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Chicken thighs pass chicken breasts in price and popularity

By Kat Lonsdorf,
Mary Louise Kelly, Jeanette Woods
Published April 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM MDT

For decades in the U.S., chicken breasts were pricier and more popular than chicken thighs. But that seems to be changing.

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