Record-high prices for burgers and pork sees demand for chicken soar

Record-high prices for beef burgers and pork chops are helping to make 2014 the most profitable year ever for US chicken producers.

Americans are buying more chicken as a cheaper alternative just as fast-food restaurants ! add new menu items from wings to club sandwiches.

The sales surge has sent wholesale prices to an all-time high, boosted profit for processors including Tyson Foods, and left Ozark Mountain Poultry unable to keep up.