# Why Does Cut-Up Chicken Cost More Than a Whole Chicken

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2116523399900025144
- Source account: [@Nikiforova1967](https://x.com/Nikiforova1967)
- Source language: Russian
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:52
- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Z2B2CmGEOF5b/en/why-does-cut-up-chicken-cost-more-than-a-whole-chicken) There was bread, chicken, and poultry. A new product appeared.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Z2B2CmGEOF5b/en/why-does-cut-up-chicken-cost-more-than-a-whole-chicken?t=5) They cut up a dead chicken and stuffed it into a plastic bag.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Z2B2CmGEOF5b/en/why-does-cut-up-chicken-cost-more-than-a-whole-chicken?t=13) A new product, new bread, or cutting carcasses into parts, whatever you call it.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Z2B2CmGEOF5b/en/why-does-cut-up-chicken-cost-more-than-a-whole-chicken?t=20) People are forced to buy the same products, but for some reason at a higher price. Do you understand how far things have gone?

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Z2B2CmGEOF5b/en/why-does-cut-up-chicken-cost-more-than-a-whole-chicken?t=27) A whole chicken carcass costs two rubles, but cut in half, it costs five rubles, for example.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Z2B2CmGEOF5b/en/why-does-cut-up-chicken-cost-more-than-a-whole-chicken?t=35) And what happened? What occurred? Why did the product become two or three times more expensive?

[0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Z2B2CmGEOF5b/en/why-does-cut-up-chicken-cost-more-than-a-whole-chicken?t=41) Because you cut it in half? And what, doesn't the Ministry of Agriculture , the deputy prime minister, and retailers see this?