Don't Buy This Grocery Store Fried Chicken 

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lol I didn’t even know that Target sold fried chicken.

Publix is an excellent grocery store. I attribute that to Publix still being privately owned by the founding family. They take pride in there business, brand, and reputation.

I haven't had Wal Mart's fried chicken since the pandemic, but when I did, it was flavorful and cooked properly. Their rotisserie whole chicken is quite good. I've always sworn by Albertson's fried chicken dark.

Publix also makes great subs or sandwiches. You can take any meat (and veggies too) found in the deli or anywhere in the store, pick your bread from the bakery or anywhere in the store and they will make it for you. Not to mention the great selections at the sandwich counter, including the best fried chicken tenders anywhere.

In the Philadelphia area back in the day we had a grocery store called Pathmark that made fabulous fried chicken.

If you go to a gas station and they have a Krispy Krunchy Chicken restaurant inside... try it. Publix's spicy chicken is good too.

Another really good grocery store that wasn't included here is Albertson's. Their chicken is excellent and even the white meat is tender and juicy.

Yeah for Publix !! Best fried chicken by far !!

Publix has really good chicken. I actually prefer Ingles fried chicken though. I live in Asheville and we have both here. I do not even bother with the chains. I go to Ingles if I want fried chicken.

I haven't eaten grocery store fried chicken since I was a tween. On my 12th birthday my mom got some from Fredmeyers. The drumsticks had big feathers still stuck to them under the batter. I'm still grossed out and I'm 45 now.

I live in Delaware. There is an employee owned grocery store called Redner’s. I believe it started in Pennsylvania. They have the best fried chicken I’ve ever had. My father will be 93 next month and he raves about the chicken every time I get it for supper. It is super crispy and moist. There is a line at the deli no matter the hour. You can hear the people in back of the line shouting “leave some chicken for me”!

Sometimes Publix slightly undercooks the large fried chicken pieces. Lots of pink at the bone. Otherwise I use them mostly for produce, as it's easy to overpay there by up to 50%.

The best fried chicken I've had was by a local grocery store and people would be lined up to get it. Moved from there to NW Arkansas, the chicken production capital of the US and... not only is fried chicken three times as expensive I can't find good fried chicken for love or money.

I never heard of most of these supermarkets. Food Lion is inconsistent from store to store. Some are just awful, others are tolerable. Even at their best Food Lion is never on the level of the fried chicken at Harris teeter or Stop n Shop.

All of those stores with really bad fried chicken need to take heed and greatly improve the quality of their product before people could wind up sick. 🥺😫🍗

Walmart deli is the last place id go to for any meats. Used to be IGA neighbors back in the 90s that held that title

One small regional grocery chain in VA/NC is Food Lion. I cant speak for all locations but the one in my town is AWESOME. I buy 2 mixed 8 piece packs a week. One to share with the family and one for myself to eat off 1-2 days.

I disagree that Heinen's is in the worst group. We have bought it several times at different locations in metro Cleveland & it's always been crispy on the outside, moist inside & they fry the chicken throughout the day so that it's fresh.

Walmart chicken is really hit or miss. One day it's crispy and juicy and seasoned well, another day it's crispy but dry, another day it's mostly batter and little chicken and unseasoned. They'd do well to quality control before they send it out to stores.

This is why I cooked my fried chicken 🍗🐔 at home 🏠 that way I knows it's properly cleaned and cooked properly.

Ralph’s in the SDSU area in San Diego, CA constantly cook chicken throughout the day. Very fresh and it is better than home. I start commenting on Ralph chicken, a couple of seconds just before the channel gave it a “shout out”🎯💯

Walmart here sells for $5.00 a bird. Its pink because when temped, its at 165° in the thickest part of ckn. I would just season it, then place in the preheated oven for 15 min or so. 🤷🏿

Giant Eagle in our area has the best store brand fried chicken that I've ever had. I despise Giant Eagle, but will go out of my way to get their fried chicken.

I think Safeway's fried chicken is fairly decent. I pick it up with their deli coleslaw for dinner once, sometimes twice, a month

DANG! We don't have any of the "good chicken" stores in our area except one - Publix - but hey, I am glad they are ranked #1. I will have to check their fried chicken out! There is a little hole in the wall in Winston-Salem called the "One Stop" and they have the best chicken and taters in the world! Yummy!

When I lived in a rural area in Texas, my choice of grocery stores was Walmart or Brookshire Bros. Most went to Walmart because cheaper. Well, it does not take a genius to realize that with low prices comes low quality. So I shopped at Brookshire. And yes, of all the store fried chicken I've had, indeed any fried chicken close to there at all, Brookshire Bros was best. There was a running joke cause they were the "best in town" because of being the only one in town but yes, some restaurants had fried chicken but the stuff in that store was better.

The Walmart here in Monticello, NY stopped selling Fried chicken. The Rotisserie Chicken comes in cooked and is heated. They still have the oven, they just don't use it anymore. The Hot Bar is managed by the same Associate who runs the Deli so if you want something from either counter, you're likely going to have to wait. Shoprite has 8 equal pieces for $10. It's good. We have both a Popeye's and KFC across the street from each other and in walking distance but I won't pay what they charge these days. An 8pc meal is around $35. I can buy instant potatoes for a buck, gravy fro 39 cents Chicken for $10, skip the Coleslaw (the only thing I miss) and the biscuits. Save myself $19. KFC won't even post their menu prices anymore, nothing is really ala carte.

I love the ETB shade in the TN lmao😂

Haven't had much chicken from Walmart, but the times i had it was fine. One time was dry, like it had been under the heat lamp too long but otherwise fine. A chain with as many locations as Walmart is likely inconsistent from one store to another.

I stopped eating Fried Chicken from anywhere, unless I make it at Home about 10 years ago, but the best Fried Chicken I ever ate was at a Texaco Gas Station in Cottonwood Ca. Anytime I drove by there on the Interstate, I had to stop there. That was about 20 years ago.

Up until December 24th I would agree with you on the Brookshire fried chicken, we got undercooked, over battered chicken for our holiday dinner

Where I live here in Pennsylvania there are 3 supermarkets near me none of which are listed here. One is Shop-Rite and the other ones are Giant and Wise.

Everybody do not know how to make chicken it is hard to fry chicken but once you get it you can never forget it

Only Sprout's sells prepared chicken that won't poison a customer, or send them to ER.

In Northern California Raley’s, Save Mart and Lucky supermarkets have great chicken. In Southern California Vons ( which is Safeway) and Stater Brothers have great chicken also.

Where I live, we only have Walmart, out of these stores. There’s a Target about 30 minutes away, but they don’t sell chicken. But we do have local grocery stores that sell pretty decent chicken. Tops grocery and Ted Clark’s Busy Market.

Heinens fried chicken is good it just doesnt have seasoning😂 but always fresh!!! You get 5 whole wings for 6 bucks! Most Clevelanders get our chicken from Daves Supermarket or Giant Eagle. 😊

They left out Meijer fried chicken..... Very very good.... Also Buehlers in Ohio is the best

I'm lucky I have a Winn Dixie and a publix close by so I know I'll get the best weather way !

Personally I like Safeway's myself. It's always have been good. But you should get it early in the day. But they have made more later in the day.

I never think of buying groceries from target 😂

Pick N Save is all over here, and the ultimate assessment in this vid is correct: Always hit or miss. In decades I've never had anything raw, but you do have to watch that freshness. And when it IS fresh and at its best, it gets a grade of C+ due to a brothy, salty, and overall mediocre flavor to the crust. Even with hot sauce. Yet, I've eaten plenty of it, because sometimes, C+ works, and the right hot sauce brings it to a B.

Most grocery stores will take, close to expire date food packages, and use that to sell as a hot meal. Stay away from hot prepare meals at a grocery store.

The Publix chicken tender sub is something on another planet in awesome.

I like the voiceover changeup!

Pioneer Chicken was my youngest brother favorite when he visit my family in San Diego. As soon as we left the airport he would request to go to Pioneer Chicken. The last time he visit he ask me to go by there on the way home. And I had to break the news that they were no longer in business.😢

I've had good Acme and Walmart chicken, but Publix is best and Winn Dixie close 2nd

When Brookshire's had a store in my town, years ago, their deli was the worst and about the most expensive. I couldn't believe how low quality their deli meats were. No wonder I wouldn't want to come close to their fried chicken. However, they had a Cuban sandwich I quite enjoyed.

One of the best that I've had from a grocery store is from Kroger when I've gotten it. It's one of the few that is awesome both hot and cold, and the coating doesn't get soggy when cold or reheated

I have a Safeway I go get fried chicken, but I ask to have a fresh batch cooked. The lady usually will do it, unless there is a bunch of chicken on the warmers.

I go to either Piggly Wiggly, Food Lion, Farm Fresh or Publix around my area if I want some good, fried chicken from a grocery store! Fried chicken from Walmart, Kroger & Harris Teeter are very bland & flavorless. Plus the Target around my area doesn't serve chicken at all, so that can be a good thing.

Krogers in VA, (I've heard) bought out the famous Farm Fresh Fried chicken recipe...

How interesting. Because Ralph’s and Kroger‘s own Food 4 Less.

Winn-Dixie has $6.99 for 8/10 box this week; plan on buying the 10 piece dark tomorrow. :)

I’m in NE Pennsylvania and our local grocery store is Shop Rite and I love their fried chicken yes I know it’s not the best or as good as homemade and I know it’s not southern restaurant good but I like it and it’s like six bucks for an 8 piece

I'm from the west coast, and live on the east coast now retired. I miss Safeway food products, and yes the chicken is fantastic. I did a cheese test one day, and found there cheese is real creamy depending on wat kind but over all the cheese is fantastic. I was going to test walmart's brand but it will never make it into that class arena. Infact it molds to fast, and starts right after you leave the store even putting it in a cooler, and go home.... I miss Safeway

Martins in northwest Indiana and southwestern Michigan have really good friend chicken.

Brookshire Brother does in fact have great fried chicken. As well as another Southeast Texas favorite, Market Basket.

Pic and save sells chicken now 😂😂😂 When I was a kid that was a run down thrift store.

Any fried chicken you buy like this from the store is perfect to re-heat in your air fryer, for 5 or 6 minutes (depending on how hot you want it). It perfectly crisps it back up. Even the day old or reduced price works well for this. The oil in the breading and meat are good for this method. (Well, maybe not those from Food4Less).

I once bought a fried chicken family meal from Walmart, thinking to save making an extra stop at the local KFC -- big mistake! It was SO dry! I've brought home deli salads from Walmart (esp. during cold-weather month, when I don't have to put them in a cooler or insulated tote for the drive home), but will probably not order their chicken again. (The fried chicken at my local supermarket is better, and only a block away from my house!)

The place i used to love chicken close to where I lived was Bi-lo. The chicken was always cooked to perfection. Shame they had that store closed down.

Walmart used to have a pretty good spicy fried chicken. They got rid of it around 2019. The regular tastes like crap.

We have an IGA convenient store in our area that has great fried chicken!

Best grocery store chicken is Walmart and Giant ‼️ I have never had a problem ‼️

I do love Safeways fried chicken and also their Mango Habanero Baked Chicken.

We gave up on Walmart fried chicken 15 years ago. Winn Dixie is closer & they have great fried chicken. It is part of most of our poker nights. Ralphs closed where we live. My favorite fried chicken is Popeyes, but their prices sky rocketed. I found our Publix makes a fantastic spicy fried chicken that cost far less than Popeyes. Spicy may not be your choice, OK. Publix makes great fried chicken that is not spicy~! Shalom

Supermarket chicken tends to have cooking and food safety issues because the staff lacks daily reminders on how to prepare and store raw meats

In Cali i always liked The chicken from starter bros..in Texas amigos got some fire chicken..so juicy

Old country Buffet chicken had feathers on it also

Oddly, the best fried chicken in my small NC mountain was at a gas station that shared space with a Subway. You had to be there early, or they would be sold out. Sadly, they are now using someone else's fried chicken instead of making their own and the quality has dropped.

Actually down here in Florida Publix fried Chicken is the best I love it

It's funny I've only ever even heard of four of these places, only have access to two of them, and neither of them -- Target or Walmart -- have prepared foods in them. Ah New England isolationism. Where's Stop and Shop, Shaws, Hannafords, and Market Basket?

So Ralphs/kingsoopers/ krogers are the same. Some clerks are stingy with the seasonings. When 'my guy' stopped working there, i stopped buying it. I knew not to go on tue or wed cause he was off.

Publix fried chicken is GOAT

Winco makes some amazing fried chicken. Not too salty or greasy and crunchy and moist.

There are legit places that sell fried chicken but people buy it from a grocery store then complain about it.

IGA has the best in my opinion, at least the two where i was in Ohio. Haven't tried the one in Jacksonville FL yet.

Dave's is great. The Jo Jo's are good to.

I know a lot of ppl that eat Walmart fried chicken and have nothing bad to say about it as long as it’s not burnt or dry,I can’t say I ever had feathers in their chicken but I have in others and also surprised Kroger wasn’t on this list …I wish Winn Dixie comes back here I loved that store I would choose them over krogers easily their prices and quality trumps them

I can say Kroger in houston has some real good chicken. I don't know about the ones sitting there in the containers. But the freshly cooked go hard.

Good video of educational 👉🏾cook your own fried chicken if you don't have pressure problems🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🙃

Our local Giant Eagle here in Pennsylvania has delicious fried chicken.

I don't know about anywhere else but our local Giant has the best fried chicken I've ever had in my life.

Love that Publix!!!

Two of the worst are Kroger subsidiaries. One of the best is a Kroger brand, and Kroger is trying to buy Safeway/Albertson's.

Walmart and Publix is close together and I had been eating Walmarts because it was closer by. Gave Publix a try and from the first bite we all said Walmarts' is better. Publix was luke warm and tough. Walmart has a way to keep theirs hot. Decided to give Publix another try the very next night and it was tough and almost cool, worse than the night before. I'll stick with Walmart on this one.

I miss Publix SOOOOO VERY MUCH!

Wegman's, Gerrity's, Schiff's, & Shoprite are all pretty good, here in NE PA...other than Walmart which is disgusting, even Sam's rotisserie is pretty bad. Most of the stores showed here are not in the NE

At least here on the California Central Coast, Food 4 Less actually has better fried AND rotissierie chicken than places like the 'top rated' purveyors in this vlog, such as Ralph's. Caveat: Of course, this can vary depending on who is cooking, but the chicken is generally safer than fast food chicken like KFC. Excluding 'chicken fingers', which are generally just deep-fried lumps of batter.

Come to the south. Walk into ANY gas station and get a 3 piece from Krispy Krunchy Chicken

I live in an area (Midwest) with all the bad places. I haven’t heard of any of the good places on the list.

Royal Farm Chicken is delicious especially straight out the grease.

grocery store here in PA.named GIANT that makes excellent fried chicken

You didn't grade Kroger. Aren't they the biggest grocer in North America?

Safeway on the west coast will leave their fried chicken out until it is jerky. Publix is pretty good. Spices are right. I always thought grocery store fried chicken was chicken that was about to go past sell by date so they fry it up for sale, like they chop up the roasts for hamburger when sell by is at hand.

You know what Walmart I'm not surprised in order to keep their prices low they have to cut corners so I'm not really surprised that taste is one of them

Giant Eagle has excellent fried chicken. Last time I bought fried chicken from Walmart, I wasn't impressed.

Also, Kroger in central VA has good chicken 🍗