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Organic Whole Chicken Sale This Friday Only
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Oh yeah, this is my kind of sale. This Friday only, February 18th, you can buy Organic Whole Chickens for just $1.69 per pound. (Offer valid only in our U.S. stores.) That’s quite a deal. (There is a limit of 10 chickens per person. You know, we gotta have enough for everybody!) And these aren’t just any chickens. They meet the USDA's organic standards, which means:
- No antibiotics, ever.
- Access to the outdoors.
- Only organic vegetarian feed.
So, you know you’re going to head to our store on Friday to stock up on whole organic chicken. Now, do you know what you are going to cook? Here are 10 delicious recipes calling for whole chicken. Some of them you cook whole and some you cut up the chicken first. Don’t worry…I know you can do it! Pick up 10 chickens on sale, freeze some of them and try every one of these recipes!
Peruvian-Style Roasted Chicken
Honey Glazed Five Spice Chicken
Learn to Cook: Whole Grilled Chicken
Roasted Organic Chicken with Herbs
Homestyle Roasted Chicken with Vegetables
Flavors of India Roasted Chicken
Baked Orange Chicken Don’t forget, the sale is this Friday, February 18th only. Got a favorite way to serve up whole chicken? Let us hear about it.
42 Comments
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I love roasting chicken!I typically take some smashed garlic cloves, onion chunks, and whatever citrus I have on hand. Last time i used some over ripe clementines. It gave the stock and soup I made have a great flavour. I save so much money making stock with whole chickens and I don't have to worry about sketchy ingredients.
02/17/2011 10:28:51 AM CST
I cannot see how people can justify eating organic food and using plastic bags.
02/17/2011 11:50:36 AM CST
This is great! I am heading in first thing tomorrow to get my 10 chickens.
02/17/2011 4:56:04 PM CST
Eat Chicken, eat chicken, eat chicken. I love the humanely raised organic chicken! Screw these ridiculous Animal Right(s) people. They are missing out on some good eatin'!!
02/17/2011 6:13:24 PM CST
wow....can't we all just get along....meat eaters...vegetarians.....organic non organic eaters :)
02/17/2011 7:58:51 PM CST
Now, I need to buy a freezer!
02/18/2011 2:17:05 PM CST
I was in the store at 1:00 PM and the chickens were already gone. Is ten per person really the right limit? This has happened to me before. What about those of us who work and can't get there first?
02/18/2011 3:02:47 PM CST
I hope you'll have this sale again. They sold out really really early because of the demand and I missed out. We started buying this chicken a few months ago and can't believe how much better it tastes! It's all we get now.
02/18/2011 3:03:42 PM CST
My wife visited the Reston, Virginia, store specifically to take advantage of this offer, but the chickens were nowhere to be found and the person she asked had no answers as to why. When I called, they said all the stores in the area had sold out very quickly and there were none to be had. Shouldn't the store have had a Plan B? Raincheck or somesuch? We are regular customers but made a special trip just for this.
02/18/2011 3:18:06 PM CST
The store website post says "There is a limit of 10 chickens per person. You know, we gotta have enough for everybody!" Too bad they didn't. We drove all the way from Lehi for this sale, but by 2:43 PM they were all out and wouldn't issue any rainchecks. How about saying "while supplies last" so we don't come so far for nothing? Not cool, Whole Foods.
02/18/2011 3:47:44 PM CST
@Betsy, Priscilla, Terry and Paige: We've passed along your feedback to our meat coordinator and he's checking into the supply issues. Can you let us know exactly which store you visited? (Terry, we got you at Reston.) Stay tuned...
02/18/2011 4:08:55 PM CST
I was at the store by noon and was told that all the "sale" chickens had sold out by 9:00. That doesn't really describe a "One Day" sale. The advertisement doesn't even say that quantities are limited, only that there will be a 10 bird limit. I was very disappointed to find that I was not able to take advantage of the sale. Apparently at selling out by 9:00, not many were able to take advantage of it.
02/18/2011 4:11:41 PM CST
@Paige Brady: In case you didn't get my email, we attempted to get the sale chicken at the Cottonwood Heights, Utah location and they were all out. We also tried the Sugarhouse store but they said they weren't doing the sale. Thanks for responding--hope it goes smoother next time.
02/18/2011 5:21:43 PM CST
This was a wonderful sale. To eat healthy can be expensive.
02/19/2011 11:27:54 AM CST
Can't believe it... went to the Whole Foods in Arlington TX and the butcher tells me the chickens sold out by 4 pm.
Way to go Whole Foods! You really missed the boat on this one.
How about a limit of 2 maybe so you might have more happy customers instead of upset ones? :(
Bryan Erwin
02/19/2011 1:13:01 PM CST
Access to outdoors is not the same as pastured, which is the most healthy animal. Chickens are omnivores, and eat grass and bugs mostly, which is what makes the chicken healthy.
Who knows what is in the feed, even if it is organic? They might eat corn if it is available, but historically, I don't think chickens naturally eat corn.
02/19/2011 7:01:35 PM CST
The packaging on Free Range Chicken says "New Earth-Friendly Packaging," but I do not see a number on the packaging. Is it recyclable? Is it made of corn and compostable? What about the cottony/plastic thing that the chicken rests upon? Is that recyclable or compostable?
02/19/2011 7:05:00 PM CST