I almost needed a second mortgage to buy eggs today. A little hyperbole there but $3 for a dozen large eggs is the most I can remember paying. Usually pay about a buck for a dozen jumbos. Anyone know what's driving the price ?
OT: egg prices
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thats where a place like costco is handy. Eggs a like $2.60 per dozen, just have to buy more. And milk is like 1/2 the price as the supermarket.
I do remember at one point just a few years back.. maybe 5?... I did a calc on the price of a costco egg and it was about 11 cents. Quite the bargain. ANd eggs are one of those things you just assume are cheap.. so you don't even consider the price.. you just put it in the cart.. so I can see seeing the price basically double since the last time you even thought of the price.. I can see the OPs point.
I am a frequent costco customer.. and at various times I have seen costco only have the cage free stuff.. organic stuff.. rather than their typical bulk eggs packages. So you could have a case of vastly different egg prices even when looking for their cheapest eggs.
It's the chicken union.
Seriously, the new Weight Watchers Freestyle program has designated eggs as zero points.
I'm a member and know that many people are now adding more eggs to their diet.
I usually buy them at the farmer's market in Middlesex for a buck, buck and a half tops. Today I happened to be at ALDI and was taken aback by the price. Figured there must be something going on with egg production driving the price. I don't buy eggs that much. Maybe a dozen or two a month
Yeesh... of all things to complain about on this board now it's egg prices
$1.39 for Jumbo ones out here in the sticks. That's if you don't have a farmer giving them to you.
ALDI? Those eggs were not only over priced but probably expired. Every ALDI I’ve ever been to not only dealt in almost expired foods but you needed a Kevlar vest to get to your car.
Usually not that expensive in Princeton with all the farms. The last one's I bought were less than $3 for 18, extra large, Bestland, Shop rite.
I agree on some but to be fair I went to an Aldi in Flemington today. Place just opened. All brand new, clean as could be & twice as big as any I ever saw. They did have some kind of eggs there for a buck but didn't buy any.
On a way side note tangent this thread made me think back to working at Laneco in the dairy department as a high school kid. You wouldn't believe how many old ladies would roll down "my" aisle and break a dozen eggs package in half so they could just buy a half dozen. Savages.
Give it Time. Lol.
I once lived in Washington state and people bartered professional services for eggs. I’ve never seen an all white free range egg.
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I pay 80 rupees or about 1.25 for 12 in India.
On a related note, when I first moved here I found it weird as hell that the eggs were not refrigerated. Turned out, naturally they're not supposed to be. However, back in the US during the processing and cleaning of them to make sure they're nice, clean, and pretty, a thin layer of some sort of protectant on the outside is removed and then need to be put in the fridge.
On a related note, when I first moved here I found it weird as hell that the eggs were not refrigerated. Turned out, naturally they're not supposed to be. However, back in the US during the processing and cleaning of them to make sure they're nice, clean, and pretty, a thin layer of some sort of protectant on the outside is removed and then need to be put in the fridge.
Just looked. Carton says "Best by FEB 13"
Not sure what you mean with the Kevlar vest comment. The ALDIs I go to, usually P-way or E Brunswick are not in bad areas. There's one near Plainfield on Park Ave that I occasionally hit but again, not in a bad area. Maybe you're thinking of C-town ?
Depends on what you are getting. A lot of companies are moving away from the disgusting environment of caged chicken and moving towards pasture raised (even free range is a misleading term). This is creating a better product but raising the price.
Reminds me a bit of yogurt. It doesn't need refrigerating. With probiotics it doesn't really spoil. If you make your own yogurt you know the hot weather is the best kind. Sealed yogurt left out of fridge lasts a long time. I keep it out for weeks
BJ's- $8.99 for 5 dozen...
I got the 7 dozen pack at Restaurant depot once and not only very cheap, I think 9.99 but craziest bunch of eggs ever. over half of them were double yoke.
I got the 7 dozen pack at Restaurant depot once and not only very cheap, I think 9.99 but craziest bunch of eggs ever. over half of them were double yoke.
My chickens have completely shut down. I'm talking 50 hens and maybe an egg or two a day. Lowest winter production in years. Looks like it's time to cull the flock of some of the older hens.
By the way for you people that don't know Brown eggs aren't necessarily organic, they just come from a chicken that lays brown eggs. Read the label make sure the place is organic certified. Eggs labeled pasture raised are bullsh*t. They just put in a 10' by 10' pen outside with a hole in the barn for the chickens to go into. Problem is the chickens know where they get there feed and won't use it.
We charge $3.50 a dozen for our organic pasture raised eggs and we lose money. But we just do it for fun and to recover some of our cost. They definitely are different from the eggs you buy in a store and they last a lot longer.
Bummer, koleszar! We get our eggs mostly from neighbors. Brown, pink, blue, green, just no white! Eggs here tend to have much more fragile shells, and more fragile yolks. People in NZ don't understand the term "over easy". Flipping eggs almost always breaks the yolks. But they are way tastier! And they poach great. I often do what I call "froached eggs." I put two in a small frying pan with butter, then add a teaspoon of water and cover them. In two minutes they are done and no longer "sunny side up."
Same here in Panama. Took me awhile to get use to it. But they are delicious and much better than the states.
I remember the 1st time I made scrambled eggs with my own eggs. The yolks were so orange, I thought there was something wrong with them. My wife said no you dope they eat lots of bugs(protein) and certain flowers turns it that color. We have the full spectrum of egg shell colors. No Easter egg coloring required in this household. Plus we just store them in the garage for customers who buy in bulk, added bonus my property is almost tick free.
We had people visit from Brooklyn once who had spent two weeks in NZ and wouldn't eat the eggs because they were so orange they thought there was something wrong with them.
When my wife and I move out of town we are going to get chickens. We have a huge vegetable garden so it is easy for us to have chickens as the next step.