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Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:21 PM UTC

SECProto wrote: post #159

bigtex wrote: post #36

My wife has a cottage baking business and would buy 15 dozen eggs from Costco Business Center. Already high, a few months back in cost about $45 for the box. Just last week it was $110. She doesn't recall but it fairly certain the box was between $20-30 before inflation hit. However she said they had chicken legs that were .49/lb which is a great price but hard to reconcile with the narrative that avian flu is the ca…

> 15 dozen eggs from Costco Business Center. [...] Just last week it was $110. Might I suggest buying eggs from a normal grocery store or other alternative source? That's $7.33 per dozen and unless you have some very unusual situation, a dozen eggs can be had for less than half that price at a grocery store.

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Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by BurningFrog » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

Of all the science fields, nutrition may be where we know the least.

At least compared to how much we think we know.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by tedunangst » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

standardUser wrote: post #102

One thing we never seem to consider is that the price of eggs we've become accustomed to is really, ridiculously low. Maybe eggs should cost $5 per dozen. If you didn't know the price of eggs historically, I bet you would consider that a steal!

Every economic story is all about every kind of perception bias. Loss aversion, recency bias, cherry picking, etc.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by commandlinefan » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

kleiba wrote: post #161

60% sounds like a big number but come on, an average egg still costs only 35 cents in January 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APU0000708111

Well, is it just eggs? Or is everything 60% more expensive? That will be a problem. I know that when I go out to eat, the bill seems to be about twice what I remember it being even a year ago.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by kfrzcode » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

Egg substitutes exist. The Party will issue your standard eggs soon. Hold tight, comrades.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by mym1990 » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:23 PM UTC

bottlepalm wrote: post #167

$40,000 for every man, woman and child was printed for corona stimulus. $13 trillion total. If you're wondering why all this inflation happened, it's pretty simple cause and effect.

Wouldn't it be lovely if it was for every one of those people, realistically it was per.

In a vacuum it might be simple cause and effect, but nothing about the global situation in the past few years is simple. Money printing certainly had a part to play in inflation, but peeling it off from all the other factors and labeling it as the main culprit is kind of just mental gymnastics.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by umvi » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:23 PM UTC

scifibestfi wrote: post #137

ksherlock wrote: post #22

Lydon Johnson had an answer (via George Will): In 1966, the price of eggs rose to a level that President Lyndon Johnson judged, God knows how, was too high. There were two culprits – supply and demand – and Johnson’s agriculture secretary told him there was not much that could be done. LBJ, however, was a can-do fellow who directed the US surgeon general to dampen demand by warning the nation about the hazards of cho…

Early in my career, I consulted for Coke to ensure sugar taxes failed and soda was included in food stamp funding. I say Coke's policies are evil because I saw inside the room. The first step in playbook was paying the NAACP + other civil rights groups to call opponents racist Coke gave millions to the NAACP and the Hispanic Federation - both directly and through front groups like the American Beverage Association. T…

If this is true, shouldn't there be consequences for NAACP? Surely accepting cash to weaponize racism is (or should be) illegal?

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by wincy » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:24 PM UTC

sequoia wrote: post #37

voisin wrote: post #29

It would be nice to see more people allowed to keep backyard chickens (hens at least, since roosters can be noisy). Since getting some at our place I’ve been surprised how fun they are to have around and easy to care for. Our compost from the kitchen goes to them too, which could help people divert scraps from the landfill or from being picked up (big gas usage) for municipal composting. Their waste is also great fer…

I'm a huge proponent of backyard chickens and had them for years, but they are, generally speaking, not a "more cost effective" way to get eggs, at least in north america if you are feeding them mostly store-bought feed. Then again, this change in egg prices may change that. But they're great for redundancy (more & varied egg supply reduces the impact of supply chain shocks), to get the best quality eggs you can, and…

Couldn’t you just not mow your lawn and let the chickens eat all the bugs?

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by peteradio » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:24 PM UTC

bluedino wrote: post #109

I was used to them being $1.89 for an 18 pack at Kroger. If I'm working from home I eat 3-4 for breakfast each morning. A couple months ago I noticed they were $5.50 and they've gone higher. 4 pack of butter has been $5.99 as well.

Beef tallow is an excellent and cheap butter substitute for a lot of cases. You can refine 10-20 lbs / beef quarter.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by yostrovs » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 5:24 PM UTC

silisili wrote: post #49

voisin wrote: post #29

It would be nice to see more people allowed to keep backyard chickens (hens at least, since roosters can be noisy). Since getting some at our place I’ve been surprised how fun they are to have around and easy to care for. Our compost from the kitchen goes to them too, which could help people divert scraps from the landfill or from being picked up (big gas usage) for municipal composting. Their waste is also great fer…

I've been sitting on an acre in a city that allows backyard chickens, thinking about it but doing nothing. I think this is the catalyst I need to get started on a coop. If anyone has any plans or pointers for a coop, or raising chickens in the SW, would be much appreciated.

You can buy pretty cheap coops at stores such as Tractor Supply that will house half a dozen chickens or so. They're great for people starting out because a number of things, that you might not be aware of, have been integrated and thought through. Also, backyardchickens.com is a popular site for all kinds of advice that we've used to research different chicken matters. In short, it's pretty easy to keep chickens, but you have to do it regularly and with love.