Chicken drumsticks are finding their way to American dinner tables as a slowdown in exports has kept more of the dark meat in U.S. grocery stores and warehouses.
Historically, chicken dark meat — long shunned by U.S. consumers in favor of white meat chicken breast — has largely been exported by U.S. chicken companies.
Now, the low-priced meat may be an easy sell with unemployment rates high and a record 44.2 million Americans on food stamps. A bone-in chicken leg quarter (drumstick and thigh combined) is about 50 cents a lb wholesale versus $1 or more for boneless chicken breast.
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