I live and shop in the Chicago near suburbs, and for some reason eggs
have suddenly gone up about 50% in about 10 days.

I was shopping in an Aldi discount supermarket today and noticed that
the price of a dozen large eggs was $1.35. Two weeks ago the same eggs
were 95 cents a dozen. And last week a large drug chain had large eggs
at 79 cents a dozen (admittedly a sale price).

As I continued shopping I found that large eggs ranged from $1.35 to
$1.69 at the several stores I visited. Even Sam's Club, which is
pretty competitive had large eggs at $2.54 for a dozen-and-a-half, or
$1.69 a dozen.

Does anyone know the reason?

-Len

LenS wrote:

> Does anyone know the reason?

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

nancy

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...


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(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? :->

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

Nancy Young > wrote in
:

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

You gets what you pays for. Super-cheap eggs...yum :-\

So, glut is fine with you as long as it results in a saving over the real
price of egg production? You are prepared to accept falsified seasonal
shortages for the purpose of generating greater wealth for the middle-man
in exchange for a product that may not be exportable because of its low
production cost and hence questionable quality? Be my guest :-)

Thanksgiving is here - the price of eggs at Walmart almost doubled.

Nancy Young > wrote in message >...
> LenS wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the reason?
>
> Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.
>
> nancy


Holidays may not necessarily be the answer. Price of eggs (and
chicken) has gone up here in Honduras also...and there is no tradition
of holiday bake-a-thons like in the US. Perhaps Cargill, ADM, and all
the other agribusinesses involved with feed production have increased
their prices.

Sandi

"S.Dunlap" wrote:
>
> Nancy Young > wrote in message >...
> > LenS wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know the reason?
> >
> > Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.
> >
> > nancy
>
> Holidays may not necessarily be the answer. Price of eggs (and
> chicken) has gone up here in Honduras also...and there is no tradition
> of holiday bake-a-thons like in the US. Perhaps Cargill, ADM, and all
> the other agribusinesses involved with feed production have increased
> their prices.
>
> Sandi


If the price of gas goes up (which it has yet again) then so does the
price of feed since it has to be trucked. The eggs, in turn, also have
to be trucked.

The price of tomatoes has also doubled, and there are no more imports in
the store than there was when they were "in season".

Just my guess. :-)

K.

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Katra > wrote in message >...
> "S.Dunlap" wrote:
> >
> > Nancy Young > wrote in message >...
> > > LenS wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anyone know the reason?
> > >
> > > Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.
> > >
> > > nancy
> >
> > Holidays may not necessarily be the answer. Price of eggs (and
> > chicken) has gone up here in Honduras also...and there is no tradition
> > of holiday bake-a-thons like in the US. Perhaps Cargill, ADM, and all
> > the other agribusinesses involved with feed production have increased
> > their prices.
> >
> > Sandi
>
>
> If the price of gas goes up (which it has yet again) then so does the
> price of feed since it has to be trucked. The eggs, in turn, also have
> to be trucked.
>
> The price of tomatoes has also doubled, and there are no more imports in
> the store than there was when they were "in season".
>
> Just my guess. :-)
>
> K.


ADM has a history of price fixing to keep feed prices artificially
high. They've been busted by the feds and fined plus some execs had to
go do time at "Club Fed" penitentiary. Cargill controls the majority
of producsers in both the chicken insustry and the poultry/livestock
feed industry in Honduras.

BTW, check out the websites for Cargill and ADM to see how they are
vertically integrated and control everything from the financial
institutions that loan money to farmers on up to grain storage,
transportation, and production facilities. They even own utilities in
some areas. It's rather enlightening.

Sandi

"S.Dunlap" wrote:
>
> Katra > wrote in message >...
> > "S.Dunlap" wrote:
> > >
> > > Nancy Young > wrote in message >...
> > > > LenS wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know the reason?
> > > >
> > > > Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.
> > > >
> > > > nancy
> > >
> > > Holidays may not necessarily be the answer. Price of eggs (and
> > > chicken) has gone up here in Honduras also...and there is no tradition
> > > of holiday bake-a-thons like in the US. Perhaps Cargill, ADM, and all
> > > the other agribusinesses involved with feed production have increased
> > > their prices.
> > >
> > > Sandi
> >
> >
> > If the price of gas goes up (which it has yet again) then so does the
> > price of feed since it has to be trucked. The eggs, in turn, also have
> > to be trucked.
> >
> > The price of tomatoes has also doubled, and there are no more imports in
> > the store than there was when they were "in season".
> >
> > Just my guess. :-)
> >
> > K.
>
> ADM has a history of price fixing to keep feed prices artificially
> high. They've been busted by the feds and fined plus some execs had to
> go do time at "Club Fed" penitentiary. Cargill controls the majority
> of producsers in both the chicken insustry and the poultry/livestock
> feed industry in Honduras.
>
> BTW, check out the websites for Cargill and ADM to see how they are
> vertically integrated and control everything from the financial
> institutions that loan money to farmers on up to grain storage,
> transportation, and production facilities. They even own utilities in
> some areas. It's rather enlightening.
>
> Sandi


Scary too...

Thanks!
K.


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(S.Dunlap) wrote in
om:

> ADM has a history of price fixing to keep feed prices artificially
> high. They've been busted by the feds and fined plus some execs had to
> go do time at "Club Fed" penitentiary. Cargill controls the majority
> of producsers in both the chicken insustry and the poultry/livestock
> feed industry in Honduras.
>
> BTW, check out the websites for Cargill and ADM to see how they are
> vertically integrated and control everything from the financial
> institutions that loan money to farmers on up to grain storage,
> transportation, and production facilities. They even own utilities in
> some areas. It's rather enlightening.

Bitching against capitalist practice and "savwahr fairy" in *this*
newsgroup? How refreshing and certainly a change from the usual pro
economic abuse twaddle :-)

Capitalists, by virtue of the fact that they erroneously believe they
contribute more to society than anyone else, will always believe they are
above the laws of the land or, if properly motivated, will arrange for
the laws to protect their right to abuse workers and markets. Either
way, they get rich and you make them so at your own expense.

Pan Ohco the Centralist will soon begin to see my point ;-)

In article >,
wrote:

> LenS wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the reason?
>
> Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.

This is the opposite here. Around holidays butter and eggs, flour
and other baking supplies are much cheaper. We stock up at this time,
and freeze what we don't use immediately. Butter is usually
$1.25-1.66/lb during November/December and eggs run about $0.99 a dozen
in the grocery store. At Costco, I buy eggs in a 5 dozen box, because
we go through 10 eggs just for scrambled eggs for the family, and it
works out to $0.87 a dozen. 10 lb sack of flour is $0.99 and the bulk
wheat flour is $0.33/lb.

Regards,
Ranee

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Ranee Mueller writes:
>
>10 lb sack of flour is $0.99 and the bulk
>wheat flour is $0.33/lb.

Explain why bulk flour costs more than 3X the price of packaged flour.


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In article >,
(PENMART01) wrote:

> Explain why bulk flour costs more than 3X the price of packaged flour.

One is unbleached/bleached white all purpose and the other (the bulk)
is whole wheat.

Regards,
Ranee

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Ranee Mueller writes:
>
> One is unbleached/bleached white all purpose and the other (the bulk)
>is whole wheat.

You didn't write *whole* wheat. But even so, that still doesn't explain the
300% discrepancy. No matter how you slice the cake whole wheat flour
(especially bulk) doesn't cost 3X the price of white wheat flour (especially
packaged). Hmm, just something to post to rfc... you never bought any flour,
was no flour.




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Nancy Young wrote:
>
> LenS wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the reason?
>
> Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.
>
> nancy

Around here (Pittsburgh) eggs are usually on
sale at least at some of the store for the
holidays - especially T-day, Xmas,and Easter.

I also noticed that the prices were high. I always
buy large eggs and they're usually around $.90 but
they were over a dollar recently except at the store
that had them on sale.

Kate
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Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

How much do you pay for authentic Free Range (Organic) large eggs?


Tigsnona

If you can keep your head when those around you
are losing theirs, you probably haven't understood
the situation.

Tigsnona wrote:
>
> How much do you pay for authentic Free Range (Organic) large eggs?
>
> Tigsnona
>

The cost of maintaining my flock of hens. :-)
Approx. $20.00 per month for all I can eat for me and dad, and I give
eggstras to my sister's family, all _they_ can eat!

I feed 5 people plus with a flock of about 25 hens.

K.


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Tigsnona wrote:

> How much do you pay for authentic Free Range (Organic) large eggs?

USD 2.75. Neighboring farm.

Pastorio

The real reason is the increased demand for high-protein, low-carb foods. Eggs
producers have realized that they can charge more and it won't affect sales.
The same reason is behind the price increase in meats.

LenS wrote:
> Does anyone know the reason?
>
> -Len

The chickens are afraid they'll go the way of turkeys? <G>

Jill

Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is $2.68. Butter is
standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.

Be HAPPY! :P

Kilikini


"LenS" > wrote in message
...
> I live and shop in the Chicago near suburbs, and for some reason eggs
> have suddenly gone up about 50% in about 10 days.
>
> I was shopping in an Aldi discount supermarket today and noticed that
> the price of a dozen large eggs was $1.35. Two weeks ago the same eggs
> were 95 cents a dozen. And last week a large drug chain had large eggs
> at 79 cents a dozen (admittedly a sale price).
>
> As I continued shopping I found that large eggs ranged from $1.35 to
> $1.69 at the several stores I visited. Even Sam's Club, which is
> pretty competitive had large eggs at $2.54 for a dozen-and-a-half, or
> $1.69 a dozen.
>
> Does anyone know the reason?
>
> -Len
>

kilikini wrote:

> Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is $2.68. Butter is
> standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
>
> Be HAPPY! :P
>
> Kilikini
>
>
> "LenS" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I live and shop in the Chicago near suburbs, and for some reason eggs
>>have suddenly gone up about 50% in about 10 days.
>>
>>I was shopping in an Aldi discount supermarket today and noticed that
>>the price of a dozen large eggs was $1.35. Two weeks ago the same eggs
>>were 95 cents a dozen. And last week a large drug chain had large eggs
>>at 79 cents a dozen (admittedly a sale price).
>>
>>As I continued shopping I found that large eggs ranged from $1.35 to
>>$1.69 at the several stores I visited. Even Sam's Club, which is
>>pretty competitive had large eggs at $2.54 for a dozen-and-a-half, or
>>$1.69 a dozen.
>>
>>Does anyone know the reason?
>>
>>-Len
>>
>
>
>
Geez...what's the average salary and unemployment rate?

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Average salary is about $8.00 an hour and the unemployment rate is high.
Try finding a new place to live! Jeesh! I just went thru that. I found a
box for $1000 a month.

Count your blessings, people.......

Kilikini

kilikini wrote:

> Average salary is about $8.00 an hour and the unemployment rate is high.
> Try finding a new place to live! Jeesh! I just went thru that. I found a
> box for $1000 a month.
>
> Count your blessings, people.......
>
> Kilikini
>
>
Kilikini...apologies...where are you? I was assuming Hawaii? This is
very intersting subject that may be off topic to this group, but If
above is true. I'm astounded. I can understand high prices but not
average salary.

This sounds like an environment where people die daily at a high rate.

I'm familier with island living (though no where near as far off coast
as you may be) it sounds like there should be crippled beggars on the
streets like the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

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Steven,

You assume correctly, I live on Maui. You would be amazed at things here.
My husband (45 years old) makes $7.00 an hour at his job. I'm a free-lance
computer tech, so my salary varies...

I should send you a link to the Maui News Letters to the Editor.....LOTS of
people complain there about food and gas prices. Oh, by the way, the price
of gas is $2.37 cents a gallon.

Don'tcha want to visit PARADISE?

Tee hee,

Kilikini

"Steven P. Wallace" > wrote in message
...
> kilikini wrote:
>
> > Average salary is about $8.00 an hour and the unemployment rate is high.
> > Try finding a new place to live! Jeesh! I just went thru that. I
found a
> > box for $1000 a month.
> >
> > Count your blessings, people.......
> >
> > Kilikini
> >
> >
> Kilikini...apologies...where are you? I was assuming Hawaii? This is
> very intersting subject that may be off topic to this group, but If
> above is true. I'm astounded. I can understand high prices but not
> average salary.
>
> This sounds like an environment where people die daily at a high rate.
>
> I'm familier with island living (though no where near as far off coast
> as you may be) it sounds like there should be crippled beggars on the
> streets like the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
>
> --
>
> "There's more to life than Underwear" - Inspector 34 |
>

kilikini > wrote:
> Average salary is about $8.00 an hour and the unemployment rate is high.
> Try finding a new place to live! Jeesh! I just went thru that. I found a
> box for $1000 a month.

> Count your blessings, people.......

Geez! Where do you live?

>Average salary is about $8.00 an hour and the unemployment rate is high.
>Try finding a new place to live! Jeesh! I just went thru that. I found a
>box for $1000 a month.
>
>Count your blessings, people.......

I've heard there is such a housing shortage in Hawaii that people are literally
living in tents on the beaches because there are not enough houses. Nice place
to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

In article >, kilikini1
@NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
> Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is $2.68. Butter is
> standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
>
> Be HAPPY! :P
>
> Kilikini
>
<snip>

O...M...G!!! I'm soooo glad I don't have to pay prices like that! I just
went to the store today and milk (whole) is $2.37 gal., eggs are $1.19
for 1 1/2 doz., and butter is IIRC $2.79 lb here in Michigan.

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In article > ,
AzuReBlue > wrote:

> In article >, kilikini1
> @NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
> > Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is $2.68. Butter is
> > standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
> >
> > Be HAPPY! :P
> >
> > Kilikini
> >
> <snip>
>
> O...M...G!!! I'm soooo glad I don't have to pay prices like that! I just
> went to the store today and milk (whole) is $2.37 gal., eggs are $1.19
> for 1 1/2 doz., and butter is IIRC $2.79 lb here in Michigan.

In my part of New Zealand eggs are around $2.30 or so a dozen, milk is
$1.65 per litre (1 US gallon is around 4.5 litres), butter is $2.20 per
pound.

Miche

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Miche wrote:
>
> In article > ,
> AzuReBlue > wrote:
>
> > In article >, kilikini1
> > @NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
> > > Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is $2.68. Butter is
> > > standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
> > >
> > > Be HAPPY! :P
> > >
> > > Kilikini
> > >
> > <snip>
> >
> > O...M...G!!! I'm soooo glad I don't have to pay prices like that! I just
> > went to the store today and milk (whole) is $2.37 gal., eggs are $1.19
> > for 1 1/2 doz., and butter is IIRC $2.79 lb here in Michigan.
>
> In my part of New Zealand eggs are around $2.30 or so a dozen, milk is
> $1.65 per litre (1 US gallon is around 4.5 litres), butter is $2.20 per
> pound.
>
> Miche
>

Buy some chickens.... and a cow. ;-)

K.

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In article >,
Katra > wrote:

> Miche wrote:

> > In my part of New Zealand eggs are around $2.30 or so a dozen, milk is
> > $1.65 per litre (1 US gallon is around 4.5 litres), butter is $2.20 per
> > pound.
>
> Buy some chickens.... and a cow. ;-)

I would, if I lived in the country.

Miche

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Katra wrote:
>
> Miche wrote:
> >
> > In article > ,
> > AzuReBlue > wrote:
> >
> > > In article >, kilikini1
> > > @NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
> > > > Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is $2.68. Butter is
> > > > standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
> > > >
> > > > Be HAPPY! :P
> > > >
> > > > Kilikini
> > > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > O...M...G!!! I'm soooo glad I don't have to pay prices like that! I just
> > > went to the store today and milk (whole) is $2.37 gal., eggs are $1.19
> > > for 1 1/2 doz., and butter is IIRC $2.79 lb here in Michigan.
> >
> > In my part of New Zealand eggs are around $2.30 or so a dozen, milk is
> > $1.65 per litre (1 US gallon is around 4.5 litres), butter is $2.20 per
> > pound.
> >
> > Miche
> >
>
> Buy some chickens.... and a cow. ;-)
>
> K.
>

And chicken feed and cattle fodder and build a barn.

It is not as easy as it sounds.

Bert

"Miche" > wrote in message
...
: In article > ,
: AzuReBlue > wrote:
:
: > In article >,
kilikini1
: > @NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
: > > Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is
$2.68. Butter is
: > > standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
: > >
: > > Be HAPPY! :P
: > >
: > > Kilikini
: > >
: > <snip>
: >
: > O...M...G!!! I'm soooo glad I don't have to pay prices like
that! I just
: > went to the store today and milk (whole) is $2.37 gal., eggs
are $1.19
: > for 1 1/2 doz., and butter is IIRC $2.79 lb here in Michigan.
:
: In my part of New Zealand eggs are around $2.30 or so a dozen,
milk is
: $1.65 per litre (1 US gallon is around 4.5 litres), butter is
$2.20 per
: pound.
:
: Miche
:
:===========

So in other words Miche, you're telling us that it costs a pretty
penny to live in beautiful paradise!! Wow, I'm really amazed at
how expensive the milk is!!

-
Cyndi
<Remove a "b" to reply>

In article <xWJxb.336543$Tr4.1011608@attbi_s03>,
"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote:

> "Miche" > wrote in message
> ...
> : In article > ,
> : AzuReBlue > wrote:
> :
> : > In article >,
> kilikini1
> : > @NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
> : > > Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is
> $2.68. Butter is
> : > > standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
> : > >
> : > > Be HAPPY! :P
> : > >
> : > > Kilikini
> : > >
> : > <snip>
> : >
> : > O...M...G!!! I'm soooo glad I don't have to pay prices like
> that! I just
> : > went to the store today and milk (whole) is $2.37 gal., eggs
> are $1.19
> : > for 1 1/2 doz., and butter is IIRC $2.79 lb here in Michigan.
> :
> : In my part of New Zealand eggs are around $2.30 or so a dozen,
> milk is
> : $1.65 per litre (1 US gallon is around 4.5 litres), butter is
> $2.20 per
> : pound.
>
> So in other words Miche, you're telling us that it costs a pretty
> penny to live in beautiful paradise!!

Pretty much. I'm still astounded by what people pay in Hawaii, but then
consider the cost of freight.

> Wow, I'm really amazed at
> how expensive the milk is!!

New Zealand is a dairying nation. One of the biggest dairy companies in
the world is based here. We pay the same prices for milk as the export
market does.

Miche

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kilikini wrote:
>
> Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is $2.68. Butter is
> standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
>
> Be HAPPY! :P
>
> Kilikini
>


Hawaii, right? I've heard economic conditions like that
usually referred to as Paradise Tax in places like Hawaii
and San Diego.

gloria p

Must be either Hawaii or the Arctic Circle??? ;-)

K.

kilikini wrote:
>
> Hey, don't feel bad. Where I live a dozen large eggs is $2.68. Butter is
> standard at $4.38 a pound and a gallon of milk is $6.58.
>
> Be HAPPY! :P
>
> Kilikini
>
> "LenS" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I live and shop in the Chicago near suburbs, and for some reason eggs
> > have suddenly gone up about 50% in about 10 days.
> >
> > I was shopping in an Aldi discount supermarket today and noticed that
> > the price of a dozen large eggs was $1.35. Two weeks ago the same eggs
> > were 95 cents a dozen. And last week a large drug chain had large eggs
> > at 79 cents a dozen (admittedly a sale price).
> >
> > As I continued shopping I found that large eggs ranged from $1.35 to
> > $1.69 at the several stores I visited. Even Sam's Club, which is
> > pretty competitive had large eggs at $2.54 for a dozen-and-a-half, or
> > $1.69 a dozen.
> >
> > Does anyone know the reason?
> >
> > -Len
> >

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I noticed the same thing recently and one person at the grocery said it was
supply and demand. She seemed to think that for whatever reason there were
less eggs produced. I observed that it is sort of funny how we can spend
several dollars on some food item or items we don't even really need but we
notice if the price of eggs goes up 30 cents.

"LenS" > wrote in message
...
> I live and shop in the Chicago near suburbs, and for some reason eggs
> have suddenly gone up about 50% in about 10 days.
>
> I was shopping in an Aldi discount supermarket today and noticed that
> the price of a dozen large eggs was $1.35. Two weeks ago the same eggs
> were 95 cents a dozen. And last week a large drug chain had large eggs
> at 79 cents a dozen (admittedly a sale price).
>
> As I continued shopping I found that large eggs ranged from $1.35 to
> $1.69 at the several stores I visited. Even Sam's Club, which is
> pretty competitive had large eggs at $2.54 for a dozen-and-a-half, or
> $1.69 a dozen.
>
> Does anyone know the reason?
>
> -Len
>

Ok, I'll top post since you did. :-)

Winter, the hens "moult" and egg production goes down.

I have an organic egg customer that is none to pleased right now as I've
been unable to supply him now for the past month.

Oh well!

K.



derng wrote:
>
> I noticed the same thing recently and one person at the grocery said it was
> supply and demand. She seemed to think that for whatever reason there were
> less eggs produced. I observed that it is sort of funny how we can spend
> several dollars on some food item or items we don't even really need but we
> notice if the price of eggs goes up 30 cents.
>
> "LenS" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I live and shop in the Chicago near suburbs, and for some reason eggs
> > have suddenly gone up about 50% in about 10 days.
> >
> > I was shopping in an Aldi discount supermarket today and noticed that
> > the price of a dozen large eggs was $1.35. Two weeks ago the same eggs
> > were 95 cents a dozen. And last week a large drug chain had large eggs
> > at 79 cents a dozen (admittedly a sale price).
> >
> > As I continued shopping I found that large eggs ranged from $1.35 to
> > $1.69 at the several stores I visited. Even Sam's Club, which is
> > pretty competitive had large eggs at $2.54 for a dozen-and-a-half, or
> > $1.69 a dozen.
> >
> > Does anyone know the reason?
> >
> > -Len
> >

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