date:Dec 29, 2012
sales of chicken parts grew 4.5 percent year-on-year and whole chickens increased 0.6 percent reaching $5.5 billion.
The growth of other poultry products over 2011 and 2012 is partly attributed to the increasing popularity of Heritage turkeys, which are bigger, take longer to reach maturity and sell for more than standard turkeys, says John N Frank, category manager for Mintel Food and Drink.
The study showed poultry may be pulling consumers from the red-meat market, with 38 percent of U.S. c