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Whole Chickens on Sale This Friday Only
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Whole (uncooked) chickens will be on sale this Friday for $1.29 per pound. It’s a one day only sale and there’s a 10 whole chickens per person limit, so make sure you get up early with the roosters on Friday, November 11th to pick up your chicken!
$x.xx = amount of savings will vary
All of the chicken we sell at Whole Foods Market has been certified to the Global Animal Partnership’s 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating program! That means that the chicken you'll find in our stores had plenty of room to flap their wings, run around, scratch, peck and forage. When you serve our chicken at your table, you’ll be serving chicken raised on a vegetarian diet with no animal by-products in their feed, no solutions or injections and no antibiotics, ever. Federal regulations don’t allow the use of added growth hormones in chicken, but we wouldn’t do that anyway!
To me, a whole chicken represents a world of possibility. I’ll never forget the very first time that I proudly pulled a whole roasted chicken out of the oven. Juicy and golden-hued, it was a beautiful sight. I almost didn’t want to eat it (but I’m glad I did)! After you grab a chicken (or 10) during our one-day sale, will you roast it, braise it, fry it or turn it into soup? Here are some recipe ideas to get you thinking and your mouth watering:
Baked Maple Chicken with Wild Rice and Bartlett Pear Pilaf
Chili and Lime Grilled Chicken
Oven-Fried Chicken
Coffee-Rubbed Roasted Chicken
Home-Style Roasted Chicken with Vegetables
Peruvian-Style Roasted Chicken with Sweet Onions
Baked Parmesan-Crusted Chicken
Whole Grilled Chicken
Golden Chicken Broth
Grilled Chicken with Fresh Herbs
Baked Chicken with Pomegranate Glaze
Oh and while you’re in the store admiring our poultry, make sure you order your Thanksgiving turkey! You can stop by our holiday ordering table to order your turkey in-store or order turkeys online at wholefoodsmarket.com/shop.
Don’t forget, our one day only sale on whole chickens is this Friday, November 11th!
34 Comments
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Stop pushing the factory chickens.... go back to the Bell and Evans Chilled birds.
11/07/2011 11:11:27 AM CST
how do you make this price ? in germany a pound is around 7 $ for an organic chicken,
well grown up with organic food as well and no intensive mass animal farming ,
best holger
11/07/2011 11:42:43 AM CST
What level chicken is going to be on sale? I see you have a great price for level 4 whole chickens in Baton Rouge.
11/07/2011 2:10:12 PM CST
Vegetarian fed... does that include grain? If so, is the grain GMO or non-GMO?
11/07/2011 2:14:27 PM CST
@Debbie Currently, only organic certification verifies animal feed to have no GM ingredients.
11/07/2011 5:32:09 PM CST
@Chris Whole Foods Market is happy to say that we do not sell ANY factory chickens. All of the chicken we sell at Whole Foods Market has been certified to the Global Animal Partnership’s 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating program! That means that the chicken you’ll find in our stores had plenty of room to flap their wings, run around, scratch, peck and forage.
11/07/2011 5:37:55 PM CST
So, the chickens you have on sale this Friday, what is the Global Animal Partnership’s 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating program level/rating (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5)? And, which vendor(s) are these chickens from?
Thanks,
Vinnie
11/07/2011 6:40:40 PM CST
Is this sale in all markets? From CO!
11/08/2011 2:15:54 AM CST
@Holger Whole Foods is really excited to be able to offer these great prices. We work very closely with our suppliers for all of our promotions. Enjoy!
11/08/2011 10:20:44 AM CST
@Meg Yes indeedy! This is a company wide sale so get up to 10 birds if you have the storage. Shoot, it's been cold enough in CO that you could even store them outside at night. ;)
11/08/2011 1:44:51 PM CST
How big are your biggest whole chickens??
11/08/2011 3:01:51 PM CST
@Jen This is going to be something that will differ from store to store but we do see a few whole chickens come in that are up to about 7 lbs. If you'd like to learn the average size of the whole chickens available at your community's Whole Foods Market, I encourage you to reach out to them directly. The link below will help you identify the contact information for your store. A Team Member there will be happy to chat with you about the whole chickens on sale.
www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores
11/08/2011 3:57:29 PM CST
@Jane So, are the organicly raised chickens also on sale at this price? I believe the type I usually buy are the Whole Foods organic whole chicken at a level 3.
11/08/2011 7:11:27 PM CST
Will the butcher cut the chicken up for us or do we have to purchase it as is?
11/08/2011 11:17:11 PM CST
Will this sale be at Whole Foods Stores in Canada?
11/09/2011 5:13:35 PM CST
Is this deal in Canada too?
11/09/2011 6:09:30 PM CST
So which level in the 5-Step program do these chickens belong to? Level 2?
Someone else already asked this and their question was ignored. Please let us know. Thank you!
11/09/2011 8:26:34 PM CST
Will it be possible for the 10 chickens to be cut into 8 pieces each? Thanks!
11/09/2011 9:33:09 PM CST
Jane, thanks for responding to all of the questions. That's nice to see Whole Foods monitors comments and responds when appropriate.
11/10/2011 12:04:38 PM CST
Will Whole Foods butchers break down the chickens for free?
Or any cuts in general, like old school butcher?
Will they at least cut it into quarters if you buy 10?
Thanks,
John
11/10/2011 12:19:31 PM CST
@Vinnie Since we source from many local sources, you’ll need to reach out to your local Whole Foods Market for the step rating. All of our chickens are Step-rated. We have chickens around the country from Step-1 through Step-5. The link below will help you identify the contact information for your community's Whole Foods Market. A Team Member there will be happy to discuss the sourcing and step-rating of the birds available to you.
www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores
11/10/2011 2:55:58 PM CST
@Su If the butchers at your store are not overwhelmed trying to fill all the sales day orders, they will be happy to portion your chickens for you. Unfortunately, the sale chickens are not available for pre-order so you will need to go into the store on the dale of the sale to make this request. Thanks for your support!
11/10/2011 3:03:09 PM CST
@Julie If your butcher is not overwhelmed fulfilling all the sale-day orders, he/she will be happy to portion your chicken for you.
11/10/2011 3:15:02 PM CST
@Linda Since we source from many local sources, you’ll need to reach out to your local Whole Foods Market regarding the step rating of the chickens available for the one-day sale. The link below will help you identify the contact information for your store and a Team Member there will be happy to chat with you about the available chickens for the sale.
www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores
11/10/2011 3:18:38 PM CST
"That means that the chicken you’ll find in our stores had plenty of room to flap their wings, run around, scratch, peck and forage. "
HAD being the operative word here as the chicken is no longer able to do any of that since it's been slaughtered for consumption!
11/10/2011 7:35:59 PM CST