Rotisserie chicken is the chicken that was about to go bad. It’s loss prevention. A cheap Rotisserie chicken is more profitable than throwing an old chicken away.
They may just be confused about what they heard, or they heard that from someone confused.
Something I heard, which sounds more plausible, is: rotisserie chickens that have been sitting around a bit (not even close to going bad, just not very hot and fresh anymore) are used to make the things they sell with rotisserie chicken in them, like those trays of chicken and broccoli Alfredo. (I can eat an embarrassing large portion of those “family size” trays.)
I could see how after being passed through a few people that turns into what they said.
When I was 15 I worked at a Red Rooster (Australian fast food chain)
Each night before knock off we would strip any of the whole roast chickens that didn’t sell and turn them into rooster rolls and put them in the fridge for tomorrow
All rotisserie chickens have a Sell By TIME, and I understand that those that have expired and not sold do get used in other dishes. Lately they even had rotisserie chicken meat for sale, so you don’t have to clean the bones yourself.
They sell pretty quickly in my local Publix, I don’t think they have much to recycle.
But the idea that they take the chickens that are at their expiration date, and cook them and sell them, is silly.
It isn’t a chicken that’s about to go bad, chickens that are for the rotisserie are smaller than the whole chickens that they sell raw. You pay less because it is a smaller chicken that has been cooked. The raw whole chicken is usually a higher weight than the rotisserie was before it was cooked.
The smaller chicken is chosen to be cooked because people wouldn’t buy those smaller chickens raw since the are so small so they are a loss leader to get you in the store.
Some stores will sell them, they are usually sold as roaster chickens. They fit nicely in an air fryer but a lot of store that are getting rid of their actual butchers get everything in pre packaged. The rotisserie chicken come in a bulk box not packaged for individual sale.
It has been a few years since I worked in a supermarket/ food logistics but generally things don’t change much.
It’s also a way to bring you into the store, particularly Costco and Sam’s Club. If they can get you in the door, they can entice you with impulse purchases. For me, it’s a good way to have a cheap, somewhat healthy meal when we don’t have much time, all while picking up some groceries.
THIS, this right here is your answer. Old chickens, small chickens, that’s all dumb. It’s simply a loss leader to get you into the store.
Ever see the crowd waiting for the chickens to come out of the ovens? They know how popular these things are. They could easily set it up near the entrance, but they don’t. They make you walk all the way to the back of the store to get it, and dare you not to buy something else along the way.
While I’m at it, bang bang shrimp is similar. It’s about to go bad or is of low quality, so put a really strong sauce on it and at least you can sell something vs. throw it out.
Rotisserie chicken is the chicken that was about to go bad. It’s loss prevention. A cheap Rotisserie chicken is more profitable than throwing an old chicken away.
No, it isn’t, that’s ridiculous, and people are up voting it. Use your Critical Thinking Skills, citizens!
They may just be confused about what they heard, or they heard that from someone confused.
Something I heard, which sounds more plausible, is: rotisserie chickens that have been sitting around a bit (not even close to going bad, just not very hot and fresh anymore) are used to make the things they sell with rotisserie chicken in them, like those trays of chicken and broccoli Alfredo. (I can eat an embarrassing large portion of those “family size” trays.)
I could see how after being passed through a few people that turns into what they said.
When I was 15 I worked at a Red Rooster (Australian fast food chain)
Each night before knock off we would strip any of the whole roast chickens that didn’t sell and turn them into rooster rolls and put them in the fridge for tomorrow
All rotisserie chickens have a Sell By TIME, and I understand that those that have expired and not sold do get used in other dishes. Lately they even had rotisserie chicken meat for sale, so you don’t have to clean the bones yourself.
They sell pretty quickly in my local Publix, I don’t think they have much to recycle.
But the idea that they take the chickens that are at their expiration date, and cook them and sell them, is silly.
It isn’t a chicken that’s about to go bad, chickens that are for the rotisserie are smaller than the whole chickens that they sell raw. You pay less because it is a smaller chicken that has been cooked. The raw whole chicken is usually a higher weight than the rotisserie was before it was cooked.
The smaller chicken is chosen to be cooked because people wouldn’t buy those smaller chickens raw since the are so small so they are a loss leader to get you in the store.
Aren’t they just smaller because they have been roasted? I assumed they are the same chickens but the water has been evaporated.
Some stores will sell them, they are usually sold as roaster chickens. They fit nicely in an air fryer but a lot of store that are getting rid of their actual butchers get everything in pre packaged. The rotisserie chicken come in a bulk box not packaged for individual sale.
It has been a few years since I worked in a supermarket/ food logistics but generally things don’t change much.
It’s also a way to bring you into the store, particularly Costco and Sam’s Club. If they can get you in the door, they can entice you with impulse purchases. For me, it’s a good way to have a cheap, somewhat healthy meal when we don’t have much time, all while picking up some groceries.
THIS, this right here is your answer. Old chickens, small chickens, that’s all dumb. It’s simply a loss leader to get you into the store.
Ever see the crowd waiting for the chickens to come out of the ovens? They know how popular these things are. They could easily set it up near the entrance, but they don’t. They make you walk all the way to the back of the store to get it, and dare you not to buy something else along the way.
It’s as simple as that.
you don’t just eat half of it in the car on the drive home?
I’ve eaten a pizza on the way home, and it was glorious. I should try a chicken.
For science.
While I’m at it, bang bang shrimp is similar. It’s about to go bad or is of low quality, so put a really strong sauce on it and at least you can sell something vs. throw it out.