How is a full chicken so cheap?

Question

I know economies of scale and battery farms and stuff but I can’t reasonably work out how you can hatch, raise, feed, kill prepare and ship a chicken and have it end up in a supermarket as a whole chicken for €4. Let alone the farmers and the supermarkets share. Someone please explain.

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Answer 1

Also, dont forget that the government pays out huge subsidies to meat industry to keep the price cheaper.