This week, restaurant owners in Buffalo, N.Y., urged a wing boycott, citing rising prices for the chicken parts. So, with ranch dip and celery sticks in hand, we asked: What's behind the increased cost?
Two things, it turns out: The bankruptcy of the nation's largest chicken producer, coupled with the normal price run-up due to Super Bowl Sunday demand. A spokesman for the National Chicken Council says that although prices are up from this time last year, there is no serious shortage.
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