Egg price watch

[89th]

It takes about 18 weeks for a chick to become a healthy egg-laying hen. In other words, let's just buy a billion chicks from another country, and then watch the price of eggs drop by July 4th!

[jon-nyc]

The store next to my gym has had zero chicken eggs - none at all - since 1/20/25 at 11:59. (Just kidding but it’s been a month or so). Once or twice they’ve had duck eggs.

Today the egg area was about half full, and I got XL brown eggs for 5.99.

[LuFins Dad]

Congratulations!

[LuFins Dad]

Seriously, though? I’ve had zero problems finding eggs and at no significant difference in price beyond standard inflation, I get that’s not normal, but it’s hard to relate…

[jon-nyc]

It's a specialty organic store that doesn't use typical distributors. It's not where I do most of my shopping, but I drive by it on the way to and from the gym so its a go to for the two things I need or whatever.

In the regular stores around here there have always been eggs, but not necessarily the ones you want (e.g. XL are often missing).

Just now I was at Stop & Shop, the mass market store here, and the cheapest were 7.89 and cheapest XL were 8.09.

I think the low-ish price at Mom's Organic was a loss leader and/or apology for not having them for so long.

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad said in Egg price watch:

Seriously, though? I’ve had zero problems finding eggs and at no significant difference in price beyond standard inflation, I get that’s not normal, but it’s hard to relate…

Weird. Our eggs at Aldi (usually the cheapest price) are like $6 a dozen. And sold out at Costco.

[Jolly]

Chick to broiler = 6-9 weeks.

Chick to layer = 4-5 months

[xenon]

No eggs at Costco today

[bachophile]

12 size L eggs

14.09 shekel is $3.92

just sayin

[LuFins Dad]

Yeah, but those are Jewish eggs. Probably full of nanobots that can be used for targeting assists for the space lasers.

[Axtremus]

Say, would Israel consider being the 51st of the United States?
Be sure to bring your eggs with you!

[taiwan_girl]

@xenon said in Egg price watch:

No eggs at Costco today

Same in the US. Talked to a friend in IL and they told me the same thing. Their Costco was out of eggs.

[Horace]

My Costco had eggs a week ago. But I'm so egg-rich from HEB, I didn't buy any. I could pretty much bathe in eggs if I wanted to. Feel sorry for those who can't. But let's take some personal responsibility, please. Your own life choices led you to not having eggs.

[LuFins Dad]

Bought a dozen last evening. Plenty in stock, but the price was 60¢ higher than 2 weeks ago.

[jon-nyc]

I’d rather learn to code.

[LuFins Dad]

[LuFins Dad]

She’ll be approaching the HOA about a communal chicken pen next…

[Doctor Phibes]

[Mik]

I’d have them if I lived where I could. The eggs are better and the meat of a pasture raised bird is a lot better.

[Jolly]

Yeah, but slaughtering and cleaning chickens is a nasty job. But...It's easier if you don't want the skin. Instead of scalding and plucking, you just skin and gut.