According to the National Chicken Council’s 2015 Wing Report,, 1.25 billion wings will be eaten during Super Bowl XLIX, as fans watch the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots battle.
In terms of weight, 1.25 billion wings would weigh 5,955 times more than the weights of the Seahawks and Patriots entire 52-man rosters combined.
“Although the total amount of pounds of chicken produced last year rose by about 1.8 percent, the total number of chickens processed was virtually the same in 2014 as it was in 2013,” noted National Chicken Council Vice President of Communications Tom Super. “A chicken only has two wings; therefore, the supply of wings is limited by the total number of chickens produced.”
The average price (wholesale, not retail) of whole wings is currently $1.71/lb, up from $1.35/lb at the same time last year, according to the Daily Northeast Broiler/Fryer Report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Marketing Service.
In general, according to NCC, Boston reidents are 8 percent less likely to eat chicken wings than the average US resident
Seattle residents are 17 percent less likely to eat wings.
-RW
“A chicken only has two wings; therefore, the supply of wings is limited by the total number of chickens produced."
ReplyDeleteSounds like an entrepreneurial opportunity. If people prefer wings so much, there has to be a way to get a chicken to have 4 of them.