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Wayne wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in
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>> Preface: I don't have access to free-range eggs. There are no
>> farmer's co-ops or anything like that near me and I've never seen
>> them in the grocery stores near me.
>>
>> I went to buy some large eggs. I always open the carton to make sure
>> they aren't cracked or broken. I noticed in every single instance,
>> random checking of the cartons, all the *large* eggs appear to be
>> quite a bit smaller than usual. Has anyone else run across this?
>> Any idea why?
>>
>> Jill

>
> LOL Like everything else, the product shrinks, the price stays the
> same! <G>
>
> Seriously, yes, I've noticed this from time to time. I've also seen
> "mixed" sizes in the same carton. I assume, in that case, that the
> store may have removed broken eggs and replaced them from another
> carton of not the same size eggs.


I remember the thread about that. However, these were all uniformly small
large eggs LOL

Jill