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| Eggs...Are You Still Buying | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 8 2015, 02:31 AM (1,730 Views) | |
| Trotsky | Jul 8 2015, 02:31 AM Post #1 |
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Bird Flu has devastated much of the Central and Western states with IOWA alone losing 25 MILLION laying hens. Prices are soaring and I am always adamant to cut back when these episodes occur. I do it for coffee when prices soar, I got rid of the car when gas soared, I rarely eat beef and now we have cut back drastically on eggs. I feel that if all consumers do this, that when supplies are normalized the price gouging will stop and normalcy will reign in the marketplace. So we have added a cold cereal breakfast, a bit more steel cut oats breakfasts and a continental (bagel only) breakfast atop a weekly lox and bagel breakfast. We are doing eggs only once a week instead of 4 times...last a ham and cheese omelet. (Today's breakfast: Special K and Milk.) How about you? Are you seeing super-high egg prices? Are you cutting back? Gotta learn to make a congee. Edited by Trotsky, Jul 8 2015, 02:33 AM.
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| Darcie | Jul 8 2015, 02:41 AM Post #2 |
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Last ones I bought were $2.29 a doz. They are a staple in my house and I shudder should they go above $3.00 a doz. |
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| Dialtone | Jul 8 2015, 02:44 AM Post #3 |
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We have eggs twice a week, a dozen cost about 2.59 here, same price as always.
Edited by Dialtone, Jul 8 2015, 02:46 AM.
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| Trotsky | Jul 8 2015, 02:58 AM Post #4 |
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So then, maybe Canadian hens weren't as badly hit. We are looking at $3.99 for extra large but we prefer Jumbos...need a mortgage for them. Just a month ago we bought Jumbos on sale 3 dozen /$5. Edited by Trotsky, Jul 8 2015, 03:19 AM.
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| campy | Jul 8 2015, 04:04 AM Post #5 |
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$1.99 a dozen at Shoppers Drug Store. Lasts me about a month if I don't use them in baking. |
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| swing | Jul 8 2015, 05:07 AM Post #6 |
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I buy them at the Co-op usually 2.99 for 18. I was buying the heart healthy ones but they are 4- $5 a dozen now. I figure with only eating a couple a week it does not make a difference. |
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| heatseeker | Jul 8 2015, 09:20 AM Post #7 |
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Eggs (and chicken) don't fluctuate much in price in Canada because of supply management. This does mean that most of the time we pay higher prices than our US cousins. |
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| Delphi51 | Jul 9 2015, 07:05 AM Post #8 |
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$3 a dozen delivered by a local farmer. About $3.69 at the store for large eggs. |
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| Kahu | Jul 9 2015, 12:21 PM Post #9 |
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That's a similar price here too. Although we now do have a far greater choice of free range eggs, at a higher price though. New stricter regulations are coming into force as a response to consumer demand ... http://www.wholesomenz.com/index_oureggs.html |
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| imjene | Jul 9 2015, 12:29 PM Post #10 |
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I think we're at about $3.49 a doz. That's for large.
Edited by imjene, Jul 9 2015, 12:30 PM.
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| angora | Jul 10 2015, 02:24 AM Post #11 |
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I think the designation of 'free range eggs and chickens' needs to be clarified. I am informed that presently, that description can include chickens allowed to roam free the day before they are slaughtered but not as regular practice. We raised chickens. They were confined to the barn in bad weather and at night and allowed out in the barn yard in the daytime on good days. That would be free range to me. It was hard enough locating the eggs in the barn, I cant imagine trying to search for them out of doors all the time. |
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| goldengal | Jul 10 2015, 04:43 AM Post #12 |
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Mistress, House of Dogs
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Two dozen extra large are still $4.99 at Costco, but I honestly would not call them extra large. Take care, Pat |
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| campy | Jul 10 2015, 05:10 AM Post #13 |
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Two dozen? That's reasonable. |
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| goldengal | Jul 10 2015, 06:06 AM Post #14 |
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Yes it is Campy. I buy them all the time but had not been to Costco for two weeks until this morning so I thought I had better wait and see if they had gone up in price in two weeks .. but still the same price. Take care, Pat |
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| haili | Jul 10 2015, 11:59 AM Post #15 |
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I get the $1.99 ones at Shoppers Drug or the $2.49 ones at the supermarket. They last a couple of weeks unless I bake. Sometimes I eat eggs and sometimes go off them for a week or two. |
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