First Whey prices skyrocket, now EGGS?

[BrooklynBB]

Last week, eggs in my area - NYC - averaged around 1.50 a dozen. Today they shot up to 1.79 - 1.89 a dozen depending on what store I go to.

A $.30 - $.40 cent increase in egg prices in a week!

Those fucking hens are getting rediculous in their salary demands.

Where do you guys live, and how much are you guys paying for a dozen eggs?

 

[gfactor]

Do you think its for the domestic gasoline coverage??

 

[Big A]

You americans have NO idea how well you have it.

A doz eggs here cost AU$5.00 (US$4.60). If you want organic, then you pay AU$8.50 (US$7.20)

 

[Braven]

The cheapest eggs in my local supermarket for a dosen are £1.25 ($2.50) caged, barn eggs £1.80 ($3.60), free range £2.20 ($4.40) and omega 3 eggs are £2.30 ($4.60) for 6! All have had about a 20-30p price increase.

 

[hardhanger]

Omega 3's in montana $2.08. They say the price spike is due to corn being used for fuel making it more expensive for farmers to feed their livestock. Milk,Eggs,Beef,etc. All out of control. And fuel prices are through the roof. Time for a second job!

 

[Braven]

dont get me started about fuel prices it's about £4 ($8) per gallon and 65% is made up of tax!

 

[loganb_football]

Im surprised you have just noticed this... As a matter of fact egg prices have been going up and down, they just went up again a couple of weeks ago. Most of the time when I go to wal mart to buy 5 dozen eggs the is a fluctuation in the price.

 

[thebrick]

I am paying $1.69/doz in my area. The supermarket just ran a special for $.99/doz and I loaded up. But even when they are expensive, eggs give great nutritional value for the money.

 

[Ashop]

Last week, eggs in my area - NYC - averaged around 1.50 a dozen. Today they shot up to 1.79 - 1.89 a dozen depending on what store I go to.

A $.30 - $.40 cent increase in egg prices in a week!

Those fucking hens are getting rediculous in their salary demands.

Where do you guys live, and how much are you guys paying for a dozen eggs?

The price of fuel has caused rises in many things. Remember every good needs transported.

 

[hardhanger]

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Originally Posted by BrooklynBB View Post
Last week, eggs in my area - NYC - averaged around 1.50 a dozen. Today they shot up to 1.79 - 1.89 a dozen depending on what store I go to.

A $.30 - $.40 cent increase in egg prices in a week!

Those fucking hens are getting rediculous in their salary demands.

Where do you guys live, and how much are you guys paying for a dozen eggs?
The price of fuel has caused rises in many things. Remember every good needs transported. So my question is when are my wages going to go up. I still have to drive my ass to work 6 days a week!

 

[paulwigan]

bollocks to eggs. inthe uk we pay 36 pounds or the 72 dollars for a 5lb tub of optimum nutrition whey. A 5lb tub of nitrotech costs 70 pounds or about 140 dollars in the us, only benefit is you dont get arrested for steroids which is a price i would be prepared to pay

 

[Chrysler]

Egg prices always go up in winter, and down in summer. Last summer I was getting a dozen eggs for 50 something cents at costco.

 

[MuscleHustle]

a large reason why farm products ( chicken,eggs pork beef etc) are on the rise has ALOT to do with ethenol fuel......ethenol is a bi product of corn....this year 85% of all corn crops went to production of ethenol...by increasing the demand for corn you increase the price....chickens, cows pigs, they all eat corn as a main part of their diet ..the price for a bushell of corn nearly trippled from 06-07...the farmers can just absorbe all the extra costs to feed the livestock so it gets pased on to the consumer.......wanna make some money? invest in the corn "industry"..

 

[Jman88]

$2.09 in Los Angeles, I have seen the Organic eggs at $3.49

 

[thedonker]

Ok here is the answer, I called round one of my old buddies houses last weekend, he has a large garden, and he tells me 6 weeks ago he bought 6 chickens, I said what for? like a dumb ass thinking he was raising organic chicken, no he said, I get on average 6 fresh eggs a day out of those beauties, and I feed them on seed mix so there should be some healthy fats in the eggs. He then tells me that there is nothing like the taste of fresh eggs and that the stuff in the supermarkets is nothing like fresh.

Makes sense to me as his missus raises them for him.

 

[Golgo13]

You Americans have NO idea how well you have it.

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Yep, I am surrounded by people who don't appreciate just how perfect this place is. On SO many levels.

 

[abadseal]

Can't complain. $1.39 for jumbo at the military grocery store (commissary).

 

[BrooklynBB]

You americans have NO idea how well you have it.

A doz eggs here cost AU$5.00 (US$4.60). If you want organic, then you pay AU$8.50 (US$7.20)

Jeez. Glad I asked the question. I don't feel so bad anymore, lol.

Yep, I am surrounded by people who don't appreciate just how perfect this place is. On SO many levels.

The reason people ask questions - like the one I asked - is to get answers. I love this country, appreciate being here, and because I ask about the price of eggs means that I'm seeking knowledge, not condeming where I live. LOL.

I wouldn't say this place is "perfect", but I would say it's run on a very flawed system that helps the majority of those with lots of money, those who look the other way because they just want to be left alone, and those who know how to manipulate the system. Everyone else is just sheep who party until their dying days and make no impact on society.

But I digress - thanks for the anwers.

I think the ethanol / corn answer is the real reason the egg prices went up, thanks for whomever posted that. I looked it up afterwards and it makes sense.

I've never seen egg prices fluctuate depending on the winter / summer months, mostly because I buy from the same places consistently. The biggest price jump I've ever noticed happened this past week from 1.59 - which was steady for a few months - to 1.89. I've never seen it raise more than .10 cents every few months. So I knew something else was going on here.

 

[VanR__]

The cost of corn to feed chickens has gone up because of the demand for ethanol.
The cost of gasoline to power farm vehicles/machines has gone up.
It ain't the farmer getting rich. I come from a farm town, so I hear all about it...

 

[wnt2blean]

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