Costco s iconic $5 rotisserie chicken is under fire from animal rights activists mmeisenzahl@businessinsider.com (Mary Meisenzahl)
The organization Mercy for Animals published a critique of Costco s chicken production practices.
The group says chickens live in filth and suffer injuries.
Costco is well known for its commitment to keeping rotisserie chickens priced at only $5.
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New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof highlighted the report in his opinion article that published Saturday, sharing what he called the cruelties that delivered $4.99 chickens to a Costco rotisserie.
Mercy for Animals investigators visited Costco s chicken processing plant, which is the focus of the criticisms and accusations. To keep costs as low as possible, Costco opened the $450 million facility in Nebraska in 2019, which processes about two million chickens each week, with plans to eventually supply nearly half of the chain s total chickens.