Chicken prices increase
Chickens feed at a Carlsen Field farm. - Photo by Angelo Marcelle
THE price of chicken has increased, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), by almost 19 cents.
With the reopening of the food sector, one establishment, KFC, already changed its pricing structure on some of its meals such as the Big Deal and Boss Meal which increased by $2.05.
The MTI’s website posted that for the month of June the average price per pound of chicken was $7.33 while for May, it was $7.14. The average price per pound referred to is the “live price which is the price before the chicken was killed, plucked and gutted.