store, and I would be just as confused as you.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Quintox
Man you have a lot of eBay feedback

Sexy, isn't it?

 

[Slew Foot]

That's nothing, Ive got ~1200

ANyway, Ive always known that roasters were larger then regular chickens, but I didnt know that whole chicken was specifically smaller. To me a whole chicken is any whole chicken.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
That's nothing, Ive got ~1200

ANyway, Ive always known that roasters were larger then regular chickens, but I didnt know that whole chicken was specifically smaller. To me a whole chicken is any whole chicken.

i figured the same, but here the only choice ive seen basically are "roasters" anyway, and they go on sale for 69 cents or 79 cents per pound regularly

 

[KK]

Buy two whole chickens, it'll still be .79/lb

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: KK
Buy two whole chickens, it'll still be .79/lb

srsly

What's the problem?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: KK
Buy two whole chickens, it'll still be .79/lb

We did. But still doesn't resolve the discrepancy.

 

[Bignate603]

Was it a different brand?

 

[Howard]

Whole [small] chickens. Read the invisible print.

 

[Taejin]

I'm not entirely sure on industry lingo, but afaik there isn't just one type of chicken. They actually have names for different breeds of chicken that are better for roasting, frying and etc. That's what must have tripped you up.

I think.