I, personally, only eat free range chicken. I tend to poke around the reduced sections in the supermarket and swipe a job lot when it's reduced. I don't buy it when it's full price - if I can't get it on offer then I just do without.
We've got some great butchers where I live, one of which won UK Butcher of the Year a couple of years ago. They know where and how their meat was reared, what it was fed on and when and where it was slaughtered. Yes, they are more expensive than supermarkets, and a lot of other butchers, but the meat really is a cut above (no pun intended!) the rest, and it's nice to have a treat once in a while.
We also have a fantastic shop on a local estate, which is surprisingly inexpensive.
