KFC sells 22 chicken wings for 9 euros, less than 50 cents each

KFC serves 22 wings for 9 euros, less than 50 cents each

What does it cost to put meat on the table without cooking it for less than ten euros? The offer that circulated this week at KFC answers with an uncomfortable number, according to those who took advantage of it: 22 breaded wings for 9 euros, that is, less than 50 cents per unit. While the shopping basket offers no relief, here appears a spot of deflation. And the joke writes itself: what yesterday seemed like a luxury snack is today the cheapest menu in the neighborhood.

The numbers that do not match the price of meat

The calculation is simple. 22 wings, 9 euros, and it comes out to less than half a euro per piece, cheaper—claimedly—than buying them raw and frying them at home. The kilo of raw chicken wings costs around 4.45 euros on the website of a major supermarket, according to the prevailing calculation, but they weigh with bone and skin and require preparation. The fine print of the offer exists: it must be ordered via the app for drive-through pickup, and according to users, it offers priority and avoids queues, although another participant insists the product is not fried on the spot.

Why is it cheaper than a supermarket roast chicken?

Because the comparison admits several answers. A whole, hot roast chicken, weighing 1.6 kilos, is sold for 7.50 euros and sometimes discounted to 4.50, according to another user. There is no breading or flavor enhancers, and it allows you to eat at the establishment's tables. Opposite stands the five-euro menu and the idea that, for that amount, a kilo of pork tenderloin holds up to comparison.

The myth of breading masking spoiled chicken

The legend that the recipe served to disguise stale chicken has circulated for decades. The most documented version points to something else: Colonel Sanders patented a pressure cooking method that produced a decent chicken in minutes using cheap poultry. The flavor was marketing. When he sold the business, as recalled, he spent the last years of his life criticizing the new owners for ruining his recipe. It is said he worked at a gas station, was involved in a shootout with competitors, and even practiced law before building the breading empire.

The breading that hooks and what is said about health

Monosodium glutamate is just the beginning of the list. The flavor enhancers and industrial brine—argued—add weight and mask the taste of frozen birds. The recommendation to limit fast food to once a month is from a participant, not a clinical fact: a treat is not the same as a diet. And the joke about “trans chicken” does not substitute for data.

In short, the menu that yesterday seemed expensive now seems a bargain, and the supermarket is left staring. If someone finds the formula for Telepizza’s original dough, let them know: there may be deflation to be discovered there.