# Chicken Shortage Sends Prices Soaring, and Restaurants Can’t Keep Up - Poultry Producer

> Restaurant chains including KFC and Wingstop say they are paying steep prices for scarce poultry, and some have limited sales of wings and tenders. Chicken breast prices have more than doubled since January, and wing prices have reached records, according to Urner Barry. Processors are struggling to raise output because they cannot hire enough workers.

- Date: 2021-05-16 · published 2021-05-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47255-chicken-shortage-sends-prices-soaring-and-restaurants-can-t-keep-up-poultry
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Labor shortages at processing plants are constraining bird output while restaurant demand stays strong, which keeps poultry prices at record levels. The tight supply is likely to persist until processing capacity is restored.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- poultryproducer.com: https://www.poultryproducer.com/chicken-shortage-sends-prices-soaring-and-restaurants-cant-keep-up/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.