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48656c6c6f20

(7,638 posts) Tue Jan 31, 2023, 04:11 PM Jan 2023

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Super bowl wings maybe?

Ex-Harvey school district food service director charged with stealing $1.5M worth of chicken wings

https://abc7chicago.com/stolen-chicken-wings-vera-liddell-harvey-school-district-152-illinois/12754795/

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Super bowl wings maybe? (Original Post) 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 OP

That's a lot of wings. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2023 #1

I looked up bulk purchases of chicken wings... yeah, I'm bored at home lapfog_1 Jan 2023 #2

Holy cow, what would a person do with that many wings? ShazzieB Jan 2023 #3

my guess is that she had a side business selling wings to lapfog_1 Jan 2023 #4

That makes a lot of sense. ShazzieB Feb 2023 #5

BlueTsunami2018

(3,492 posts)

1. That's a lot of wings.

Reply to 48656c6c6f20 (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2023, 04:22 PM

Jan 2023

I could get 75,000 pounds of wings at retail for that much cash.

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

2. I looked up bulk purchases of chicken wings... yeah, I'm bored at home

Reply to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 31, 2023, 05:17 PM

Jan 2023

about 354,000 chicken wings for $1.5M at sams club buying 8 packages of 24 wings for around $812. So 192 wings for $812.

That's a lot of chicken wings!

ShazzieB

(16,411 posts)

3. Holy cow, what would a person do with that many wings?

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 31, 2023, 11:27 PM

Jan 2023

Or even a fraction of that many?

I wonder how many cubic feet that many wings would take up. Like how many tractor-trailers would you need to haul them all? I have so many questions!

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

4. my guess is that she had a side business selling wings to

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 31, 2023, 11:50 PM

Jan 2023

local bars and restaurants.

this was over a 2 year period... so I guess she had "inside help" from some finance officer that was looking the other way when they paid $83,000 a month (during the school year) for just chicken wings.

ShazzieB

(16,411 posts)

5. That makes a lot of sense.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 1, 2023, 01:11 AM

Feb 2023

Despite my (semi-facetious) questions, I was thinking this had to be something that was done over a long period of time. A side business fits nicely with that!

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