This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five lightning round covers everything from whether Sam's Club has officially dethroned Costco for the best rotisserie chicken to Chris and Ben's favorite sporting event food traditions, including Buffalo wings, Sunday roasts, and Wimbledon strawberries and cream.
Plus, they dive into England's World Cup run, Oasis celebrations, the most expensive sporting tickets imaginable, and Chris's most extravagant purchase on a dollar-per-minute basis.
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Speaker A:
Well, let's go to the lightning round.
Speaker B:
Yes.
Speaker A:
First one.
Speaker A:
Sam's Club's rotisserie chicken recently dethroned Costco's chicken as the best pound for pound bird on the market, according to a new survey by Consumer Reports.
Speaker A:
Ben, I'm curious.
Speaker A:
Do the Brits go equally crazy for a rotisserie chicken or is this more of an American phenomenon?
Speaker A:
And also, how do you like your chicken?
Speaker B:
Oh, God.
Speaker B:
I mean, look a good.
Speaker B:
A good in store.
Speaker B:
Roti's chicken is a good core part of any decent UK supermarket, but in all honesty, it's not a huge category.
Speaker B:
So it's maybe I. US$200 million in total year across the whole of UK retail.
Speaker B:
So it's there.
Speaker B:
It smells great.
Speaker B:
How do I love my roast chicken as part of a Sunday dinner?
Speaker B:
Yeah, with roast potato.
Speaker B:
A proper British Sunday roast.
Speaker B:
Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:
Roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, gravy that can make you fork.
Speaker B:
Stand up on his.
Speaker B:
In his own out.
Speaker B:
That's great.
Speaker B:
I've not, I've not had the Sam's Chicken, but I have had the legendary Costco Rotis, which is a good product.
Speaker B:
So, yeah, all Crater Sam's if they got a better one, that's for sure.
Speaker B:
First question number two.
Speaker B:
Tennis fans all around the world are currently glued to Wimbledon Fortnight and are enjoying with it the iconic Wimbledon treat of strawberries and cream.
Speaker B:
Do you, Chris, have a spot specific favorite sporting occasion and snack combo?
Speaker A:
Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:
Easy, easy.
Speaker A:
In fact, I just had this discussion with my.
Speaker A:
My wife the other like yesterday, actually.
Speaker A:
Ben.
Speaker A:
Super bowl Buffalo wings.
Speaker A:
100% Super bowl and Buffalo wings.
Speaker A:
It's got to be.
Speaker A:
Or World cup and Guinness.
Speaker A:
That would be my next answer.
Speaker B:
Oh, love that.
Speaker A:
Love that for sure.
Speaker A:
All right.
Speaker A:
And to that point, English football player Jordan Henderson injured himself quite badly as he rushed to sing Wonder Wall with English fans following the team's World cup victory over Mexico.
Speaker A:
Ben, I'm curious, what's the degree of sympathy felt by the UK population, you being the sole representative of the entire UK country right now?
Speaker B:
Oh, I mean, John Henness, it's a legend.
Speaker B:
It is a legendary performance.
Speaker B:
He was able to get himself booked in, he got a yellow card and he got stretched off without playing a single minute in the tournament.
Speaker B:
It is.
Speaker B:
It is a remarkable future.
Speaker B:
Pub, kids, question.
Speaker B:
I mean, look, thankfully he is a bit part squad player in this one, so it's not going to harm us as we progress through the tournament.
Speaker B:
And look, aren't those Wonderwall moments fantastic?
Speaker B:
It's.
Speaker A:
They are really good.
Speaker B:
It's becoming iconic and it's.
Speaker B:
It's like a real moment of connection between the players and the fans.
Speaker B:
I love that.
Speaker B:
And.
Speaker B:
And.
Speaker B:
Go on.
Speaker A:
No, you go.
Speaker A:
You keep going.
Speaker A:
I'll ask you my question later.
Speaker B:
No, I was going to say, look, speaking on behalf of all English football fans, as I am today the designated spokesperson of an entire country, thank God it's replaced Sweet Caroline at last.
Speaker B:
We appreciate that.
Speaker A:
Right, right, right.
Speaker A:
Yeah.
Speaker A:
I was going to ask you if.
Speaker A:
If you give him special dispensation for the fact that he injured himself by rushing to sing an Oasis song.
Speaker A:
Big of an Oasis fan.
Speaker A:
You are as well.
Speaker A:
Like, I think 100% you do.
Speaker B:
Legendary performance, Chris.
Speaker B:
Legendary.
Speaker B:
All right, go on.
Speaker B:
I'm going to stick with the World Cup.
Speaker B:
Last question.
Speaker B:
So yesterday on Ticketmasters resale site, there was a pair of tickets for the USA Belgium game for what was, quote, the best seat in the house.
Speaker B:
That's mid pitch, lower tier.
Speaker B:
They were on sale for a cool $23,000.
Speaker B:
So that's $130 per minute of the game per person, excluding the hydration advertising breaks.
Speaker B:
So, Chris, what has been your most extravagant purchase on a time per dollar basis?
Speaker A:
Oh, my God.
Speaker A:
On a time per dollar basis.
Speaker A:
Wow, that's a really.
Speaker A:
That's a really tough question.
Speaker A:
God.
Speaker A:
Off the top of my head, I'm not a very extravagant spender, Ben.
Speaker A:
Probably, probably.
Speaker A:
In reality, it's probably sitting at the blackjack table in Vegas.
