Posted on 02/02/2021 8:49:17 AM PST by mylife
America, we have another crisis. We’re running out of chicken wings.
Days before the Super Bowl, a veritable annual chicken wing holiday, food service providers are scrambling to get their hands on these delectable morsels — and paying top dollar for them, too.
The U.S. chicken wing market is dominated by the sports calendar. Consumption and sales peak right before the Super Bowl in February and again before the start of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in March. Prices generally ebb and flow with that schedule, spiking before the competitions and edging lower throughout the rest of the year.
But wing prices have been flying high for months during the coronavirus pandemic. Experts say there are a number of drivers behind the increase, but chief among them is that we’re all eating a ton of chicken, including wings. The shortage isn’t so much that producers aren’t making enough wings, it’s that consumers want more and more (and more) of them to scarf down.
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I won't be tuning it. The left ruins everything. Patio, cool Drinks, BBQ and hot tub.
Not me.
I remember the Super Bowl.
Only the Compost could consider the Super Bowl and a lack of chicken wings a crisis.
Having wings tonight for dinner. Nice timing on the story.
But not really interested in woke football or woke commercials
Nope. I read that some of the advertisers are pulling out because they don’t want to offend anyone. But, by pulling out they’re NOT supporting somebody so it’s a lose lose. I like it.
Damn it Bean!
Damn it Bean!
Football is dead to me.. I’ve not watched a moment of it all year..
I make wings in my air fryer - they’re great.
What is this “super bowl” you speak of?
I big bowl of rice?
Chairman Mao used to call it the “iron bowl”.
Haven’t even watched a single match all season. The NFL is dead to me.
I don’t even know who is playing nor do I care to know. We can find another sport to watch.
I know the teams and QBs. TB vs. KC. Brady vs. Mahomes. Interest level is mild for me. Because of what the NFL has become I will probably read about the result on Monday. Maybe even here on FR.
For the first time in 30+ years I won’t be watching the Super Bowl. If I want to know how utterly evil I am I can sign onto Romney’s website...I don’t need illiterates making millions for throwing a ball to remind me.
Super Bowl (which I have never given a crap about) is always the busiest day of the year, and we've been having some logistical issues with our commissary. They can't get the stuff to bring to us, so we just might run out of some stuff.
Wings? Indeed.
Superbowl? Shove it, up your collective NFL cretin Obamaholes.
I have not watched since 2014.
I did watch some Browns games this year.
Propaganda to drive up the price in order to compensate for anticipated weak demand. IMHO
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