Michel Boucher wrote:

(j.j.) wrote in news:bq3cls$40fu_008
@news.zipcon.net:

Hark! I heard say:
LenS wrote:

Does anyone know the reason?

Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.

Yup -- my stupidmarket had 1 lb. for $2.00 today, so I stocked
up...

In Canada, socialist haven and Wolf-reputed "one-horse" country, we have
marketing boards whose job it is to smooth out the bumps in the market
caused by gluts and scarcity based on reasonable fluctuations. This must
be our mistake, eh? :-

Yeah, I'd rather get super cheap eggs all year and deal with the
holiday bump.

nancy