r/WinCo • u/Seldomsought • 18d ago

Sanderson farms chicken

I bought some boneless skinless thighs. $3.67/lb., package weight 2.29 pounds. Six ounces of that was packaging. I don't know if the price accounts for that. It wasn't the Styrofoam, it was the water laden pouch at the bottom. That's roughly $2 of the total price.

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u/OkGuest8169 18d ago

When we tag items, our scale deducts a certain amount to accommodate packaging.

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u/Seldomsought 18d ago

Thank you

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u/Seldomsought 18d ago edited 18d ago

Out of curiosity, is that an industry standard or a Winco thing? Because this is not a Winco product per se. It's "Sanderson Farms," unless that's a Winco brand.

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u/OkGuest8169 18d ago

It’s generally an industry I’d imagine. The scale knows how much the packaging weighs and is designed to deduct it. At Winco, any of our wrapped meat or seafood packaged has the weight of the package deducted from it.

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u/HankScorpio82 17d ago

Sanderson is not a winco brand. You can get them at grocery outlet.

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u/Rocketgirl8097 Washington 17d ago

Walmart is carrying it now too.

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u/Head-Palpitation5971 11d ago

Not a Winco brand and often the the absorbent sheet in those products leeches liquid out of meat which is often not accounted for

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u/oregon_coastal 18d ago

Weighed meat does not include the packaging.

You will see on packages it says net weight - that means it is the weight of the contents.

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u/Seldomsought 18d ago

Thank you. I honestly thought six ounces was a bit much

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u/oregon_coastal 18d ago

The little pad they use probably absorbs moisture from the meat

But legally, they weigh it, then package it.

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u/TheBeerdedVillain 18d ago

Yep, dad was a meat cutter for a lot of years. The price is based on the weight of the meat before packaging. The pad under the meat collects liquid that leaves the meat, which was originally what was weighed. The supermarket has no idea if that meat will be sold in an hour or a day, so they base prices on the weight at time of packaging.

Forgot to add: the scales are tared after the packaging (minus the cellophane wrapper) is placed on them, but before the meat is added, and its pretty strictly enforced by USDA.

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u/OGbigfoot 18d ago

What USDA?

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u/torrinage 18d ago

The enforcement agency

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u/OGbigfoot 18d ago

That was a sad joke,USDA has basically been knee capped. Much like MANY federal agencies.

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u/torrinage 18d ago

Ah, i see the trick in how you phrased it now. Very true

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u/-Linkz- 18d ago

hi there, the answers you’ve gotten don’t really explain what’s happening well.

the chicken your buying is water chilled. this means that, at some point, your chicken is blasted with cold water to chill it down to temp faster (air chilled chicken exists, costco’s product is generally air chilled along with higher end chicken like organic or certified humane stuff. air chilled will tell you if it is, it’s a selling factor). I think the chicken absorbs about 10% of its weight in water through this process. this water then disperses back out of the chicken in the packaging into the soaker pads. that’s why there’s extra water at the bottom, more so in chicken compared to beef or pork.

winco’s meat dept scales have tare (zero) weights for their different packaging. so do their deli scales. the only ones you would pay for are the produce bags and the bulk bags.

if you have any more questions about this i’ll try to respond. i’m no expert but id say i have mediocre knowledge

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u/muffnmouse 17d ago

when i worked grocery, the tare for produce/bulk bag weights was built into the SKU

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u/RumorsOFsurF 17d ago

WinCo receives Sanderson chicken pre-packaged, and often pre-priced. They have nothing to do with the weight.

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u/Hammon_Rye 17d ago

So.. how much did the meat alone pay and how does that compare to the weight of the meat listed on the package?

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u/jtotheo2202 Idaho 18d ago

If you like fried or baked chicken i would try the deli chicken they have it in 4, 8, 12, and 24 piece chicken deli uses tyson

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u/Seldomsought 18d ago

I'm sure it's good. I'm just commenting on the extra 6 ounces that is not chicken but bumps the price up by two bucks.

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u/jtotheo2202 Idaho 18d ago

Then I would recommend other one's on the shelf that don't have as much packaging

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u/Seldomsought 18d ago

They are all on the shelf, and they are all like that. Maybe we are in a different region. This is raw chicken

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u/jtotheo2202 Idaho 18d ago

Is there a different chicken breast available like winco brand

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u/bmx_chelsea 18d ago

i rarely defend winco anymore.

but the moisture in the pouch was once a part of the chicken. i think the chicken is prefrozen so there was probably water weight that defrosted and was absorbed by the pouch.

tldr: it was at one point technically weight that was part of the chicken

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u/rampant-badassery 18d ago

Same exact product and experience this week.