[cbau]

For anyone who hasn't been to the grocery store recently, a rotisserie chicken can be had for about $8. That was wild to me when I stopped to think about it for a second: a chicken born and raised to adulthood, slaughtered, and brought to my local market all for under $8.

[isubkhankulov]

The rotisserie chicken is a loss leader. Costco has publicly said they are happy to “lose” $30-40M a year on them because it drives people to the store and they make the rest up in higher margin products.

[hollerith]

Opens up the intriguing possibility of chickens' buying their own freedom

[theoreticalmal]

They literally work for chicken feed, but with enough time I guess it’d be possible!

[jjeaff]

Or still $4.99 at Costco, nationwide.