The new packaging is absolutely horrible (there's a reason I always buy my chicken at Sam's rather than Co***o, but no reason to stay with Sam's now since it's the same). Between the breasts and thighs I use 35 pounds per week to make homemade food for a colony of feral cats (on top of what we eat ourselves). The prior packaging made this so simple - one slice across the top and pull out the neatly arranged pieces. Now I have to fight to remove the tape then flip and manipulate these stupid little plastic cubes all attached to other cubes. My prep time for the homemade cat food has more than tripled because of the nightmare of having to deal with these stupid little pack things and dig the pieces out from their 'randomly-smashed-into-the-package' state. And the sliminess from the 'retained water' takes handling the chicken pieces to an entirely new level of unpleasantness. And all that is after I already had to deal with the leaking packages (both in the store and in my refrigerator). When I go to buy it now, this means once I've loaded up all my chicken the very next thing I have to do is carefully push my shopping cart all the way to the front of the store without touching anything (even the handle of the shopping cart) just so I can wash my hands before I continue shopping.

I used to get these chicken thighs atleast once a week and meal prep for the week. The new packaging is very frustrating to work with and leaves way too much water. The absorbing pads in each small bag are way too small and don’t absorb as much, leaving a lot of cleanup and a very wet texture when I cut up the thighs, making it inconvenient to keep my cutting board clean. Also, I’m not sure if it is because of the water in each bag, but the texture of the chicken and the muscle fibers seems a lot looser, which messes with the texture after cooking as well. Overall, I wish it could go back to the original packaging, I would gladly keep purchasing if that were the case.

Hate the new packaging! We have a large family and need to open multiple packaged now. The same amount is not in each package and the pieces are chopped up smaller so they fall thru the grill now. Please go back to old packaging. Until then, I’ll be purchasing meat at another store

Not a great product. The chicken I bought contained large bones, lots of fat, and a good amount of liquid in the packs. Haphazard processed chicken. Never had this issue before with the other chicken you sold in the tray. Bring back the other chicken.

Disappointing. Half the chicken were small pieces and not the entire thigh so grilling would not be possible. Packaging is poor. I carefully cut apart the packaging at the areas sealed that were meant to be cut, and they leaked. Preferred the old packaging. And previous packs had entire thigh pieces. Will not buy this again.

Did not like the way it was packed too many small pieces, like nuggets.

Love the new packaging and chicken products

very unusual smell-not spoiled

The new packaging doesn't let you see the chicken. As others mentioned the thighs are substantially smaller and often in pieces. Just a new way to rip off customers.

Concerning the new packaging, nice! Freezes great.