[M_Six]

This is the 4th store this week I've been to where the egg cooler was filled to overflowing. I thought there was a shortage? And if prices are set by supply and demand, why are these eggs $7-$8/dozen? They'll sit here and rot at those prices. Note the top shelf is empty. That's where the egg whites usually are. People have been snapping those up because they're cheaper. Now you can't find them or they're $7 for a 6oz carton. We went to the local supermarket and found brown Grade A Large eggs in a plastic carton for under $5/dozen. Yet the same brown Grade A Large eggs in a paper carton right next to them were $7/dozen. WTF?

[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…

[Mech Spec]

Just like "inflation" it was all (or mostly) just corporations price gouging. But we are just gonna ignore that it happened.

[ASAP]

Originally Posted by Mech Spec

Just like "inflation" it was all (or mostly) just corporations price gouging. But we are just gonna ignore that it happened.

mmm... partially yes...

but that would have never happened if there wasnt a mass spike in demand in the first place due to wild ass govt stimulus and liquidity injections...

...it was an awesome idea to do this AND lower rates and who would have thought we would have ended up w housing prices doubling in 3 years lol...

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Mech Spec

Just like "inflation" it was all (or mostly) just corporations price gouging. But we are just gonna ignore that it happened.

Had more to do with the slaughtering of millions & millions of chickens on the off-chance they might catch the bird flu.

Costco has been out of eggs regularly.

What's with calling a marginally medium egg large & extra large?

[hubbahubba]

4-5 months ago- $35/case
Last week was top price ever for us, $129/ case.
This week $118/ case.
May the current trend continue.

[nazali]

Chickens are the next Catalytic convertor thefts

[nazali]

I'm going to be driving into the border, so if anyone wants some come hit me up

[hubbahubba]

^^^^ I'm about there.

[Chihuahua]

There's still a shortage. Put eggs back at $1.80 and those shelves will be empty before noon.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

4-5 months ago- $35/case
Last week was top price ever for us, $129/ case.
This week $118/ case.
May the current trend continue.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eggs-us

[Murf the Surf]

Eggs are about the only thing in Canada that is cheaper than the US.

[2000cs]

Our shelves were nearly empty a few weeks ago, back to full stock now. Will check prices next time we’re in, but likely they’re back to “normal”

“Corporations price gouging” is such a lazy and ill-informed response. If that was correct, prices would not fall. Ever.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

Eggs are about the only thing in Canada that is cheaper than the US.

I'm not too concerned about the price of eggs. It is what it is. I buy about a dozen a month. But I never go out every day (Drive and idle) to purchase expensive take-out coffee.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

I'm not too concerned about the price of eggs. It is what it is. I buy about a dozen a month. But I never go out every day (Drive and idle) to purchase expensive take-out coffee.

Same here. Last dozen were freebies at the food coop.

This is my wake-up juice every morning.

[3.0L]

I stopped buying eggs. Kind of like not buying a Porsche. 🤣

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by 2000cs

“Corporations price gouging” is such a lazy and ill-informed response.

+1, especially for grocery chains. Go check out their profit margins. If Grocery chains are 'price gouging', I don't know what the word is for what a company like Apple is doing.

[Mech Spec]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

+1, especially for grocery chains. Go check out their profit margins. If Grocery chains are 'price gouging', I don't know what the word is for what a company like Apple is doing.

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

[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.

[UncleWede]

I took my wife to breakfast on Friday, and there was a surcharge of $.50/egg. I should have brought some from home. I have 2 trays of 18 fresh eggs that are full and starting to pile up out of the holders. Wife won't let me give them away since her sister is coming end of the month. Not a hill I'm prepared to die on though. . .

[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…

When I can find those Vital Farms eggs I find they are about the same price they were 6 or so months ago when they were already expensive (about $7-$10 per dozen depending on which variety and where purchased). But they are currently rare to see in markets near me.

[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.