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This year, however, wings costs did not recede. Now it s getting worse than ever, he said. It s not just chicken wings, it s a lot of things to be honest, said Cody Stokes, a sales consultant with Sysco, a major food service distribution company.
Demand is putting pressure on beef, with meat plants still struggling to catch up, he said. Processing plants have labor issues like seemingly everyone else, putting a strain on everything from ribs to bacon. So much comes down to labor issues in the supply chain, Stokes said.
The current and very likely temporary wing shortage is also based in part on pent-up demand, with people going back to bars and staying out later. Wings, like pizza, also travel well for takeout, Stokes said.
Chicken wing shortage? Another strange pandemic complication
MACKENSY LUNSFORD, Asheville Citizen-Times
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) If things get worse, Rich Cundiff said he’ll have to start listing wings on the menu at “market price.”
He was joking, but the pressure on chicken prices is real.
Wings represent about 20% of the business at Cundiff’s Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack restaurants. The price of chicken in general has been unstable, but cost on wings spiked 56% last quarter, he said.
Value is a big part of his chicken restaurants’ model, so Cundiff has been reluctant to pass the price hike along to consumers. “Basically everyone I know is raising prices, and we have not done that in a couple of years,” he said.
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