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would like to make a little trip with your savings I’ll pay you to smuggle some in to me in a cooler.

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angelofthenorth

They'd be confiscated. We but then at the farm gate

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the_siobhan

I was curious so I just checked. Eggs here today are $3.98 for a dozen, which is $2.79 US

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spiralsheep

Sorry, I've unilaterally imposed "tariffs" on previously freely smuggled items. ;-)

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siderea

You could have a 100% "tariff" on a $3.50/dz carton of eggs, and it would still be an excellent deal in many places we are. Just sayin'.

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spiralsheep

I'll get the rowboat out then....

Windsor is a lovely port we're proud to sing about
There's a warehouse full of whisky, though the Yankees do without
And when Customs asks us where we're bound, we ship our oars and shout:
"We're bound for Valparaiso in a rowboat!"

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white_aster

I am unclear what the heck is going on at my grocery store. Fancy veggietarian organic eggs? $5.39. Regular-ass, offal-fed, torture-caged, store-brand eggs? $8.29!

And yet at the bigger box type place just down the street, the storebrand eggs are a little over 5 dollars.

There is some weird-ass supply-demand b.s. going down here. Or, y'know, my grocery store is gouging us, but they've never done it before, so unclear why now.

Edited Date: 2025-02-11 09:11 pm (UTC)

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siderea

> I am unclear what the heck is going on at my grocery store. Fancy veggietarian organic eggs? $5.39. Regular-ass, offal-fed, torture-caged, store-brand eggs? $8.29!

I was seeing something similar in my local store last night so I threw some premium eggs in my delivery order, but that problem solved itself overnight: I was notified the comparatively cheap fancy veggietarian organic eggs I ordered are out of stock, and the rest of the premium eggs are over $9.

I think the issue was simply lag: the store brand eggs turn over faster being the cheapest, so they're also the freshest, so their prices update more regularly. The fancy eggs were sitting there on the shelf longer between restocks, and the price there was the premium price when they were stocked. Now their next load of premium eggs came in at a higher wholesale price, and the store jacked up the retail price to catch up.

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white_aster

That was my thought, too. All the premium eggs were gone, all that was left was the ridonkulously expensive "cheap" eggs. ;P

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movingfinger

The big producers are harder-hit by H1N1 because they took advantage of the previous-administration-but-one's relaxation of safety rules. Lack of inspection, lack of enforcement = unsafe, unsanitary production.

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shadowkat

Sigh, mine was $11.99 for a dozen eggs (they refused to price them at Met Fresh, you have to scan - which didn't work). For $3 - that's six eggs.

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siliconshaman

Well I would but it's a bit of a long trip...

From:

conuly

Unwashed eggs, if stored properly, can last months. Cover them in oil and they can last years.

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lilysea

I was curious what eggs are in Australia at the moment

I logged onto the Coles supermarket website and sorted the 23 different egg options by lowest unit price (price per gram)

The lowest unit price one was

Coles Cage Free Extra Large Eggs 12 pack, 700 grams

Australian $5.40 for 12 eggs which is

US $3.39 at current conversion rates

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siderea

I'll be right over. :)

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fred_mouse

When I looked yesterday, Coles had a $5 option. I'm not sure what the cheapest Woollies option was, because when sorted by price the first 3-4 choices were unpriced because they were out of stock.