Summary
Egg prices are projected to rise by 41% in 2025, according to the USDA, following an already steep increase due to a severe bird flu outbreak that reduced egg-laying hen populations.
The current average price per dozen is nearly $5, with some areas seeing prices as high as $10. Restaurants like Waffle House and Denny’s have added surcharges.
Meanwhile, the USDA mistakenly fired key bird flu response workers, sparking criticism.
Trump stated his administration will take action but has offered no specifics.
In other news, you can have hens in your back yard!
Look at this rich guy here that can afford a yard.
Then you can have bird flu for free too.
I can’t afford that.
tbh at this rate, eggs are going to be more expensive than the substitutions
Sure you can.
You just don’t want to because you’re addicted and entitled to food you think is tasty.
Eating is entertainment for you, not survival.
Edit: And you’ll get mad at anyone who calls it out :(
The murder makes it taste better.
I don’t want to just survive. I want to enjoy my life. If that’s asking too much, get fucked.
So you’re admitting I’m correct.
It’s not about needs, it’s about wants and entitlement.
And you’ll get mad at anyone who calls it out :(
The point you’re making is stupid and accomplishes nothing.
Not really, you’re just mad because you’re part of the crowd I’m criticizing.
I’d be a fool to expect more from people like you.
If you live only for needs and don’t look past the base tier of Maslow’s Hierarchy, that’s a miserable existence.
Oh you live in a climate controlled building with electricity? Existence is more about comfort to you than survival.
He was saying he couldn’t afford it though, which isn’t true.
He was trying to conflate his needs with his wants, then got mad at me when I called it out along with the rest of the cognitive dissonance crowd.
Funny how you guys immediately jump to “living completely without wants” when someone dares to suggest you don’t need meat!
Criticizing meat-eaters always puts into perspective how “smart” the average person is these days.
…when someone dares to suggest you don’t need meat!
Humans do need a regular source of protein to prevent being malnourished.
FYI, I’m blocking you. I’m not about to go down your crazy rabbit hole.
I’m not mad, I’m pointing out that the insinuation that eating food being purely a matter of survival without the consideration of enjoyment would not be very fulfilling.
If you make the argument that something as basic as consuming sustenance should not be enjoyed, anyone else could make the same argument about any of life’s enjoyments or comforts that you otherwise partake in.
What’s wrong with wanting to enjoy something?
He was saying he couldn’t afford it, which isn’t true.
He was trying to conflate his needs with his wants, then got mad at me when I called it out along with the rest of the cognitive dissonance crowd.
That’s nice.
Last time I bought eggs I ended up throwing them away because I didn’t eat them. I forgot about them.
So ya I pretty much never eat eggs unless it’s a special occasion.
They could rise to $100 for all I care.
Who asked?
Your sister
Hey everyone, this guy thinks the movie is about him.
Guys, I think I figured it out, the Republicans expected the variables that stores the prices to roll over once they got beyond the max allowed value and reset back to minimum.
The devs seems to have patched that exploit however…
Now the minimum wage will be measured in eggs
Meanwhile in Trudeau’s socialist nightmare, where eggs are under
kolkhozsupply management, I pay $5.25 USD… for 18 eggs.Which is about what I was paying in Chicago back in '22. I remember Roundy’s (Mariano’s/Kroger’s house brand) 18 Large Brown eggs was USD $4.99 before tax.
As an egg-lover, this is quite the fresh hell.
I normally get extra large eggs, but I just got some extra extra large eggs for 5.25$ Canadian. A dozen.
You really hate chickens buttholes dont you?^^
USDA mistakenly fired key bird flu response workers
No. No they didn’t.
They fired people to try to free money for more tax breaks for the top 1% with zero concern if these people were needed or useful.
Close: they are enemies of the United States acting out of malice toward the goal of weakening the United States.
We are under attack.
They are enemies of the US, their goal is to weaken it, and we are under attack.
That said, they care about enriching themselves and their loyal buddies more than anything else.
“It’s easier to fool a man than to convince him he’d been fooled.” - Mark Twain
Look at how insanely difficult, if not impossible, our job is at educating these morons on how they’re being taken for a ride by conmen. The longer it goes on the more they’d have to admit they’re wrong about, which makes it even less likely they’ll realize it.
Being a useful idiot is really a sunk-cost fallacy on a life scale.
our job is at educating these morons on how they’re being taken for a ride by conmen
Except you are up against all the money and power of the top oligarchs and all of Putin’s psyops resources. They control the MSM and the main stream social media, (MSSM).
The brain washing is strong.…even less likely…
Take it back take it back 😭
(An example of a recent morning mood: “Well we weren’t nuked last night!”)
Nuclear weapons? Nah I think it should have happened by now if it was going to. The government needs to selectively kill some of us, because if it killed all of us there would be no one left to enslave.
The less eggs you can afford to buy increases the supply for the people who do not need to worry about the price of eggs.
I switched everyone to oatmeal breakfasts and leftovers in flour tortilla. Haven’t had complaints. I also have done mild( half a jalapeno for flavor) chilaquiles in a torta, or sub sandwich bread, for a savory breakfast.
I use avocado for creamyness and use whatever protein leftovers I have.
We need to switch to farming non-avian eggs.
Mammals ain’t gonna stop eating dinosaur ovum any time soon.
If eggs were 6/dozen, and prices rose to 10/dozen… that’s already a 40% increase.
so like…
yeah. I’d take that bet.
what even is math
you’re right. it’s actually a 66% increase. Still. point stands. it’s a bet I’d win.
… except it’s not.
$6 * 1.40 = $8.40
So these monsters are screwing us on the price of eggs and the math on the price of eggs!
Uh…I don’t think that’s right. 40% of 6 is 2.4, so it’d be $8.40/dozen
Granted, I agree that $10 a dozen seems very possible at this point
I’m regularly seeing $12+
I remember buying a pack of 18 for $0.30 (pre-covid) and now the same pack cost $9-$10
Damn, and I thought seeing around $10 here was bad.
It is. They’re $2-3 in pretty much every other country
For me it’s more in the 6-10 range, the cheapest store brand are 5 something. They’re saying wholesale is averaging $8 at this point
We got chickens when facing an egg crisis here in NZ. Lovely little animals. It’s been nice being able to look after and care for these creatures, knowing they are living the good life whilst consuming their eggs. Much more useful than my dumb dog.
Yes, but isn’t the upkeep of chickens pricey? People I know that raise them say it is. I don’t have chickens, so I’m not sure. Maybe it’s different in America?
Bag of food that lasts a week is 12 bucks for me, I have ~14 layers at 4-6 eggs a week for each bird. Water is the other ongoing expense but it barely registers on my bill compared to human use
“Knowing they are living the good life whilst consuming their eggs” is something I never thought I would hear. Anyway, are they easy to care for? I am assuming you have a big backyard where you can set them free safely.
they easy to care for?
Food, water, somewhere safe from predators at night, that’s all they really need
you have a big backyard where you can set them free safely
While it’s not ideal, chickens can live and enjoy a shockingly small space for the majority of their day. Most coops come with a small run area intended to be where your chickens live most of the time, being let out to free range for an hour or two in the evenings is a common way of raising chickens safely while gone from home (like when at work)
Personally: my area doesn’t have chicken predators I need to worry about (not for adults, anyway) so we raise the young chicks inside in a brooder area we have set up and when they get full-feathered they’re ready to go outside with the other girls. We made a pen for our goats that the chickens ended up taking over so we bolt a new roost bar in there and the chickens do their pecking order stuff, and we’ve got more eggs than we can handle rn, though they’re scattered throughout our yard lol
Sucks for Americans. I got a dozen extra extra large eggs in Canada for 5$ Canadian…
I managed to find a dozen for $4.97 yesterday. It’s the best I’ve been able to find in some time.
For those living close to Canada, I wonder if they can cross the border to go grocery shopping.
Nonono. Remeber to declare when passing into to the Reich to get that 25% added.
But let’s be honest. 5$ for a dozen eggs is fucking nuts too. They were so much fucking cheaper not all that long ago
Correct. But the eggs I bought were extra-extra-large. If I wanted to get just large or medium I would have paid around 4 or less.
… I still remember when eggs were .89 for a dozen. Those were the days.
$5CAD is aboutt $3.50 USD. For jumbo eggs, i would call that aboit right. These are way larger than the “large” eggs most people are used to
I remember, not all that long ago, they were so much cheaper.
i don’t have egg prices in my area. the grocery store simply removed the egg section
Thank goodness the Orange turd is right on this in the front lines of tossing paper towels at people!
Clearly the solution is to ban trans people from existing
And as a bonus for banning trans people, they think they’ll go to heaven for being good little bigots for god.
There going to hit a dollar an egg some places in Seattle at this rate
$0.75 at the Fred Meyers already, it’s already getting ridiculous.
