Eggs
- Thread starter Charlie Marlow_rivals363743
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I was at the store yesterday, decided against. I like eggs but am not paying $9 a dozen
That could be NIL money needed to land the elusive OT we need
That could be NIL money needed to land the elusive OT we need
Yep. I go to Trader Joe’s mostly and they were out completely, the grocery next to me has a few dozen.. at $8.99 a pop.
I think I’ll skip eggs for a few weeks.
My favorite is…
Me: “Are you free tonight?
Her: “Yes”
Me: “Great, I’m broke as **** and don’t get paid till Friday.”
(If she says “No” you say “So how much is this gonna cost me”)
Also…
Me: “You wanna get some pizza and ****?”
Her: “No”
Me: “What? You don’t like pizza?”
The average price of a dozen large, Grade A eggs in the United States in 1980 was $0.84. Here are some average prices for eggs in 1980:
Bird Flu Impact:
Recent outbreaks of avian influenza have significantly contributed to higher egg prices nationwide, including in Nebraska.
- January 1: $0.879
- February 1: $0.774
- March 1: $0.812
- April 1: $0.797
Bird Flu Impact:
Recent outbreaks of avian influenza have significantly contributed to higher egg prices nationwide, including in Nebraska.
Stop buying and allow demand to come down and price will reduce quickly due to the shelf life.
Plenty of substitutes for baking too.
This is where I'm at with all of the high priced BS. Stop buying. Stop paying more. Eventually prices will have to come down. And we will probably find that we really didn't need that stuff anyhow.
I can't believe what people are paying for clothing right now. It's beyond stupid. Go to any clearance rack and look at what the original markup price was. And you know they are still making money off of that stuff on clearance.
Come to my hometown and buy a beer for 3.50. Same beer in omaha 6. Same distributors. Same state. Same state taxes etc.... . Why? Because people are willing to pay more for it.
During Covid a friend of mine who owns a lumber yard was charging $50 for a sheet of 1/2 plywood. Told me after covid that he was still charging that because people were willing to pay it. Obviously it has come down but you get my point.
As Americans our want for material things can go beyond reasonability, all the while bemoaning the fact that we are getting hosed and some politician is at fault. Just silly.
People and businesses (more people) were handed helicopter money. Artificially created demand. Prices stayed up accordingly because money supply has not been contracted yet.
As far as eggs go, they’re still a better deal on a food item than most other things. Men especially, cut out processed carbs and become a testosterone-laden animal!!
It is really closer to the federal government causing fear mongering, resulting in destruction of chicken facilities and flocks, which force corporate reaction.
Two things. Cage free layer housing and bird flu. People who advocate for cage free layer housing have never seen more than a few backyard chickens.
I don’t need pick up lines. I throw on some Sex Panther cologne … careful, it’s illegal in 9 countries due to being made from bits of real panthers. All to say … 60% of the time, it works every time.
Or any kind of produce, for instance a bag of sumo citrus oranges or the most expensive apples. People balk at buying them because of how much they cost but have no problem spending whatever at McDonalds.
A good chunk in the price of the beer at a bar is the overhead. Rent and real estate costs are dramatically different from town to town also. Labor costs differ. It’s not just about what somebody is willing to pay.
With eggs, PETA’s and AHS’s push to eliminate animal agriculture and animal protein consumption is chipping away at the ability to economically produce pork and poultry products. Their goal is to reduce consumption be making it too expensive to buy. It’s an incremental attack on animal ag.
Several new chicken confinements in Gage County, very hotly contested at the permit level. From the level of anger in this rural area, I'd say the biggest threat to animal ag BY FAR is nimby. Apparently even people that love KFC can't stand the smell of chicken ****.
Done that. Never ran the actual numbers, but I'm not sure it pencils out. If they stayed at this price for years it might, but history tells us it will come back down. Even with 4 layers it was way overkill for us. I enjoyed giving them away, but not really worth it for me. We go through 2 or 3 dozen a month. Thats a 50 lb bag of layer feed. Rather just buy them as needed.
Here's another oddity to me... you can choose to buy a hot/roasted full chicken from Walmart for $5 or buy one out of the cooler with maybe a pound more meat.... uncooked... for $8. Given how many want to take the actual time necessary to roast your own chicken you'd think those prices would be reversed.
The not in my neighborhood factor is a problem in some areas. Bloom N Egg had to rebuild some of their facilities to meet some of the cage free requirements for some buyers . It’s a freaking joke.
I agree to some extent. Especially regarding rent/real estate. I still think double the cost is more about making more money than strictly double the overhead. Take a look at liquor costs between the two and it's almost triple.
I know that farmers/ranchers are paying more. Is is PETA or the AHA.... or is it larger farm coops and chemical companies pushing them out or gouging?
About the only thing in America that truly "trickles down" is the exorbitant cost of filling the pocket liners of large corporations, their CEO's, and their stockholders. They throw pennies out to the masses and call it job guarantees whilst making more money now than ever before. Then they convince dummies that one politician or one side of the isle caused their discomfort.
Anyone that knows poultry producers knows these are strange times. These diseases are transmitted so easily and all the sudden a flock has to be wiped out. Think what that does to the overall numbers when you just wipe out a barn in a couple hours.
Businesses take a loss on some products to get people in the store. Could be the case for the roasted chicken.
True. Many people don't just buy the chicken, which a disciplined person would, they also buy sides etc from the deli
Yeah, a Costco rotisserie chicken is $4.99 but it's a law you can't step foot in that place without spending $200.
Costco has some deals on clothes. I got some nice Banana Republic slacks for 9.99 a pair !
Yeah, I kid my wife about getting excited for Costco's spring collection of polos. And don't get me started about 1/4 zips, I'm a real fashionista!
