Billions of cheap chicken wings for Super Bowl
By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg
At Donovan’s Pub in Woodside, N.Y., this season’s record corn crop means owner Dan Connor is offering a new special for football fans: free chicken wings.
“Normally during football season, there’s such a spike in prices for wings that it directly affects us,” said Connor, who expects to serve as many as 2,000 chicken wings during this year’s Super Bowl and will offer a free 8-piece order for patrons who buy a bucket of beer. “This year, it hasn’t been so much of a concern.”
Chicken wings are at the lowest price heading into the National Football League’s championship game since 2011. The biggest ever U.S. corn crop cut feed costs for farmers and allowed them to ramp up production of the meat. That’s good news for Americans who will eat 1.25 billion wings during this year’s Super Bowl on Feb. 2, the National Chicken Council estimates. Consumers will pay less at the grocery store and get more discounts and specials at bars and restaurants.
