Did you know how much eggs costs

singleagain

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 9:27 pm

I just put in an egg order yesterday. The price for the stores went up by 30$. We can't sell them at a loss. I can ask our guy if he knows why it jumped up. But unfortunately, it just jumped

Optione

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 9:37 pm

mamma llama wrote:

A local grocery where I live announced a limit of 4 dozen eggs and the 5th dozen is $19.99 wondering

ETA: $19.99 is the cost of only the 5th dozen. You still have to pay for the other 4...

That's an illegal % markup. I hope no one is silly enough to buy the 5th dozen.

Eggs always go up Easter time. One store had $2.89, one store had $3.

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leah233

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 9:37 pm

There has to be a major shortage going on because the large grocery store I went to today was completely out of eggs. They have never been out of such a basic staple before. Not even after the hurricanes

PinkFridge

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 9:47 pm

Last week I went to another local (not Jewish) chain. That day they also only had medium eggs and they were the same price as the Jewish store. I don't know prices this week.

amother

Lime

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 9:49 pm

I spoke to a manager at Moishas last week and he said he is having a hard time getting eggs. He isn't sure why.

LoveMy2Kids

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 9:57 pm

Trader Joe's has the large for $1.59. No limit last I checked.

livinginisrael

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 10:32 pm

I bought today for 3.69
in brookln
I aslso saw potatoes at 6$ a bag. insane

amother

Forestgreen

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 10:41 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Hello!!!! just came home from the grocery bought 1 dz eggs cost $3.69 wow register said is because of corona can anyone explain why??????

I beat you. The grocery on my corner is charging $4 and they’re not even extra large eggs! I’d report him if he wasn’t a Jew, I was told someone got a fine of $90,000 for price gouging! I’m so angry. They have no right to take advantage of us at a time like this!

keym

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 10:43 pm

amother [ Forestgreen ] wrote:

I beat you. The grocery on my corner is charging $4 and they’re not even extra large eggs! I’d report him is he wasn’t a Jew, I was told someone got a fine of $90,000 for price gouging! I’m so angry. They have no right to take advantage of us at a time like this!

I don't think it's price gouging.
In Lakewood, NPGS said they'll try to keep it under $3/dozen for the first 6-8doz per customer.
Other grocery stores here are charging between $3.59 and $3.89.

singleagain

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 10:52 pm

amother [ Forestgreen ] wrote:

The suppliers are charging the stores more. We still have to make something of a profit. The price went up more than 30 dollars a case.

sky

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 11:06 pm

livinginisrael wrote:

I bought today for 3.69
in brookln
I aslso saw potatoes at 6$ a bag. insane

I heard from a store owner the price of potatoes should be going down next week. This week it was very high. I hope so. (Gg had $40 a case but hopefully will go down)

amother

Ginger

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 11:06 pm

lakewood
bingo today was$2.99 up from2.79 on sunday
gourmet glatt 2.29 limit 12
wholesale by order online eggs 30dz $80 (2.66/ dz)

samantha87

Tue, Mar 24 2020, 11:26 pm

Why are prices going up so much? The chickens are still laying and the process is mostly mechanized without alot of people involved.

Anyway, Shoprite in NJ has them at $2/dozen, in 12, 18, and 30 egg packages, limit two packages.

amother

Amber

Wed, Mar 25 2020, 12:07 am

I'm buying eggs $7/ dozen from a farm. Cage free and organic - I figure at this time we should have the best nutrition we can afford to stay healthy - plus I don't have to walk into a store.

Someone told me the eggs are low inventory because they are being used in development of corona vaccine. This has to be some kind of urban legend. I know eggs are a vaccine ingredient - but how many can they need just for development and testing?

amother

Fuchsia

Wed, Mar 25 2020, 9:56 am

trade joes has them cheap two stores closed in nyc because employees had carona they also have senior hours
sams club has them cheap

greenfire

Wed, Mar 25 2020, 10:47 am

price gouging is illegal ... I called 311 to complain that the eggs that were 2 dz for $5 last week are one dz for $5.99 !!!

there is absolutely no reason that a main staple [especially to poorer humans] have to go exponentially that high ~ the truckers are working, the farmers are working, unless the chickens are on strike ...

especially when the normative is for them to go down around passover/easter season

mamma llama

Wed, Mar 25 2020, 11:59 am

greenfire wrote:

~ the truckers are working, the farmers are working, unless the chickens are on strike ...

I have some bad news...

sky

Wed, Mar 25 2020, 12:50 pm

Egg prices are being blamed on panic shopping.
https://whdh.com/news/egg-pric.....ping/