Spotted this week in Foodland, this probably wins the prize for being the most expensive chicken salad that is available to buy from a store in Hawaii. Priced at $22.99 per lb, this included curried chicken, nuts, raisins, and not much else. In fact, the idea of this being labeled as a ‘Chicken salad’ in the first place is stretching it. This was usually advertised at $23.99 per lb, but hey – a dollar is still a dollar!

Advertised as a ‘Maika’i special’, this didn’t look particularly appetizing to begin with, but at that price, you can see why the tray looked untouched. It makes you wonder if anyone actually purchased any before the day was over.

Now, we know that food prices have risen on the island of late – but even still, this has to be one of the highest priced items to buy from Foodland. Locals reacted as you’d expect as well, with one saying, “I wonder who ever actually buys some of that food and how much gets thrown out every night.”

Another claimed, “Brah what!? Are they charging poke prices for chicken salad!? That’s going too far haha.” Actually, when you think about it, even most poke prices are far less than this and probably nicer too. What’s ironic is that Hawaii actually has some of the healthiest, natural food sources in the USA – however, if people are actually buying this then fair play to Foodland at least.