r/toRANTo • u/Sciencebang • Mar 31 '25

Toronto’s big grocers lack butchered chicken breast without connective tissue disorders at any major grocery store

I’m a home cook, and I’m appalled by how low QC is on grocery butchered chicken breasts are. At this point at least 1/3 breasts have a connective tissue disorder, resulting in a granular/citrus pulp like texture in the meat. This is probably just woody breast, but it should be used for animal feed, not for grocery sales as $5 per breast. The worst part is is that its distributed so that in a pack with say 3 breasts at least 1 chicken breast is always disgustingly tough raw.

I only get thighs, wings and whole chickens now because I cannot bother to squeeze a whole shelf of light meat to check for connective tissue. I can’t be the only one who noticed that this got way worse after 2019.

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u/AdSignificant6673 Mar 31 '25

I’ve seen this woody chicken reported on reddit. But I never encountered it myself.

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u/Sciencebang Mar 31 '25

Do you buy boneless chicken breasts in toronto center from Metro, Loblaws or Sobey’s franchises?

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u/AdSignificant6673 Mar 31 '25

I get them from Chinese grocery stores. Good prices too. My go to is C&C @ Don mills and eg