Boneless Chicken Starts to Vanish in U.S. Meatpacking Shutdowns

Suppliers shifting away from cutting up chicken parts
Poultry, pork, beef plants have shut down from virus outbreak

Cargill Chief Executive Officer Dave MacLennan says the food supply chain is under strain, but it's not broken. Source: Bloomberg)

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By Jen Skerritt and Shelly Hagan

April 28, 2020 at 9:04 PM UTC

Updated on

April 29, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

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Goodbye, boneless chicken.

Food retailers across North America are swapping boneless chicken legs for less popular thighs and drumsticks as a wave of shutdowns at meatpacking plants has reduced supplies of sought-after cuts.