USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on February 22, 2018, purchased chicken and chicken products as indicated below for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2018.
Deliveries will be made from April 1-30, 2018.
| Product | Pounds | Award Prices | Total Dollars |
| Chicken Large Chilled -Bulk | 14,328,000.000 | $0.9239-$0.9473 | $13,567,017.60 |
| Chicken Legs Chilled -Bulk | 1,296,000.000 | $0.5355-$0.5355 | 694,008.00 |
| Chicken Small Chilled -Bulk | 72,000.000 | $0.9300-$0.9300 | 66,960.00 |
| Total | 15,696,000.000 | $14,327,985.60 |
A total of 144,000 pounds of chicken large chilled-bulk and 180,000 pounds of chicken legs chilled-bulk were not purchased due to no bids received.
AMS on February 21, 2018, purchased chicken strips for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2018.
Deliveries are to be made from April 1 – May 31, 2018.
| Chicken Strips Frozen CTN-30 LB | 273,000.000 | $2.0076-$2.0657 | $557,980.80 |
| Total | 273,000.000 | $557,980.80 |
A total of 39,000 pounds of chicken strips frozen carton-30 lb. were not awarded due to change in recipient demand.
AMS also on February 21, 2018, purchased chicken and chicken products for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2018.
Deliveries are to be made from April 1 – June 30, 2018.
| Product | Pounds | Award Prices | Total Dollars |
| Chicken Consumer Split Breast Pkg-6/5 LB | 1,053,000.000 | $2.5347-$2.6105 | $2,710,404.45 |
| Chicken Cut-Up Frozen CTN-40 LB | 80,000.000 | $0.9550-$1.0189 | 78,956.00 |
| Chicken Whole Bagged Frozen CTN-36-43 LB | 4,791,600.000 | $0.7600-$0.9205 | 4,044,316.32 |
| Total | 5,924,600.000 | $6,833,676.77 |
A total of 40,000 pounds of chicken cut-up were not purchased due to no bids received and 237,000 pounds of chicken whole bagged frozen were not purchased due to vendor constraints.
