[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by Mech Spec

Grocery chains aren't the ones gouging, as they dont buy a single thing from a producer.

That's the perception though unfortunately.

Plenty of eggs at the Kroger near me, prices are around $4.50 per dozen. I used to buy them for under $2.

[M-technik-3]

My three local stores and the shelves are partial full. Eggs running at about $6.75 a dozen

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by zx10guy

There was a shortage where I am...particularly when I went to Costco. I blame places such as Costco that didn't clamp down on the idiots that were doing the same thing with toilet paper. Buying large quantities and hoarding. But the stupid logic of it all is that eggs don't keep well and has to be unloaded relatively quickly. My Costco was literally out of eggs for weeks to include both the regular ones to the organic/cage free ones. There were pics of idiots with the bulk carts pushing stacks of eggs through the check out line. The regular eggs are back in stock now with a limitation notice that only two cartons per customer. This was after a few weeks of absolutely nothing.

The BJs I went to near my vacation home at the beach was stocked well and they had a sign up limiting two per customer which seems to me to have been put up quickly when there were panic runs starting up.

The local Sam's Club had egg whites (6 small cartons in a box) and a limit of 2 per customer on them. The egg whites are what's hard to find around here.

[Esteban]

$8.49 a dozen of large at my market last week. The shelves were full.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

$8.49 a dozen of large at my market last week. The shelves were full.

This is what I'm sayin'. At some point they're going to have to lower the price or start tossing rotten eggs.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by M_Six

This is what I'm sayin'. At some point they're going to have to lower the price or start tossing rotten eggs.

They firesale them here, before the egg shortage I would get lucky sometimes and buy a dozen eggs for less than a dollar. I go through eggs quickly so I never dealt with spoiling. Good times.

[ASAP]

All the complaining around this specific item makes me wonder how often and how many eggs people eat lol...i eat eggs like twice a month at most... maybe a total of 4 eggs... if the eggs were $20, I don't think this would particularly shift my consumption.

[spazzyfry123]

Originally Posted by ASAP

All the complaining around this specific item makes me wonder how often and how many eggs people eat lol...i eat eggs like twice a month at most... maybe a total of 4 eggs... if the eggs were $20, I don't think this would particularly shift my consumption.

We go through 8 - 10 eggs a day as a family when we have them for breakfast. That's probably at least five days a week.

But we're almost done with building a chicken coop/run in the backyard. Current events aside, we've been planning to do this for a couple years now - finally got to that line on the to-do list.

[hubbahubba]

Sysco holding at $118/case this week.

[ASAP]

Originally Posted by spazzyfry123

We go through 8 - 10 eggs a day as a family when we have them for breakfast. That's probably at least five days a week.

But we're almost done with building a chicken coop/run in the backyard. Current events aside, we've been planning to do this for a couple years now - finally got to that line on the to-do list.

i know the research on this goes back and forth but strictly from a health perspective, I likely wouldn't recommend eating eggs everyday

[Reborn_]

Originally Posted by ASAP

All the complaining around this specific item makes me wonder how often and how many eggs people eat lol...i eat eggs like twice a month at most... maybe a total of 4 eggs... if the eggs were $20, I don't think this would particularly shift my consumption.

We eat way more eggs, but I'm still of the same mindset. Of all the expenses in my life, eggs could triple and I wouldn't sweat it too much.

It's probably more of a flagship indicator of CPI

[tcphoto]

My understanding was the bird flu killed a lot of chickens, that meant less eggs and less chickens to eat causing prices to rise. It will take awhile to replenish the supply and then lower the prices of eggs and poultry.

[DrVenture]

https://www.latimes.com/environment/...ch-on-immunity

"The new strain found in Noxubee County, Miss., was confirmed March 12 and all of the roughly 46,000 birds either died or were euthanized after the infection spread"

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1...es-usda-canada

'But perhaps the biggest difference is that egg farms in Canada are much smaller, so when one farm does suffer a flu outbreak, the effects are less far-reaching. The typical egg farm in Canada has about 25,000 laying hens, whereas many farms in the U.S. have well over a million. In effect, American farmers have put a lot more of their eggs in a relatively small number of baskets.'

[DrVenture]

Originally Posted by Reborn_

We eat way more eggs, but I'm still of the same mindset. Of all the expenses in my life, eggs could triple and I wouldn't sweat it too much.

It's probably more of a flagship indicator of CPI

Agreed, it has more of an impact on those whose food budget is tight and have already been subjected to food inflation for several years.

This sort of volatility in food (and energy) is why they publish both core and headline inflation statistics.

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by aerof16

I try to buy the best food I can so I usually buy the Vital Farms eggs.

Grabbed a 18 pack the other day not paying attention and spent $18 on it…

Since neither Publix nor Whole Foods had any, I found these online at Walmart. Lowest price I’ve ever seen for them and they were delivered.

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

Since neither Publix nor Whole Foods had any, I found these online at Walmart. Lowest price I’ve ever seen for them and they were delivered.

Thanks for the idea! I just spoke to the manager of my local Walmart market, and he is going to work something out with his produce guy to allow me to buy in bulk. They carry those exact eggs, at the same price. You just saved me about $1500 this week. Nice wine is on me!

[DrVenture]

That is awesome! One never knows where an idea will come from. Why I am a big fan of constant and shared communication.

May I ask what you do with all those eggs? Are you involved in food service? Or just really like flan?

[ASAP]

my local aldi had eggs for $5.50 the other day... that being said, i don't recall how many years its been since i bought eggs for myself and where I wasn't asked to purchase

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by DrVenture

That is awesome! One never knows where an idea will come from. Why I am a big fan of constant and shared communication.

May I ask what you do with all those eggs? Are you involved in food service? Or just really like flan?

Thank you.

We have a breakfast/lunch restaurant, and go through 40 cases in an average week. I doubt there is a person on this forum who cares more about the price of eggs than me.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

Thank you.

We have a breakfast/lunch restaurant, and go through 40 cases in an average week. I doubt there is a person on this forum who cares more about the price of eggs than me.

You're such a good egg.

https://www.theidioms.com/good-egg/

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

You're such a good egg.

https://www.theidioms.com/good-egg/

Teehee…aw shucks.

[Lady Jane]

The day the Stock Market crashed.