I just saw a clip saying eggs have fallen by 400%…no cap
So the farm subsidies just means that America cares more about our farmers.
No, it means there are more healthy chickens laying eggs now thankfully.
There hasn’t been a major culling in quite some time.
6 Likes
What opaque Scriptural understanding are we following? And do all scholars of Scriptural reasoning follow similar hermeneutics?
And in a Petersonian fashion. What do we mean by “egg?” What do we mean by “fallen?” and what do we mean by “400?” and how is “percent?” defined?
3 Likes
Talking about going down a Brazilian rabbit hole …
We might not be able to sleep tonight now …
3 Likes
What do eggs have to do with tariffs anyway?
Are we tariffing eggs now from the US?
3 Likes
It was in response to inflationary pricing due to tariffs and it’s still topical
I laughed so hard, I cried. I was searching for tariff updates.
1 Like
I love math challenged writers in every field but particularly in economics.
Let me get this right here –
Eggs were $6/dozen.
They have now fallen 400% (4 times the price) or $24.00.
I now buy a dozen eggs and I have to pay $6 - $24 or -$18.
I LOVE getting paid to ‘buy’ stuff at the store. I can use the $18 to buy a small steak to go with the free (negative cost) eggs…
I just stumbled on this and may have to use it for white noise for sleeping now –
6 Likes
And put retailers between rocks and hard places.
I had also seen whatever @Tried_Tested saw about eggs falling 400%, somehow related to our strong bargaining position because tariffs(?). I didn’t even do the math, but that is hilarious. I’ll start invoicing the grocery store for everything they owe me for shopping there. 
4 Likes
I can now pay $4/ dozen white eggs.
They had been $6 or more, so they are 33% lower as I calculate it.
Before the bird flu and inflation, they were $1/dozen so they are 400% of what they were before.
Our favorite breakfast restaurant held their lower prices when eggs were at their peak, perhaps waiting for the new menus to be back from the printer. So today their prices are higher than any time in the past 6 months. I cannot say that it is going to change the frequency of our visits.
Given the number of people that I have met who say they cannot do arithmetic, I am not surprised that so many people are parroting numbers which do not reflect reality.
5 Likes
Some people simply need a picture to put things into perspective.
This is a decent article on egg prices.
Egg Prices Are Still Falling. Will It Last? - NerdWallet.
4 Likes
Very cute, but said in a way most would say
300% more than $1 is $4/per dozen (or "the price went up 300%)
and
400% more than $1 is $5/per dozen (or "the price went up 500%)
4 Likes
Insert random Terrance Howard math gif.
2 Likes
Remember the snappy comeback: What’s that got to do with the price of tea in China?
You think other countries are saying Eggs in America?
3 Likes
Eggs are so weird, because the regional differences can be so stark. When we lived in AZ (late 90s), thought it insane when eggs would go up to $.69/dozen. Moved to NJ, and they were double that (in 25 years, never seen them as low as Lake is reporting).
OTOH, fresh chicken was far cheaper in NJ (about 25% the AZ price).
But even with the spikes, eggs aren’t really that expensive for what you get. They’re just not super-cheap anymore. Even at $6/dozen, I suspect that many breakfasts have more money spent on the rest of the meal (although I’ve not priced bacon lately). Although I’ll admit that they got high enough that we put off making quiche for a while.
Today paid $5.67 for a 24 pack. Still up a bit, but tolerable. But I do hope that there’s not another wave of infected birds (although I know it’s gonna happen).
4 Likes
I agree. The article above I referenced said the following and I blew diet Coke out my sinus’ laughing.
“In addition to exploring imports, most of the Agriculture Department’s $1 billion investment goes toward providing additional relief to farmers affected by outbreaks and expanding an existing biosecurity program to improve safety measures at egg-laying facilities across the country. Some money (about $100 million) would be used to research a vaccine and cut regulations.”
Perhaps they are expecting demand to drop due to the potential for autism via eggs.
6 Likes
Still a lot cheaper than a 24 pack of Budweiser at $22 to $25.
6 Likes
And tastier! (I’ve drank one Budweiser*, and that was on a dare. SoB didn’t pay up.)
(*referring of course to the American made Bud; Budweiser Budvar is not bad, although still not special, but I’ve had a few)
1 Like
White eggs are far less desirable than brown eggs in New England, hence the 99 cent price. Brown eggs were about $1.25 at the same time.
I doubt if most people from other parts of the country would have identified the color of their eggs, but it is not uncommon to do so here. And that is not tied in any pay to the current high prices.
Having grown up in NYC, white eggs were all I saw in the supermarket.
Bacon on sale this week at one supermarket chain for $5.00/lb.
1 Like
In some stores around here, brown eggs are a slight premium; but still cheaper than anything labeled “Organic” or “Free Range”. Although at costco, price is the same. Ironically, for a while during the worst of the bird flu, Eggland’s Best was cheaper than local producers and even store brands; AFAIK, they are the only major producer that never had to cull, likely because they actually take some measures to protect the birds (unlike “cage free” like required in some states, that pretty much guarantees that any infection will be spread through whole flock).
Might be another regional difference. I rarely eat bacon (one of those weird type that prefers sausage if I’m eating a breakfast meat), but last I looked, prices were a bit higher than that, but for 12-14 ounce packages. Didn’t see any full pound packs.
ETA: I’ve had both brown and white eggs; never noticed any difference in taste. All eggs taste the same to me (at least, with enough Tabasco and pepper!). But I have noticed that some eggs, such as the ones at Costco, seem to be thinner-shelled, which leads to more breakage when boiling. But other white eggs don’t seem as bad, so I don’t think it’s linked specifically to color.
1 Like
