2. If you don't mind me asking, what was the before/after price of said chicken wings, in unit terms? Some plausible reasons that might contribute the doubling you see, but not be representative of overall meat price trends include:

a. you misremembered (eg. $4.99 -> $4, $7.43 -> $8)

b. you were comparing sale vs non-sale prices

c. you buy some really boutique chicken wings that are subject to bigger price fluctuations than the typical wings that everybody else and the USDA measure

d. you were comparing regular chicken wings with boutique chicken wings

Otherwise, it seems strange for a grocery store to go from average chicken prices, to 66% above average (2x / 1.2x) in the span of a year.