What’s the deal with chicken wings?

Americas - USA West Los Angeles
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We got a new air fryer/toaster oven a month ago but I haven’t seen any chicken wings in our local chain supermarkets in all that time. All other parts were available but no wings. Will I have to wait ‘til Super Bowl Sunday?

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Same here. The only place we are able to find wings consistently are at Costco. They are labeled party wings and come in individual packages of 6 that you can cut and freeze.

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Do you have a Whole Foods near you? They carry wings.

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I haven’t seen chicken wings at the Brea Whole Foods in months. Asked the meat department and they said they haven’t been getting them in lately. Maybe each WF has different procurement.

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If you consider local chains like 99 Ranch and Vallarta, I’ve seen wings there.

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We have two Whole Foods and three Costcos within 15 minutes. With Christmas in the rear view Costco is a possibility again. Thanks for the suggestions.

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Apparently wholesale prices for wings have gone way up and buyers are resisting.

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try yakitori-style chicken with boneless dark meat sliced into bite sized pieces. simple marinade of dark soy, rice wine, garlic powder, a little sugar if you don’t have mirin. my instant vortex does them in 2 minutes at 400. you can go crispier, but it’s a trade off of juiciness.

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The reason has been documented on the internet.

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Thanks for the valuable intel

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Sprouts in Brea almost always has them at like 3 to 4 dollars per lb.

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I go to marconda in the farmers market.

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They must because the Sherman Oaks Whole Foods had plenty of wings today.

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I get them from either Sprouts or Costco. Costco has both the fresh kind and the frozen ones.