# A Chicken Glut Is Dragging Down Meatpackers—and Lowering Your Grocery Bill - WSJ

> US poultry companies are producing more chicken than consumers are buying, which is depressing wholesale prices and squeezing meatpacker profits. The oversupply could ease consumer inflation for protein.

- Date: 2026-08-10 · published 2026-08-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18048-a-chicken-glut-is-dragging-down-meatpackers-and-lowering-your-grocery-bill-wsj
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Excess broiler output lowers chicken prices and reduces poultry demand for feed ingredients. Feed buyers should expect softer poultry-related feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- wsj.com: https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/a-chicken-glut-is-dragging-down-meatpackersand-lowering-your-grocery-bill-ab4c63bd

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