Summary
Egg prices in the U.S. have reached a record high of $4.95 per dozen amid a severe bird flu outbreak that has led to the culling of millions of egg-laying chickens.
The shortage is compounded by rising feed, fuel, and labor costs, as well as increased demand and stricter cage-free regulations in several states.
Consumers face empty shelves, surcharges, and limited availability, with some areas pricing cartons at $10 or more.
Prices are expected to continue rising, especially with Easter demand.
Cheapest eggs for my grocery store are $5.65.
Do not eat eggs! Specially the ones that keep climbing. It gives you bad cholesterol.
Bruh. I just paid $11.83 for a dozen (granted they were organic pasture raised but still)
I just saw an 18 pack for $14.75 yesterday at my local grocery. A dozen is $10, and that’s for the white eggs, not the brown ones. Luckily we have a Grocery Outlet that had a dozen for $7.50, but holy shit.
2 packs of 18 used to be $7 bucks. Now one pack of 18 is $8.
I’ve stopped buying eggs.
“i just bought the always high priced ones at a high price!”
Amazing.
They used to be $6 🤷♂️
Didn’t Jabba-the Orange pledge to lower those prices on DAY ONE?
Yeah, but something, something Biden did it.
If biden was a weak and pathetic president…
and trump cant even stop biden from still fucking things up.
then how weak and pathetic does that make trump?
Or is that too much logic for rumpets.
I love it. Might be a bit deep for them though.
He killed all the birds, according to Bronzo the Clown’s spokesxtian.
What a weak president. Being thrwarted by someone not in power.
Reminds me a lot of Snowball’s ghost in Animal Farm, always coming around at night to sabotage things conveniently out of sight from any witnesses. This was all Snowball’s doing, dontchaknow!
Don’t worry it’ll certainty go back down
$5 for 12 eggs? Where in the US is that?
Just a reminder, if you’re like me and never even look at organic stuff, check the organic eggs. They’re cheaper at my store right now.
Why not look at organic stuff?
I never look at organic stuff because while they may legitimately avoid pesticides and other chemicals, there is no scientifically demonstrated benefit to organic produce, and it costs a lot more.
There’s an implication that organic is healthier and just better, but there’s no evidence of that.
Like I could buy milk from cows that have nice names and listen to music while being milked, and that might make me feel better, but the nutritional quality of the milk is the same.
And in some cases, the flavor is dramatically different for better or worse. For example, I cannot stand organic bananas, and I eat bananas almost every day. Something about the organic ones just taste so off to me. Can’t really pinpoint why - it’s been a while. But it’s stuck with me ever since I tried one.
Yeah.
Organic produce is often inferior, which kinda stands to reason because all the tOxIc ChEmIcALs are added to improve the product.
I mean, it’s obvious that adding fertilizer (phosphate) is going to produce bigger plumper tastier fruit and vegetables?
I buy organic cauliflower not because I prefer organic but because it’s all my local green grocer sells. It always has these little green caterpillars. I don’t let that bother me but I have noticed that it doesn’t seem to keep quite as long. Whether that’s because the caterpillars munching bits of it makes it deteriorate quicker, or it takes longer to get from the farm to me, or it’s a different variety, I really don’t know. It’s def not objectively as good as the non-organic version.
As an aside, Bananas (like most fruit and veg) has been heavily domesticated by humans and the original from the pleistocene was pretty awful from the sounds of it with much less edible flesh and much bigger and harder seeds.
Usually organic stuff is 2-4x more expensive around here, so my eyes tend to slip right over them.
Because being anti-GMO is hateful bigotry. Things like golden rice have already saved and enhanced millions of lives, it’s just that the benefit goes to poor people with dark skin.
The background should probably be the Russian flag.
Swastika would be more accurate.
No, flag of Putin’s party
Is it day 1 yet?
Canned white tuna is now cheaper with more protein per dollar than eggs where I am.
Which they just had a recall on.
Would you mind saying if you’re coastal? It would be extra funny if you’re in Nebraska or something.
Could be Colorado. They’re over $12/dozen. Batshit crazy here.
Neighbor just brought over a dozen since they cannot use all theirs. We may end up passing some on, since eggs take a long time to get used up in my household.
I don’t want this to be the new toilet paper, at least not at my house. :)
I live in a Philly suburb (sorta coastal) and they’re $10 a dozen right now.
Plus an extra 2000% of your RDA for mercury!
Damn, it sucks that you have to eat eggs. It sure would be nice if there were other things you could eat, alas you have to keep buying eggs and bitching about it the whole time instead of just eating something else.
maybe we should just let everyone eat cake?
Eat a bagel or something jesus christ. Nobody is forcing you to buy eggs.
Boohoo the omnis have to consider switching to a different breakfast for a few months, this is just like mass starvation. They don’t sell 5000 other things at the grocery store, eggs are the only staple food and now we have to spend 90% of our daily income on them.
Your preferred breakfast being a bit more expensive while other things that were already cheaper are still cheaper is not comparable to a french peasant being unable to pay for their only staple food. Get a grip.
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$4.95? They’re freaking $10 here.
Third world country. Here in Russia it is ten times cheaper. And then we have some healthcare.
BUT Trump said he would lower prices on day 1! I don’t get it, why would he lie?
There’s a giant knob labeled EGG PRICES in the oval office and he hasn’t turned it yet!
Old people have hard time finding right knobs to turn.
Poor Canada, egg prices are the same. /s
My close save on (company from graphic) seems to have trouble keeping eggs in stock, plus it’s like $8-9 for free range which I usually try to buy. Their quality (used to be quite orange now more dull, not as yellow as most eggs still) has gone down I hope the chickens are treated better.
I paid $3.93 CAD for a dozen yesterday.
Save on is usually more expensive than other places
Ontario NoFrills?
In Russia they hit record high of 1$ per pack of 10.
In Russia monthly salary of $500 is above median.
It fluctuates, but usually yes.
You don’t need eggs, eat something else. Better for chickens, biodiversity and the climate as well
Excellent whataboutism 👌
“As a vegan, this issue doesn’t affect me in any way, so it shouldn’t affect you either💅”
Let them eat quinoa amirite
Nah, I’d like to turn that around. It is not necessary for you to eat eggs, so it shouldn’t affect you, same as it doesn’t affect me. More inclusive, you know? Together towards a better world.
I’d prefer some salted nuts and kidney beans in my enchilada, quinoa is a bit overrated tbh.
Share that tasty enchilada with me!
It does affect the baby male chicks that get macerated in the egg industry.
