Where are the Thighs?

In our area, there are no chicken thighs available in the stores. Legs, breasts and wings, but no thighs. No one seems to know why. I could understand a general shortage of chicken, but why this specific part?

I went grocery shopping yesterday and didn’t look for chicken thighs so I didn’t notice if they were there or not.

We have plenty in all the stores. We buy at Meijer, a local big box grocery store. Their boneless chicken thighs are a wonderful thing. Big, meaty and without a huge amount of unnecessary fat. Previous price $2.99 with $1.99 on sale. Now sometimes up around $3.99. Still good value since no waste.

I always wonder where the bones go for all cuts of meat and fowl. We have both boneless and bone in thighs at our stores so perhaps it is a regional shortage.

I almost bought some my last shopping trip, but they were not skinless/boneless and looked to have way too much fat. Will look next trip and see if they are still available at my store.

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Originally Posted by pinkytoe

I always wonder where the bones go for all cuts of meat and fowl. We have both boneless and bone in thighs at our stores so perhaps it is a regional shortage.

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I've always figured that was used for things like bonemeal.
I've noticed no thighs, and there have been some chicken shortages.

No chicken wings here for over a year now.
I know the local Chinese restaurant uses thigh meat in their dishes.

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Originally Posted by mschrisgo2

No chicken wings here for over a year now.
I know the local Chinese restaurant uses thigh meat in their dishes.

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Apparently, in the absence of wings, thighs are filling the void, and maybe that's why thighs are selling out.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/22/wingst...wing-shortage/

I wonder how much chicken goes to China?

I was just at a Kroger and they were fully stocked with a variety of chicken thigh brands. $3.29 a pound. Wings are hard to find though. But why would anyone buy the wings when there are thighs