Eggs are missing from many stores now.
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (39791)
December 20, 2024 5:45pm CST
Yes, people use more of them over the holidays, for baking and for making special dishes for the big day. The prices have been climbing up and up...I read on a local site here that Costco, Sam's Club, and most of our grocery stores don't even have any eggs right now.
300 million chickens have died due to bird flu. That's a lot of chickens. I know the price of chicken is high, too. By the time the Super Bowl hits with it's huge craze for chicken wings, they will be ridiculously priced.
I looked up prices in the US for eggs this week.
The highest price is Hawaii, $9.73 per dozen
The lowest price is Missouri, $4.24 per dozen
That's over $5 difference between the highest and the lowest. Unreal.
Anyway, here is the article and the egg prices, state by state. I guess if you need eggs, you better go get them. It sounds like there will be less before there is more.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/egg-prices-by-state
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@wolfgirl569 (109922)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Dec
They are loving being able to price gouge on these.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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20 Dec
I did ask the manager of our local grocery not far from my house, and he said he isn't even getting near the amount of eggs that he orders. They were out of eggs. I wasn't wanting any, but he's a friend of my son's, and we speak to each other when we see each other. The cheapest shelf tag for prices of eggs was $4.99, but no eggs to buy.
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@wolfgirl569 (109922)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Dec
@MarieCoyle It just reminds me of the toilet paper shortage. You couldn't find it in the stores but a guy who gets overstock pallets and resells them often had pallets with toilet paper on it. All they have to do is not ship enough. Then we have a shortage.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
@wolfgirl569
I remember that well. I tend to buy it when it's on sale, and stay a pack or two ahead on TP and paper towels if I possibly can. Luckily, when that hit, I had some extra that lasted long enough at the time. I recall seeing people at stores with carts full of TP. It was so ridiculous.
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@NJChicaa (120769)
• United States
21 Dec
I ordered an 18-pack of eggs in today's order. They were like $7.50. It was replaced by the shopper with a 24 pack. I think I wound up paying over $9 for them. @porwest would die at that. 
I pay for them because I need them for my cooking and baking. I will spend that for eggs but I will be fine foregoing seafood, beef, etc. when prices are nuts.
I pay for them because I need them for my cooking and baking. I will spend that for eggs but I will be fine foregoing seafood, beef, etc. when prices are nuts.5 people like this
@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
I would have a hard time cooking without eggs, so I do understand what you mean.
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@much2say (56728)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Dec
I did some shopping this morning and didn't notice eggs missing "yet" . . . but if it's happening out there, it's coming 
. Those are crazy egg prices - even for expensive CA - I have somehow successfully avoided paying above 5 bucks for a dozen eggs period. Is it me or are the eggs kinda "smaller" these days?
. Those are crazy egg prices - even for expensive CA - I have somehow successfully avoided paying above 5 bucks for a dozen eggs period. Is it me or are the eggs kinda "smaller" these days?4 people like this
@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
@much2say The fresh eggs are definitely a lot better than store bought eggs.
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@kaylachan (73606)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Dec
I need to clean out my eggs.they've been sitting in my fridge for over a year.
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@kaylachan (73606)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Dec
@MarieCoyle They are still in the fridge and in the carton, but thanks for the tip. I guess I'd better get to it before they start to stink up the fridge.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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20 Dec
Seal them in something before you toss them. Rotten eggs smell super bad when they break open. My grandma had a hen who loved to hide her eggs and made nests all over the place. We handled that hen's eggs with a lot of hesitation...she eventually went to the stewpot, poor thing.
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@DaddyEvil (139090)
• United States
21 Dec
I was going to say that we bought eggs two weeks ago and paid just over $4 for an 18 pack of them at Walmart.
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@DaddyEvil (139090)
• United States
21 Dec
@MarieCoyle We have two 18 packs of eggs in the fridge and I will buy one more pack when we go shopping tomorrow or the next day.
I'm trying to avoid going out in the freezing cold just to buy groceries. We only reached 33F today and possibly 42 tomorrow... I hope so, at least.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
@DaddyEvil
I don’t care to go to the store often, either. I always have at least two dozen eggs on hand as we eat at home and I use them a lot in baking and cooking.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
Your state is currently the cheapest for eggs. That's probably as low of a price as you will get for some time.
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@LindaOHio (183932)
• United States
21 Dec
I bought a half-dozen last week Prices are supposed to go up. Have a good weekend.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
Yes, I have read that the prices will continue to climb. 
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@celticeagle (169959)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Dec
If you happen to find any at a decent price you should buy a few dozen. Did you know you can freeze them?
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@celticeagle (169959)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Dec
@MarieCoyle ........I never have.
I went to my store and checked on availability. There was a notification about eggs but they were available to purchase.
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@Juliaacv (51885)
• Canada
21 Dec
My Dad had laying hens when I was a child.
My mother sold them from the house.
We always had lots of eggs and for a family of our size we needed them.
I always told me husband that if I ever won big in the lottery I would buy out an egg farming business and work it and leave that for the twins to take over in their working years, as they would always have work I feel.
Today I found an excellent sale on organic 18 packs of eggs for 4.99, which is rare to find for so reasonable.
The item that we had to go to 3 grocery stores to find this week was fresh raspberries and blackberries.
I need them for the fruit salad, and of course they are trucked in, but I cannot rely on frozen.
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@Juliaacv (51885)
• Canada
22 Dec
@MarieCoyle I found some dated out until early February, and although they will not last that long, it is good to know that I have 3 dozen for the French toast bake and omlettes that I will bake in a few days.
Yesterday afternoon was full of making chocolate barks with various crushed cany cane and some white chocolate almond bark and then we did a few batches of peanut brittle. My husband loves making the peanut brittle.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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22 Dec
The organic eggs here were $7 a dozen when I saw them a few weeks ago. No one buys them unless they can’t find any available that are cheaper.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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22 Dec
@Juliaacv
My oldest daughter absolutely loves peppermint chocolate anything. She loves hot chocolate with peppermint, too!
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@rakski (128785)
• Philippines
22 Dec
@MarieCoyle I think so. I still have half of it but I will bake tomorrow so maybe I need to buy again
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@moffittjc (122251)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Dec
I've noticed the last few times I was at the grocery store that the egg section of dairy was bare of eggs, but today when I went to the grocery store the eggs were packed full. I haven't bought eggs in the past few weeks, so I haven't paid attention to the prices.
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@moffittjc (122251)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Dec
@MarieCoyle I think people are to the point where they have just accepted the fact that high prices are probably here to stay. I don't really hear too much complaining these days about high grocery prices.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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22 Dec
Well, at least they had some on the shelves. Once people get done with the holiday cooking and baking, they probably won’t want to pay the high prices.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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22 Dec
@moffittjc
I think it rather depends on who you’re talking to about it. Many of us allow so much for food, for housing, for everything we can try to budget, and it’s hard to come up with lots of extra $ for something when the price keeps rising. But hey…that’s just my opinion. 
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
A friend of mine raises ducks and eats duck eggs. I’ve had them, they are very good.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Dec
@MarieCoyle I bought some eggs the other day for something like $5.50/dozen. Prices have gone up since the election, but who knows whether the fear is justified.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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25 Dec
@TheHorse
The cheapest ones I saw at the store close to me on the 23rd were $4.49 a dozen. And they were not large, they were medium sized.
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@porwest (94657)
• United States
24 Dec
@MarieCoyle The thing that irritates me the most is that I get less of what I want and need because when the prices don't meet my threshold, I forego them.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
Remember Rosanne-Rosanna Danna? After one of her goofy explanations of something, she would always say, “It just goes to show you, it’s always something!”
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@allknowing (139073)
• India
21 Dec
Most sweets that are made for Christmas need eggs.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
Yes, they do for sure. From the information I can gather, the prices of eggs will continue to climb.
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@Orson_Kart (6908)
• United Kingdom
28 Dec
A dozen eggs from Tesco here in the UK is £3.15 ($3.96) which is cheaper than anywhere in the US. They are less popular here than they used to be, when everyone baked. We’ve also suffered from the bird flu causing a shortage.
I rarely eat them, so it doesn’t really affect me. I do eat a lot of chicken, so would definitely like to see the price of that come down. Same with fish, which is becoming a luxury item.
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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28 Dec
I do use some eggs in baking, of course. They are a good source of protein, so having eggs once or twice a week works for me. Chicken prices aren’t cheap, either.
@averygirl72 (38195)
• Philippines
29 Dec
I see. Eggs are in demand here too to use in making leche flan or custard pudding for the holidays
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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29 Dec
I think most of us count on always being able to find eggs. They’re used in so many different types of foods we prepare.
@RasmaSandra (81711)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Dec
I am not a big fan of eggs, I have some at home but if they get to expensive I can live without them. I know I should gets some hens and they can live on the cat tree which has about four spots for sitting, Then I could have my own eggs and the cats can chase the hens through the apartment and everyone is happy
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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21 Dec
Rasma, you can be a cat and chicken mama! I bet that would make me crazier than I already am!
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@MarieCoyle (39791)
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27 Dec
The prices just keep going up on eggs, doesn't seem to be an end to it.
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