The chameleon-like attributes of poultry — healthy and affordable at retail and able to carry a spicy punch at restaurants — continue to serve it well.
As restaurant brands such as Panda Express continue to enter the frozen poultry aisle, poultry’s unique combination of taste and price continues unabated. This year, fresh meat dollar sales of chicken were up 7.7 percent (ending Oct. 27, 2013), while in comparison, beef sales were up 2.1 percent, pork was up 2.1 percent and turkey was up 2.9 percent combined, according to FreshLook Marketing data, said Tom Super, vice president of communications, National Chicken Council.