Price of a whole chicken in the UK
The average price of a whole chicken was £4.51 per 1 kg in September 2026, down 0.7% on a year earlier.
Updated Prices for September 2026 · ONS Shopping prices comparison tool (experimental)
Average price, September 2026
£4.51
per 1 kg
A year ago (September 2025)
£4.54
per 1 kg
Annual change*
−0.7%
Meat of chicken, fresh, chilled or frozen
From £4.54 in September 2025 to £4.51 in September 2026. Series starts January 2025.
*The ONS annual change is for the item's consumption segment ("Meat of chicken, fresh, chilled or frozen"), the group of similar products used in CPI, so it can differ slightly from the change in the average price shown. Item measured: Chicken - whole, 1 kg.
Last 12 months
| Month | Average price |
|---|---|
| September 2026 | £4.51 |
| August 2026 | £4.54 |
| July 2026 | £4.55 |
| June 2026 | £4.57 |
| May 2026 | £4.54 |
| April 2026 | £4.50 |
| March 2026 | £4.51 |
| February 2026 | £4.50 |
| January 2026 | £4.51 |
| December 2025 | £4.52 |
| November 2025 | £4.52 |
| October 2025 | £4.54 |
| September 2025 | £4.54 |
Older ONS series: Chicken: roasting, ovn ready, frsh/chilld, Kg (ended January 2025)
Before the shopping prices tool, ONS published a separate average price for a whole chicken as part of the RPI. That series ran from January 1971 to January 2025 and is no longer updated. It measured a slightly different item ("Chicken: roasting, ovn ready, frsh/chilld, Kg"), was published in pence and was collected differently, so it is shown separately and should not be joined to the new figures above.
46p in January 1971; 378p in January 2025, when the series ended.
| January | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 320p | 310p | 286p | 284p | 279p | 272p | 255p | 281p | 359p | 384p | 378p |
Source: ONS, series CZOM (MM23, RPI average prices).
About this price
- This is an experimental ONS estimate: the average of prices collected across UK shops for CPI. It is not a price from any single shop or brand.
- Shopping-tool prices for food and drink start in January 2025.
- For overall price rises in this area see all 179 food prices, or work out your own rate with the cost of living calculator.
Source: ONS, Shopping prices comparison tool, September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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