Two Dozen Eggs
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (92592)
United States
October 23, 2024 6:12am CST
I had a moratorium on eggs again recently as prices were pushing above $3 a dozen yet again. I won't pay that unless it's absolutely necessary. For example, when we were on our camping trip and the decision was made that everyone wanted my beer battered fish fry, which of course requires eggs in the batter.
The cheapest I could find were about $2.76 at Aldi while Ruler was sitting tight at $2.99.
I refused to buy eggs.
However yesterday when I was at Ruler I saw they had them for $1.99 a dozen, which is still a terrible price but acceptable since I changed my threshold price to $1.79.
I know eggs won't be hitting lower soon, so I went ahead and bought two dozen. It's not that I needed them. In this case I simply wanted them, so I made a few adjustments on other things and allowed myself to buy them.
But one thing I did notice in prior shopping trips is that eggs weren't moving. The shelves were fullly stocked. So, I suspect some of the price decrease, at least at Ruler, was because some people stopped buying eggs and they needed to move product.
Either way, I'm happy to have gotten my eggs and hope we'll see the return of a dozen under a buck one day. Fingers crossed.
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@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
23 Oct
Eggs are very expensive in my country but still they are good proteins and less expensive than meat. So I buy them with my eyes closed.
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@Marilynda1225 (83109)
• United States
23 Oct
I do agree that egg are cheaper in comparison to meat and a good source of protein
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@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
23 Oct
@porwest When they were cheap I had more money so I never knew the price of what I was buying. Now I know that the red meat I like is VERY expensive and when I buy trout or salmon I cut it in tiny pieces. The rest of the dish are the sides, like potatoes or rice.
@porwest (92592)
• United States
23 Oct
@LadyDuck Mostly that's true. As I have said many times before on the topic, inflation is something that happened already. Prices don't generally go down unless you have deflation, which is worse than inflation. At the same time, there are supply and demand things that can fluctuate prices dramatically on most things.
In the case of eggs, if for some reason we have a major oversupply, prices will go down. But it would have nothing to do with inflation or deflation. It's simply if there are too many eggs in the market and they need to be sold, the price will drop to sell them and reset the supply.
It's sort of the same concept of what OPEC does to influence oil prices in the market. If they want more per barrel they produce less. If they want to bring the price down to increase demand they produce more. More oil, cheaper gas. Less oil, more expensive gas.
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@wolfgirl569 (108128)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Oct
@porwest Every time they start to come down there is supposedly another outbreak of bird flu anymore. I have had chickens through a few of those and never had any sick birds.
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@porwest (92592)
• United States
23 Oct
There is a possibility that they could come down in price despite inflationary pressures. By how much and to what extent? Who knows?
As I have said about inflation in the past, it's a past-tense thing. In other words, it already happened and the only thing that drives prices down potentially is deflation, which is worse than inflation.
However, supply and demand play a particular role in prices as well. If we see a massive oversupply of eggs for whatever reason, it will drive prices down in order to increase demand and sell the surplus of eggs that could spoil before they can be sold.
Probably a long shot with the avian bird flu and millions of hens being killed. But hey, you never know. The flu could improve, the cocks could go full bore making more hens, and suddenly we have more eggs than we know what to do with. lol
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@porwest (92592)
• United States
24 Nov
@wolfgirl569 Seems that's the case with the latest price hike. I am starting to think they might be making the birds sick on purpose.
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@dgobucks226 (35733)
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26 Oct
I think the food stores have to eventually unload their shelves because the product can't sit there indefinitely. Good observation. I've noticed that with some of the products in my food stores too. With Bidenomics it becomes a waiting game for the consumer to wait for a sale.
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@dgobucks226 (35733)
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29 Oct
@porwest It's amazing how like a parrot Harris keeps repeating the same lies over and over. Price gouging is not it. It's stupid anti-capitalistic policies your boss implemented upon taking office with your complete support. (of course, since Harris knows nothing about governing, was she really going to object).
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@porwest (92592)
• United States
3 Nov
@dgobucks226 Right on all counts. As for her repeating the same lines over and over again, she's just regurgitating memorized lines. Whenever she can't answer a question, I think it's more because the questions are not rehearsed like the lines she's supposed to deliver are. She knows her "I came from a middle class family" story like the back of her hand, and uses it to answer a question like, "What will do you do to reduce the effects of inflation," because somehow in her mind the answer ties to an "I am like you" statement and makes it appropriate as an answer to a question about inflation, even if it never answers what she will do or HOW we got here for it to be a question in the first place.
It's why as well in most interviews her answers are so close and almost verbatim. She's memorized the lines and she's simply trying her best to connect dots.
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@porwest (92592)
• United States
29 Oct
Pretty much that is what we and they are up against. It's part of the reason suggesting price gouging is such a stupid claim to make. Consumers ultimately decide whether something is worth buying, and there's a breaking point for everyone and everything. There is only so much cost you can pass along before consumers simply say no.
There are many things we have to have, but also many more things we can do without.
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@2ndchances24 (9290)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
23 Oct
Even though eggs are high like they are, we buy 5 doz at a time sometimes 2 - 5 doz box's
just so we have enough eggs for husband to eat, cause he likes his egg salads, potatoes
salads tuna salads biscuits, fried eggs, scrambled eggs, you name it eggs is a MUST
as much as I hate the things he loves them & at 15$ a box for 5 doz it sucks.
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@2ndchances24 (9290)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
23 Oct
@porwest Yeah with us buying 2- 5 doz eggs it last us a LITTLE while
& saves on gas to go get them as well.
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@porwest (92592)
• United States
24 Oct
@2ndchances24 Usually I will buy a couple dozen, unless I can get a good price on 18-packs and then I might two of those, which is of course, three dozen.
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@2ndchances24 (9290)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
24 Oct
@porwest 2 doz less than what we get ha ha ha
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that's supposed to be a dozen
I will never eat egg if it will cost $2 an egg 
@Marilynda1225 (83109)
• United States
23 Oct
I just got a dozen large white eggs at Walmart for $2.16 Still pricey but I don't know if we'll see any eggs under a $1 for awhile.
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@Marilynda1225 (83109)
• United States
24 Oct
@porwest I'm an optimist so I hope all our groceries go down in price but I think it's going to be a long time coming too.
@anya12adwi (9847)
• India
24 Oct
@porwest Why they are getting costly?? Or is it due to general inflation trends?
@LindaOHio (181721)
• United States
24 Oct
With all the poultry that's been sacrificed, I doubt eggs will drop anytime soon. Have a good day.
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@Beestring (14692)
• Hong Kong
23 Oct
The best price I can get here is $1.9 for ten eggs.
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@BarBaraPrz (47670)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Oct
I've been buying eggs from the Pantry at the Centre... price ranges between one and two dollars a dozen.
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@RasmaSandra (80736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Oct
I have lost my appetite for eggs but I am considering purchasing them next month to alternate my menu a bit,
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@lovebuglena (44721)
• Staten Island, New York
23 Oct
Do you care what eggs you buy? I can’t explain why really but I only buy brown eggs. I don’t care if they are free range, cage free, organic or regular so long as they are brown. And preferably XL or Jumbo as Large are small for me lol but I’d settle for Large if they are cheaper.
Seems brown eggs are more expensive than white ones. Why is that? A dozen brown eggs is somewhere in the $3 range here, if not higher. I eat eggs often so no choice but to buy. Will see if maybe Aldi is cheaper. Didn’t check last time I was there.
