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Re: Eggspensive

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post #92

With the obsession over egg prices you’d think everyone is eating two dozen per day or something.

I go through ~18 eggs/week. I already bought better eggs though, so the price increases have not been as noticeable. Something I will notice is when my local grocery stops selling chicken breasts for $1.99/pound. I'm surprised they haven't upped the price every time I'm in there.

I assume the price is low because they are culling herds

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#142

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Naive as I am (& not living in the US), I've always thought these supermarket chains have uniform pricing and that's one reason why they're so popular.

Anything produce related is going to fluctuate based on location. This is because most produce is bought within some distance of the store (ex: 100 miles).

I think this is not accurate for walmart specifically. My local hannaford will buy potatoes from my home town up north, but Walmart doesn't, and neither does Five Guys, the bastards!

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#143
post #91

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Espresso isn't easy to get a home or the office. My pour over home setup makes great coffee, but I have to go to a coffee shop if I want an espresso.

You don't need espresso if you're addicted to caffeine, though.

Maybe you like espresso?

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How do you cook the potato ? Always interested in alternative (for me) breakfasts !

Dice ~1lb of red potatoes (for potassium) Coat in olive oil. Season with salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika. Spread on oven pan. Bake at 420F for 20-22min until edges brown (I'm at >5000' elevation btw) Place in container and store in fridge. In the morning in sautee to heat them before adding scrambled egg. You can top with cheese and scallions but I don't. Amount of potatoes is determined by past 24hrs and…

cheers ! I make this spice mixture for fries and eggs, it might interest you:

  2 parts salt
  1 part sweet paprika
  1 part garlic powder
  dash of pepper or mustard powder
  dash of citric acid powder for the extra kick

Re: Eggspensive

#145

There's a monopoly on US eggs, and like seemingly every industry right now, they're blaming externalities to cover the fact that price increases are mostly going to shareholders. https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/23/cant-make-an-omelet/#keep...

I really was hoping this was going to be a chart of egg sales by supplier, not a political screed.

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#146
post #101

I'm from Germany and in New York right now. Damn is everything expensive here. And everyone running around with a 10+$ Starbucks coffee all the time. Edit: probably not a fair comparison though since I come from the countryside in Germany where everything's generally cheaper than in the cities.

NYC is full of contrasts. Where I used to work in downtown Manhattan, there were 3 pizza places near the office, with prices ranging from $4-5 per slice in an upscale place with fancy pizza, to $0.99 for a reasonably tasty slice half a block away. Same applies to most goods. You can get pretty cheap offerings if you know where to look; you can have expensive and fancy stuff if you are ready to afford it.

This is one of the unique and great things about NYC that is far less true in Paris, London, and other global cities: a variety of cheap, good food that is available nearly everywhere. The only other place I've been with similar options was Tokyo.

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#148

I'm from Germany and in New York right now. Damn is everything expensive here. And everyone running around with a 10+$ Starbucks coffee all the time. Edit: probably not a fair comparison though since I come from the countryside in Germany where everything's generally cheaper than in the cities.

May you please give some price comparisons for fairly similar items youll find in germany vs us (grocery or otherwise) - lets not talk about healthcare and bribing politicians :-) - Since I am "posting too fast (thanks @Dang), Ill post my replies in this edit: @StuporGlue ; >> "Yeah, almost all of those prices are lower than in the US.... I think a gallon of milk is about $4.99 or $5.99 (usually ~$1+ higher if we are…

> I find it really odd that california had a lot of oil refineries for gas vs mid-country-states, so proximity to gas (thus delivery) was cheaper - yet has the highest prices... because we have 45 million people in the state to grift off, so its not logistics that cause price hikes. But thats what they want you to believe.

California has a specific gasoline formulation that is different than every other state. That’s why gas costs more in CA, in addition to the state gasoline taxes.

https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/gasoline

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#149
post #80

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I wish I could go back in time about 40 years, where I had the same faith in government that you have currently. (I'm age 43 at the moment)

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> The end result is just a bunch of curmudgeons who hate the government

Unless it's army, police, prisons, and drug prosecutions. You know the arms of the government that are actually danegrous and kill people.

Like at least can you be consistent.

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post #129

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Just adding a data point, I checked Whole Food's online ordering system and I can order these eggs for delivery later today for $3.79: https://www.amazon.com/365-Everyday-Value-Brown-Non-Gmo/dp/B...

Depends on where you are. Shows "Currently unavailable." for me. Also, +$9.95 for delivery. Who knows if Amazon is willing to deliver to you because of that and empty the store shelves instead? So again, unless you see them with your eyeballs or get them at $3.79 all in in your hands, I am not sure what this means.

I go to Whole Foods all the time, and yes their own brand of eggs really is that price.

The egg inflation scare is being largely exaggerated. IMO what is different now vs a few years ago is there's a lot more high end organic pasture raised options. These are $6-$10, but that's not the price of standard conventional eggs.

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