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My wife and I had been devoted King Soopers shoppers for 35 years and we buy lots of chicken leg hind quarters, but since King Soopers switched to Heritage Farms leg quarters it has been a disaster. The first thing I noticed was the large quantity of water and blood inside the packaging. There never was liquid sloshing around in the packages before. Then Heritage farms uses the pad with absorbent beads which are fully absorbed with liquid adding a lot to the weight of the packaging. There is about a pound of weight in just the absorbent material alone. I took pictures, I tore open the pad and I could fit half of the beads the size of a baseball in the palm of one hand. I pay by the pound for the chicken so one pound of liquid soaked beads is the cost of a pound of chicken. I went to Safeway to compare and they use a light thin pad with no water or blood in the packaging, this is clearly a ripoff.
Lately I noticed there is less visible liquid in the Heritage Farms packaging but the beads are still heavy. I told my wife to stop buying leg quarters from King Soopers because they are ripping us off. She is resistant because she gets additional discounts with her points, but this last time I opened a package and there was red stuff that looked like paprika sprinkled on one portion of the meat, the other package was rotten before the expiration date. I took those back to the store and immediately bought the Safeway brand which smelled very fresh. I have to put my foot down. We are wasting our money on water and blood soaked beads not to mention that we will get deathly sick if we continue to eat the Heritage Farms meat.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I completely agree. I bought a whole chicken and cooked it on the grill for 2 hours (Low temp). When it was 180 deg I took it off. I let it rest 10 minutes before cutting it up. There was so much water coming out of the bird while I was cutting it up it was flowing off the cutting board and onto the floor. I placed the cut pieces on a platter to serve them. There was an additional 1/2 inch of water on the serving board as well. These aren't normal chickens. They are shot up with up to 18% water, salt and broth. They make for tasteless meat and watery meals.