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

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

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Post by wolfprogramming »

jstx1 wrote: post #82
whoomp12342 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

abundance of anything is unhealthy so its not "wrong" but eating eggs on occasion wont contribute to high colestrol

Eggs every day don't contribute to high cholesterol either. Dietary cholesterol in general doesn't lead to high blood cholesterol.

Most people who switch to a mostly red meat diet do see a rise in blood cholesterol. I certainly did.

The real question is, does that even matter?

High cholesterol is also associated with longevity. The ratio of cholesterol is more important. The ratio of waist to shoulder width is more important.

Also your blood a1c is more important for bad outcomes than high cholesterol.

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

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Post by hahamrfunnyguy »

In pre-covid 2020, some grocery stores around here would have eggs for $0.80 a dozen from time to time. Typical prices were $1.00 - $1.20. Now it's not uncommon for them to be $5.00 a dozen. At the stores here they are be about 2x what they cost last year - not 60%.

I've put off getting chickens because eggs have been so cheap, but it's probably something I'll be doing soon.

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

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Post by Brybry »

josefresco wrote: post #5

Answer: Bird flu and inflation (less so). Although I suspect in short time we'll find out that the price hikes due to "bird flu" and "inflation" become... permanent.

We had a similar spike due to bird flu in 2015 and the price went back down after that. [1]

I think there are normally ~400 million egg laying hens in the US and they've had to kill at least 44 million (filtered by 'table egg' and summed) [2]

[1] https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APU0000708111

[2] https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/data-map-commercial.html

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

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Post by skeeter2020 »

stevenwoo wrote: post #21
gtk40 wrote: post #13

I'm curious how Costco is weathering the storm better than others. Typically Aldi is the cheapest place for me to buy eggs, but they're almost $5 a dozen for basic eggs. I've seen even more at other grocery stores (Publix was several dollars more a dozen). The cage free eggs were $7/2 dozen ($3.50/dozen) earlier this week at Costco. I'm in the Southeastern US in a suburb of a major city.

I usually go to the Mountain View Costco. From the /r/bayarea subreddit they've only been out of eggs a few busy days since the Covid-19 pandemic started, but prices have risen from under $3 for 2 dozen to $5.99 for 2 dozen over the same time period.

I didn't realize us Canadians had it so good: agriculture oligopolies have kept our prices so much higher than the US that when we get similar absolute jumps the percentage increase doesn't look so bad. I don't think I've seen 6 bucks for 24 eggs in a decade. Same story for just about every basic.

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

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Post by RosanaAnaDana »

yamtaddle wrote: post #62
RosanaAnaDana wrote: post #45

a five pound bag of flour was 9 dollars in the store last week.

Yeah, it's not just eggs. My grocery bill has definitely been greatly outpacing the official inflation figures, which are already high. Double or triple that rate, I'd say.

I should look it up in my notes, but afai can detect, we're just getting gouged to hell.

Fed claims on flour prices: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000701111

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

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Post by HideousKojima »

barbazoo wrote: post #66
amalgamated_inc wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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They definitely did help the chickens.

Unfortunately for the chickens, a government is supposed to serve the interests and well-being of its citizens, not that of its livestock (insert joke about there being no difference).

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

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Post by xedrac »

throwaway9870 wrote: post #25
xadhominemx wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you suspect that? It’s a commodity experiencing a supply disruption. Prices for lumber, shipping, oil etc have all already come down significantly from the peak.

Because bird flu might be a very unpredictable supply disruption.

I suppose that's why butter costs 300% more too? That darn bird flu!
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