Clinton's Cameo: "Tell Dem Why Ya Mad, Son! Price of Chicken

DAMN $15 for a Small Pack Chicken!?!?!

One thing that everyone needs to know about New Zealand is that everything is fresh.. They do not use preservatives, growth hormones and there are no factory farms. Everything here is free ranged or grass fed. Which is great... but the problem is that the prices are through the roof. I’ve paid $15 NZD for a pack of chicken breast and that was the cheapest pack. Most packs were around the $17-$20 range. I can get cheaper breast at Sue’s. In the states I would have spent about $7-$10 USD for a pack of chicken.

Now granted, the chickens in the states are produced through what are called factory farms, meaning they are locked in cages and pumped with growth hormones. They also have their beaks cut off, so that when they go crazy from being confined to a small space they don’t pluck the other chickens in the cage. This factory treatment allows for better control and more output. So, when you increase supply you push down prices... if I remember correctly from my High School AP Economics class.

Apparently, New Zealand farms don’t do that which gives them the right to call their farms organic and charge $15 NZD for a pack of chicken. I’m not trying to enter the discussion of what’s right and humane that’s up to the people that read this blog. I’m just mad that I had to pay $15 NZD for a pack of Chicken.

I’m a black man and I love my chicken.

Disclaimer: These blog entries are used as a release to some of the small annoying things that I’ve experiences when moving to another country. This does not express my overall feeling about New Zealand. I love my new home and I’m having a great time and meeting wonderful people. But damn $15 for a pack of chicken, come-on son, you wild’n.