Submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to memes@sopuli.xyz
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Stores treat rotisserie chickens as a loss leader to get you into the store. Once you select the chicken, you’ll probably buy side dishes, dessert, and beverages, and pick up whatever else you need.
Costco/ Sam’s/ BJs, keep them in the back of the store, just to make you walk through the entire store to pick it up. They dare you not to buy something else.
My local grocery store recently renovated and reorganized the whole store. They placed the rotisserie chickens right by the checkout, next to the impulse purchases rack.
Yeah, Publix has them fairly close to the front, too. It’s the Big Box stores that do the back of the store thing. It isn’t speculation, the companies have talked about it.
I have bought just a chicken at Costco.
Twice!
That’s why I always buy a few rotisserie chicken while I am there.
it is an exothermic reaction, it releases money
Rotisserie chicken isn’t the final form.
You can turn left over rotisserie chicken into chicken soup.
The chicken’s fate isn’t sealed until it is converted to poo.
Then boil the soup leftovers into stock and freeze it!
Frozen poo?
And you can turn poo into plants. And you can feed the plants to chickens.
ITS THE CIIRRRCLLLLLLEEE
leaves chicken on counter for a week
The chicken’s fate isn’t sealed until it is converted to poo.
There’s still time for you, little one
I always figure they sell it at a loss on purpose to get you in through the door. Thinking you’ll come for the chicken and then buy something else
I never thought groceries needed loss leaders like that. We need to go to buy food, and food is required to survive as a human, after all.
yes, but they want you to go to THEIR store…not the competition.
there’s always a loss leader
So people don’t realize that not only are the chickens, milk and other things loss leaders. But also they don’t always earn direct profit from things like chips and soda, those are also ways to drive people in the door and the companies realized they could make convoluted merchandising deals.
Deals where shelf space is sold, circular ad space is bought, profits go to the soda or other distributor and stores get additional payouts based off hitting sales metrics. Outside merchandisers stocking the soda, because afterall it’s their product and sales… All to get people to hopefully load up a cart, preferably with their in house brands.
Rotisserie Chickens are a weird kind of family staple for many Australian families.
One chicken, one tub of coleslaw or a bag of salad and a 6 pack of breadrolls and you can feed a family of 4. It doesnt cost as much as takeaway.
Due to the cooking XP potential in the uncooked chicken
2007scape is leaking
can’t read “what’s up with that?” without hearing Kenan’s voice
I always hear Viper’s voice.
Confirming that it’s either a loss leader or loss prevention. Depends on the store and management.
Guys, did you realize that you can actually eat chicken organs?
For those of you actually wondering where the 2 dollars goes, it’s there. The chicken bits you never want to eat because you’re a spoiled western baby.
😆, is that how it adds up? Genius level math my friend.
Ok technically yes they’re also a loss leader, but giblets range anywhere between 3-9 bucks sold separately.
I dunno, ii figured it’s mass produced due to the celery juice flavor (nitrite preservative) and is therefore benefiting from an economy of scale.
The box could be anything. The box could even be a boat!
You know how much we’ve been wantin’ one’a those. Then why don’t we take the b… WE’LL TAKE THE BOX
Wish this was true here because raw chicken is incredibly cheap already. I would love some even cheaper chicken.
Big grocery knows you can do it better than them.
Bell@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Rotisserie chicken is the chicken that was about to go bad. It’s loss prevention. A cheap Rotisserie chicken is more profitable than throwing an old chicken away.
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s also a way to bring you into the store, particularly Costco and Sam’s Club. If they can get you in the door, they can entice you with impulse purchases. For me, it’s a good way to have a cheap, somewhat healthy meal when we don’t have much time, all while picking up some groceries.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
you don’t just eat half of it in the car on the drive home?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
THIS, this right here is your answer. Old chickens, small chickens, that’s all dumb. It’s simply a loss leader to get you into the store.
Ever see the crowd waiting for the chickens to come out of the ovens? They know how popular these things are. They could easily set it up near the entrance, but they don’t. They make you walk all the way to the back of the store to get it, and dare you not to buy something else along the way.
It’s as simple as that.
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It isn’t a chicken that’s about to go bad, chickens that are for the rotisserie are smaller than the whole chickens that they sell raw. You pay less because it is a smaller chicken that has been cooked. The raw whole chicken is usually a higher weight than the rotisserie was before it was cooked.
The smaller chicken is chosen to be cooked because people wouldn’t buy those smaller chickens raw since the are so small so they are a loss leader to get you in the store.
SolarBoy@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Aren’t they just smaller because they have been roasted? I assumed they are the same chickens but the water has been evaporated.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
No, it isn’t, that’s ridiculous.
roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
They may just be confused about what they heard, or they heard that from someone confused.
Something I heard, which sounds more plausible, is: rotisserie chickens that have been sitting around a bit (not even close to going bad, just not very hot and fresh anymore) are used to make the things they sell with rotisserie chicken in them, like those trays of chicken and broccoli Alfredo.
Hupf@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I’m using my Critical Doublethinking Skills even like a good model citizen
Bell@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
While I’m at it, bang bang shrimp is similar. It’s about to go bad or is of low quality, so put a really strong sauce on it and at least you can sell something vs. throw it out.