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PJMcK

(25,126 posts) Thu Feb 6, 2025, 12:33 PM Feb 2025

Weird egg prices

Yesterday, I went grocery shopping. Most of the egg prices were $8.99 and up per dozen. In the back of the cooler, there were cartons of 18 eggs for $4.99! They were fresh and perfectly fine. The manager said that farm had a surplus.

Weird.

P.S. Sullivan County, NY

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Weird egg prices (Original Post) PJMcK Feb 2025 OP

I now think of eggs as chicken caviar jmbar2 Feb 2025 #1

I could have gotten some for $4.15 NJCher Feb 2025 #2

local products are going to be highly variable Kali Feb 2025 #3

Don't tell Sen Kennedy from Louisiana... rubbersole Feb 2025 #4

Planned to grab some at Costco Phentex Feb 2025 #5

Yesterday at Aldi's, $3.49 per dozen, limit two. Emile Feb 2025 #6

jmbar2

(8,178 posts)

1. I now think of eggs as chicken caviar

Reply to PJMcK (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2025, 12:37 PM

Feb 2025

NJCher

(43,536 posts)

2. I could have gotten some for $4.15

Reply to PJMcK (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2025, 12:38 PM

Feb 2025

but I always pay the higher price for cage-free and organic. I think I paid $5.39, something like that.

Kali

(56,900 posts)

3. local products are going to be highly variable

Reply to PJMcK (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2025, 01:08 PM

Feb 2025

days getting longer = hens going into high production. if local farms are infection free they are gonna have eggs!

rubbersole

(11,277 posts)

4. Don't tell Sen Kennedy from Louisiana...

Reply to PJMcK (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2025, 03:56 PM

Feb 2025

...he might have an @%#@$am.

Phentex

(16,755 posts)

5. Planned to grab some at Costco

Reply to PJMcK (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2025, 04:13 PM

Feb 2025

all they had left was a single pallet with organic brown eggs $8.19 for 24 so that's what I got.

We don't eat them very often and have been mixing in egg whites when we make an omelet or something.

Emile

(43,290 posts)

6. Yesterday at Aldi's, $3.49 per dozen, limit two.

Reply to PJMcK (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2025, 07:58 PM

Feb 2025

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