one more thing, when the gas price skyrocketed everything went crazy but for a reason, even tho gas and eggs have nothing to do with each other at the end of the day 90% of USA transportation is done by trucks, and what do trucks use as fuel ?
@@ajgraham7085 local is not cheaper. If you're financially struggling and need cheaper produce. What do you think those local farmers are going through with their expenses?
It’s about elasticity, since the price elasticity of demand for eggs is not very elastic, as eggs are a necessity, price hikes won’t have the same impact on demand as they would for other goods so businesses take advantage. It’s still supply and demand, but the demand slope is pretty steep
Egg prices were fairly stable throughout 2022 in my area (Oregon). It's only been the last three month an 18 count carton of eggs went from $2.52 to $6.25. Price gouging pure and simple.
Its not price gauging, well, not as bad as we think. I actually, know the owner of oakdale farms very very well and they had to kill all 3.3 million chickens they had because of an illness. They have about 1.1 million chickens now and should be getting more soon. So the egg prices skyrocketed due to a major chicken farm losing its supply. Prices should hopefully go down soon
@@LT72884 No, the vast majority of it was pure price gouging. What he said in the video is true. The largest egg supplier was not affected at all but still raised their prices 150%, just because they could.
Or… you push for regulations that prevent the food industry from overblowing and taking advantage of perceived problems? During covid the meat industry did the same shit, making record profits while selling less meat and saying the price increase was due to “supply chain”. Finding a local supplier is short term and only resolves the problem for you. Why not find a long term solution that protects everyone (except CEO’s bonuses).
@@Karma-ml4tt that’s the most ass backwards take lmao. Eggs are inelastic. It’s like saying “oh you can’t afford gas? You shouldn’t drive then.” While completely ignoring the reality that we’ve built a society that requires you to have a car to get anywhere. Eggs are supposed to be THE affordable source of protein, especially for lower income households. Stop shilling CEOs that are taking advantage of you and millions of Americans by overcharging for eggs on the faulty premise of “market conditions”.
@@kipp4805 Buying locally is actually the only sensible answer. Regulations are important, but costly to businesses and consumers. They tend to increase prices due to adding financial restrictions and requirements on businesses which of course the business will want to generate the money from the consumer to pay for. Buying from someone else directly takes away their profits, which is highly impactful for perishable goods as they cannot just keep stock and hope the demand for their product goes up or it will spoil and be unsellable. You ended up making an argument that these things are necessities like gas. There are two problems with this: 1. It's incorrect. Even in America, a car is not required to live life. If is just heavily pushed to keep the automotive industry more profitable. Gas might be important for driving, but we consume more than twice the amount of gas required to move us all around - we don't all need to drive. 2. Let's assume it's true for a moment. If so, then you cannot claim you're being taken advantage of. If the cost of the item (like gas) is still low enough that you're buying it then that's just supply and demand. If you were being taken advantage of, then the cost would be high enough that you'd realize you cannot actually buy it. 3. Eggs are not and were not the cheapest source of protein. Even pretending like you can't go purchase 36g of protein for less than $1.30 right now, have you never heard of beans? Beans are such a cheap source of protein that they are used as staple foods even in poor countries. But Karma is absolutely right, if you are buying the product then you're the problem. You can complain something is unaffordable while it's still so affordable you feel it's more worth it to buy it than not.
farmers have been speaking up about how corporations are barely paying them enough for their eggs then just increasing the prices a ton in the store. it’s not inflation, it’s corporations
Can't survive without it you mean... Eventually, "buying it" will be evicted from thought. But its good thing you can find another egg. From local too, even have your own chicken and label it as the family pet. Sue the life out of those who may kill the family pet. Or just outright make them vanish.
I mean this isn't just the answer for eggs it's for everything. Car prices, houses, rent. People will always need it let's just see how much debt we can keep them in before they revolt.
North Alabama - an 18 count carton of large eggs used to be $1.68 at Walmart. That same exact carton is now $6.78. Highway robbery. My ex in-laws have chickens and they only use about $5.00 worth of feed for their 12 hens and that money translates to about 10 dozen eggs that are way better than supermarket ones. So we know full well that there's no way commercial feed and overhead costs what they say it does. NWIH....
You have to consider those eggs also get shipped multiple times. With fuel/energy costs going up it's extremely noticeable on cheap products like eggs.
I'm glad some people are pointing this out. It's not just eggs either, many consumer goods have had their prices increase way more than added costs would dictate. So many companies that have been complaining about supply chain issues have also been reporting record-breaking profits. Corporate greed is destroying our wallets. It's time we stand up against them and insist on more price-gouging regulations.
The answer isn't what you think it's actually a lot simpler stop supporting corporations by buying their products.......buy local / small business major corporations won't last long if people stop supporting them
Cheapest pack of a dozen eggs in my local market is $5.49, most expensive is $13.99. Also as long as you stay in the same brand, price per egg value is stagnant for 18 packs if available. So a $6/dozen brand is $9/eighteen.
Not corporate greed. Think about how many slaughter houses, egg farms, chicken farms etc. Have been burned down in the last few years. Maybe it's corporate greed, but an extra few dollars on a carton of eggs isn't the kind of money their investors are playing with.
No it’s not. It’s consumer stupidity. Nobody needs coke. It’s not tasty, it doesn’t have any medicinal or nutritional value, it doesn’t satisfy hunger, it’s actually bad for health. There is just basically no need to buy that crap.
Brit here. Prices jumped from like £2 for a carton of 10, to £4. They've gone down a bit now tho. Also, up until like 7 weeks ago, we were facing major bird flu outbreaks too. So our flocks are only just starting to recover. Doesn't help that most of our producers are local (albeit large-scale) farmers, so they were disproportionately hit. Also, farmers were getting screwed by suppliers, so in spite they transformed a lot of their farms from either purely egg, or chicken and egg, to purely chicken.
@@andrewgrasman8951 it’s borderline gouging, not really but enough to where it’s legal. They’re literally taking advantage of a flu that went around a year ago to raise prices. It’s one thing if they come out and say hey we just wanna make money, or say nothing. But to combat the hate they literally said it was cuz of the flu which is not true lol
No. That's not only wrong but such a ridiculous copout. Government shouldn't need to regulate ANY prices. What you shallow idiots don't understand is that they do, in a sense, by creating soft monopolies/corporatocracy through regulatory capture. They make the price to enter the market as competition excessive. They make the price to operate via taxes, fees, permits, regulations etc more expensive that importing foreign goods. Government, as usual, is the root of the problem AND the ones gatekeeping the solution (which is to stop doing what they're doing).
This isn't just happening with eggs... its everything. Food in general, rent prices, all big chains/brands. All the big brands and stores had reclrd breaking profits last year but are claiming they need to raise prices still for xyz excuse.
Used to be in the low $2 per dozen range where I live. Now it's the high $9 range and they're limiting it so that u can only buy 3 dozen before u have to spend $15 per dozen.
@@AkiEditz45 I live in the Midwestern US in a community of a little over 100 people. Everybody knows everybody and it’s very nice - I could never live in a city again. On clear nights, the stars are absolutely stunning, being hundreds of miles from any big cities. I highly recommend, if ever you get the chance, visiting the countryside.
I live in a village in rural Germany, we have a 84 year old farmer where you get one dozen egg for 2 dollars and the prices haven’t increased since 2021
Price gouging is a nonsense term. The objective of a business is to maximize their profits. The real problem is government regulations stifling competition and limiting supply. Higher supply, lower prices.
@@doom9698 Cause it's ALWAYS the governments fault. I'm not saying they're angels, far from it. But maybe, just MAYBE, the rich people aren't actually looking out for us and price gouging is actually a thing? Maybe you're getting fleeced by someone trying to make a quick buck off of the food we need to live?
@@doom9698 just because thats their objective doesnt mean they are wise about it. They know eggs are a staple that people will buy no matter what so there is no incentive to not just price it high af and blame conditions outside their control.
I started buying my eggs from a farmer's shop and the eggs are significantly cheaper. It's really nice to go there because you can see what a fair price is for the farmers. Milk is more expensive, something farmers complain about is the price they get for milk. Cheese is the roughly same price, so it's probably fair what they ask. Fruit really depends on the fruit. Strawberries are way cheaper, apples roughly the same, raspberries are more expensive. Everything they sell is local and in season. I hope they'll add vegetables at some point.
In the Philippines, Onions are as pricey as meats and fish. And our neighbours onions remains the same. I guess each country has its own mafia in the agricultural industry.
@@coolkidvt01 At this point, since all the eggs have already been replaced many times over, yes. But, with that said, the farm’s costs have gone up I am sure, feed and fuel, I feel equally confident it’s is not by 4x.
@@garrettyankton5411 It's actually not that hard. Eggs are perishable. You just boycott enough to where they are losing product to hurt them back. It's not like they'll keep prices high forever in hopes that you'll just give in.
In my country they passed a law years ago that's just come into effect, prohibiting cage raised eggs, and one of the major supermarket chains are now only accepting free range eggs. So a bunch of egg farmers just gave up and changed their business. Eggs have gone up to almost $0.9 each, from lowest $0.3.
As a Canadian, it's about $3.50 to $4 CAD for a 12 pack of eggs, it's higher than it was, but it is still wayyyyy less than what people have shared in the US.
3 is better. 21 eggs average a week. I feed my self, my three children's families and occasionally have enough for friends . They do poo a massive amount but thats great to compost .
You gonna tell Pillsbury, Kraft, ConAgra, Barilla, and hundreds of other businesses that rely on eggs to make bread, pasta, sauces, etc to shut down too? 🤔
@@cantthinkofagoodname9102 buy from local farms most everywhere has somone that localy sells eggs within 30 mins to a hour of were you live in some places like were I live it's actually cheaper and takes less time to go to our neighbors and buy a couple cartons than to even drive all the way to the store plus along with sticking it to these assholes your also supporting local business
I think companies learned during the pandemic that demand for a lot of products is not as elastic as they previously thought. Yeah that’s not a good thing. Wealth inequality was bad enough before the pandemic
When I started keeping chickens in 2018, I assumed it would always be more expensive to keep chickens than buy eggs. But then egg prices hit like $6/dz. They've gone back down now, but for a while I was keeping my family and our friends in eggs
My first year of college (2020) I used to buy the 5 dozen boxes from walmart for $7. Now at my local walmart the same box is $22. It’s absolutely absurd.
Everything prices have gone up in canada, around the end of 2021 it had a slight bump, I went home for Christmas and came back to college and my regular "feed myself for 40 dollars" was now almost 80
Prague, Czechia. I feel like maybe 1 or in some stores 2 crowns per egg since I moved here 6 months ago. So roughly 5-10 cents USD per egg. But quite honestly, before Christmas and Easter, eggs are often sold in special offers for all the baking. In October, I remember eggs being sold 4-5 CZK/egg ($0.20-0.25), now it’s 5-6 ($0.25-0.30) in some stores 7, but before Christmas, I’ve seen special offers with eggs at 3 crowns, and I see them now as well.
Heyo, if you want eggs and don't wanna pay the outrageous prices at the store, pay the same price for local eggs. I'm certain there's someone with chickens in a 20 mile radius of you who's advertising their eggs.
If the cause is the greed of corporations, boycotting eggs will have a minimal effect, as they don't just sell eggs. You would have to boycott everything sold by the corporation for one month or more to make a difference in their overall profits. For example, during the 1 month boycott of eggs, the corporation could easily raise the price of milk, sugar, and coffee and lose no money.
Here in upper Arkansas, a dozen is sold for about $6. Edit to add: Normal price was around $1.50. Edit #2: just so people don't get confused, this comment is old. Egg prices have since changed drastically. Please don't mock or insinuate that I am incorrect about the prices. That was over two weeks ago. They're back down to normal now.
nah, eggs will NOT get disrupted. too many buyers. it would be a speed bump to them. 1) bakers/bakeries 2) home use 3) restaurants 4) phamaceuticals (idk, they have egg somewhere i think in vaccines) sorry but eggs are like water, milk, grain, and corn. its a top 15 food source.
You gonna tell Pillsbury, Kraft, ConAgra, Barilla, and hundreds of other businesses that rely on eggs to make bread, pasta, sauces, etc to shut down too? 🤔
This might just be one of my "Grandpa, go back to the old folks home" moments, but I swear back in 2017, my CAD Professor in college said that the US was going to have an egg issue soon, so she went out and brought a whole rookery (Whatever the birdhouse for chickens is called) and said she would just make them herself. Guess she got the last laugh.
Yeah, it got all messed up pretty quick. I actually, know the owner of oakdale farms very very well and they had to kill all 3.3 million chickens they had because of an illness. They have about 1.1 million chickens now and should be getting more soon. So prices skyrocketed
This is why I have Australorp chickens. They produce 1 to 2 eggs each day. And my food waste is so low because they eat almost anything. I encourage everyone to have chickens. Great pets too, very tame and loving.
My local produce stand that sells farm fresh eggs has not raised their prices. Great tasting, free range, organic (what other check-boxes are there?) and its cheaper than the grocery store. Support the little guy.
6 years ago I was working my first job as a dairy worker at jewel osco, stacking dozens of eggs on sale for $0.50 each. Only The premium cage free organic no pesticide eggs were $3+
Most suburban and urban areas likely prohibit you from keeping chickens, cows, pigs, horses, goats, donkeys, or other farm animals within their borders. Imagine the chaos if they ever got loose. Roosters also crow at the ass crack of dawn, which is often too early for most noise ordinances.
Detroit area is at $4-5 per dozen. We used to be at $1.50-2 before COVID. My local egg hobbyists have told me that the grain price is up enough that they had to start charging $2.50 instead of $1.50. The purina feed problem may not be helping, since the formula has created a severe drop in egg production in the chickens.
Here in southern New Mexico, they were just shy of $9.00 an 18ct ($6 per dozen) for the cheaper Walmart brand eggs, and even higher for free range and organic eggs, at their highest… They have settled down at around $4 a dozen, which is still really high in my opinion. I miss when eggs were a dime apiece…
Mine all depends on what carton you get. 4.67 for the cardboard carton, 6.37 for Styrofoam, 8.97 for 2 dozen from the same supplier as the 6.37 Styrofoam guys.
As a cashier, I know the struggles of eggs. In the holiday season of last year, Thanksgiving to New Year's a single 18ct carton of eggs was $10.87. For whatever reason, in mid-Janurary, my store did a single-day special, which lasted three days, where a 18ct carton of eggs was $4.99. It was the only store that did this in my entire city, and in those three days, we sold two entire shipments of eggs. Now, those same 18ct cartons are $7-$8, which isn't good, but it's better than it once was.
Organic eggs used to be about $4/dozen in Madison compared to $1-2.50 for conventional. They went to $3.50 mid pandemic. They’re $5.50 at a local grocery cooperative now and $6 at Whole Foods. I haven’t heard of any bird flu euthanasia on organic egg farms either.
Yup, used to be able to get a dozen for about 84 cents in Missouri, now it's like 4.28 For an 18 ct it's as much as a family size of bacon. BACON. WHY WOULD I BUY EGGS FOR CHEAP PROTEIN IF ITS EXPENSIVE AS ACTUAL MEAT. We're in the Midwest, this shits supposed to be cheap for us
I've had chickens for about 5 years now one's ever been interested enough in them to approach the house until this year. I've had several neighbors asking me to sell them eggs. I'm also a truck driver and from July 2020- July 2022 I had an egg load at least once a month. It's been at least 9 months since I've picked up any eggs.
The government has a mandated price ceiling on food and gas. Which is why food prices stay consistent, but when they do finally raise prices, they rarely go back down. I remember in 2001, on September 10th gas prices were less than 2 dollars a gallon, on September 12th they were 6 dollars a gallon, and by the 15th they were over 3 dollars a gallon. They haven't been below 2 dollars since. It is not a change in supply and demand, it is a case of how much they can charge before the government steps in and tells them no.
In my area they tried to charge us over 5 dollars for a dozen eggs, over double the price. No one bought them like they used to, within a month the prices went down slowly until now where it’s at 3.50. Just like the price increase, I am over 100% sure they were price gouging. Also bill gates has been buying all the farmland, so I wonder why the groceries became so expensive since then? Very puzzling….
About 2 months ago, our egg prices went up drastically. ($20 for five dozen) They didn't take into account that Tractor Supply just got their supply of chicks in.... Prices are back down to $10 for the 5 dozen. Tractor Supply had really good sales though....
An eighteen pack of eggs in PA in my town used to be 3.99 or 4.99, present day they are now 8.99-12.99, or even more expensive depending on where you shop
There is a hungarian meme about a lady screaming that she isnt going to cook for her husband because an egg is 100 forint (around 30 cent) but that was long ago and its still around that price.
In one of Polish supermarket chains, the price of a 20-egg box went up by about a 3rd. from +- 10-11 PLN up to 15-16 PLN. so it went up from about 2.5$ up to 4-5$
A lot of people have forgot that you can make people do the things that you need or want them to do by murdering them and then when new people get put in their place they don’t want to be murdered like the last person so they do the thing correctly. It’s talked about a lot like a lot a lot in history books but people forgot all about that technique.
Here in Greece the government just decided to outlaw the ownership of farm animals inside settlements, close to touristic areas and 500 meters from the sea. Also the numbers allowed without being a farmers are 6 chickens 2 goats or sheep and their offsprings until 4 months old and 1 horse mule or donkey. All these while food prices are higher than ever. A liter of milk costs like 2.5€
Yeah, I live next to one of the largest egg distributors in the west, I volunteered to help this dispose of over 60,000 dead birds. Bird flu is a very real problem and it’s effecting egg prices
Feed prices are through the roof. My monthly chicken feed costs have more than doubled. Most chickens aren't laying right now. Egg production decreases when daylight decreases. Unless you have chickens AND the means to preserve dozens of eggs over the winter, so most of the US, you'd still be buying eggs right now.
"Because we can" is usually the answer to increased prices.
“Because we have a fiduciary responsibility to our shareholders”
That would be too honest of an answer
Because capitalism is evil
one more thing, when the gas price skyrocketed everything went crazy but for a reason, even tho gas and eggs have nothing to do with each other at the end of the day 90% of USA transportation is done by trucks, and what do trucks use as fuel ?
This is why competition is important. That’s not the reason if everything is increasing in price.
I absolutely hate how supply and demand hardly applies to modern economics.
Once the demand goes down they just keep the prices the same
It never did. It was a convenient fiction for capitalists to imagine themselves to be virtuous.
10 pesos
Just buy local.
@@ajgraham7085 local is not cheaper. If you're financially struggling and need cheaper produce. What do you think those local farmers are going through with their expenses?
It’s about elasticity, since the price elasticity of demand for eggs is not very elastic, as eggs are a necessity, price hikes won’t have the same impact on demand as they would for other goods so businesses take advantage. It’s still supply and demand, but the demand slope is pretty steep
Egg prices were fairly stable throughout 2022 in my area (Oregon). It's only been the last three month an 18 count carton of eggs went from $2.52 to $6.25. Price gouging pure and simple.
Its not price gauging, well, not as bad as we think. I actually, know the owner of oakdale farms very very well and they had to kill all 3.3 million chickens they had because of an illness. They have about 1.1 million chickens now and should be getting more soon. So the egg prices skyrocketed due to a major chicken farm losing its supply. Prices should hopefully go down soon
Damn broke ppl really be checking prices yall need to get your money up fr fr
Idk why it’s that much where you live at but I’m in ny and egg prices at Walmart are still $3.50 an 18 pack
@@LT72884 No, the vast majority of it was pure price gouging. What he said in the video is true. The largest egg supplier was not affected at all but still raised their prices 150%, just because they could.
@@DrMattHH that could be true. Oakdale is only one farm out of many.
And this is why you find locals that raise their own chickens and buy directly
Or… you push for regulations that prevent the food industry from overblowing and taking advantage of perceived problems? During covid the meat industry did the same shit, making record profits while selling less meat and saying the price increase was due to “supply chain”.
Finding a local supplier is short term and only resolves the problem for you. Why not find a long term solution that protects everyone (except CEO’s bonuses).
@@kipp4805 stfu, quit depending on laws, we already have enough leftover bs from the past few wars, and historical events fucking us over
@@kipp4805 If you don’t want them pricing it that high, don’t buy regardless, being stupid is a problem of the individual and not the collective
@@Karma-ml4tt that’s the most ass backwards take lmao. Eggs are inelastic. It’s like saying “oh you can’t afford gas? You shouldn’t drive then.” While completely ignoring the reality that we’ve built a society that requires you to have a car to get anywhere. Eggs are supposed to be THE affordable source of protein, especially for lower income households. Stop shilling CEOs that are taking advantage of you and millions of Americans by overcharging for eggs on the faulty premise of “market conditions”.
@@kipp4805
Buying locally is actually the only sensible answer.
Regulations are important, but costly to businesses and consumers. They tend to increase prices due to adding financial restrictions and requirements on businesses which of course the business will want to generate the money from the consumer to pay for.
Buying from someone else directly takes away their profits, which is highly impactful for perishable goods as they cannot just keep stock and hope the demand for their product goes up or it will spoil and be unsellable.
You ended up making an argument that these things are necessities like gas.
There are two problems with this:
1. It's incorrect. Even in America, a car is not required to live life. If is just heavily pushed to keep the automotive industry more profitable. Gas might be important for driving, but we consume more than twice the amount of gas required to move us all around - we don't all need to drive.
2. Let's assume it's true for a moment. If so, then you cannot claim you're being taken advantage of. If the cost of the item (like gas) is still low enough that you're buying it then that's just supply and demand. If you were being taken advantage of, then the cost would be high enough that you'd realize you cannot actually buy it.
3. Eggs are not and were not the cheapest source of protein. Even pretending like you can't go purchase 36g of protein for less than $1.30 right now, have you never heard of beans? Beans are such a cheap source of protein that they are used as staple foods even in poor countries.
But Karma is absolutely right, if you are buying the product then you're the problem. You can complain something is unaffordable while it's still so affordable you feel it's more worth it to buy it than not.
farmers have been speaking up about how corporations are barely paying them enough for their eggs then just increasing the prices a ton in the store. it’s not inflation, it’s corporations
The overwhelming majority of individual egg farms are breeder farms not commercial eggs
I figured that from the beginning
In Mexico we have a "basic basket" of food and toiletries that are closely monitored by the government so those prices don't go up too high.
@@chinchillamdgamer that's so good
Well it is inflation but mainly your correct
"because they'll still buy it."
That's the real answer.
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Can't survive without it you mean...
Eventually, "buying it" will be evicted from thought. But its good thing you can find another egg. From local too, even have your own chicken and label it as the family pet. Sue the life out of those who may kill the family pet. Or just outright make them vanish.
I mean this isn't just the answer for eggs it's for everything. Car prices, houses, rent. People will always need it let's just see how much debt we can keep them in before they revolt.
The perfect reason why eggs have gone up 5 bucks for 18 to 15 bucks for 18
I'm not lol just have chimpkens of mine own
North Alabama - an 18 count carton of large eggs used to be $1.68 at Walmart. That same exact carton is now $6.78. Highway robbery. My ex in-laws have chickens and they only use about $5.00 worth of feed for their 12 hens and that money translates to about 10 dozen eggs that are way better than supermarket ones. So we know full well that there's no way commercial feed and overhead costs what they say it does. NWIH....
South Alabama. The normal stores are equally outrageous. Try Aldi. They're around $2.50 for a dozen here.
They were $2.09 a dozen at Aldi in Minnesota yesterday
It’s $3.50 for me at my Walmart, new Hartford ny though. Probably local farms
We're close to $8 for 18 eggs here in WY.
You have to consider those eggs also get shipped multiple times. With fuel/energy costs going up it's extremely noticeable on cheap products like eggs.
For the longest time, eggs were the only way to sustain myself on a budget while in College.
You can still get egg whites at Costco cheap af
Same here. Crazy that in the span of 5 years since I graduated that eggs have gone from a cheap protein to a luxury product
@@erb6411last 5 years have been crazy used to be able to get a decent car for 15k now u need atleast 35
$22 for eggs. I don’t buy eggs anymore nor do I buy gas, I ride my stallion and get yelled at by security.
For how many eggs? For $22, it should be at least 50 eggs.
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Bought a fully electric while to get around myself
$2.70 for a dozen in where I am in the US I dunno what you're talking about
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I'm glad some people are pointing this out. It's not just eggs either, many consumer goods have had their prices increase way more than added costs would dictate. So many companies that have been complaining about supply chain issues have also been reporting record-breaking profits. Corporate greed is destroying our wallets. It's time we stand up against them and insist on more price-gouging regulations.
Yes! Just don't buy anything but the cheapest stuff! Then we can buy the stuff we want again!
The answer isn't what you think it's actually a lot simpler stop supporting corporations by buying their products.......buy local / small business major corporations won't last long if people stop supporting them
Cheapest pack of a dozen eggs in my local market is $5.49, most expensive is $13.99. Also as long as you stay in the same brand, price per egg value is stagnant for 18 packs if available. So a $6/dozen brand is $9/eighteen.
This is why everyone should keep 3-4 hens in their back yard.
If only city coding would allow that in all places... not to mention how many people live in appointments. 😭 I miss being able to have chickens.
Yeah, because everyone can just do that lol
Eggs used to be $2 a dozen now they're like $8 a dozen
Inflation amirite
8!!??? nigga in my country we pay $1.06 and complain
getting yourself an egg-laying hen cost ten bucks just throwing that out there
$9.23 a dozen here in San Diego 😮
Probably as high as $12 if you get it from somewhere that is inherently more expensive like a gas station.
A 12 pack of coke is $9... It's not inflation, it's corporate greed
Not corporate greed. Think about how many slaughter houses, egg farms, chicken farms etc. Have been burned down in the last few years. Maybe it's corporate greed, but an extra few dollars on a carton of eggs isn't the kind of money their investors are playing with.
No it’s not. It’s consumer stupidity. Nobody needs coke. It’s not tasty, it doesn’t have any medicinal or nutritional value, it doesn’t satisfy hunger, it’s actually bad for health. There is just basically no need to buy that crap.
@@inkySaccharine who tf said anything about eggs
Yea, hate how the drug dealers be inflating their prices.
@@inkySaccharinehe said coca cola. do u weirdos even read or just go straight to commenting none sense
At a realistic scenario the boss would have said you are fired after the second time
Brit here. Prices jumped from like £2 for a carton of 10, to £4. They've gone down a bit now tho. Also, up until like 7 weeks ago, we were facing major bird flu outbreaks too. So our flocks are only just starting to recover. Doesn't help that most of our producers are local (albeit large-scale) farmers, so they were disproportionately hit. Also, farmers were getting screwed by suppliers, so in spite they transformed a lot of their farms from either purely egg, or chicken and egg, to purely chicken.
It ain't the farmers, its the companies buying them.
It's avian influenza
@@alpha-9lasthope no.
@@marmar3530 yes
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@Alpha-9 last hope if yes then it's the government forcing the higher prices taking these precautions because the bird flue isn't an issue
We've stopped bullying companies so they're starting to get cocky because they know they can get away with it
This comment used to be corny but unfortunately it has some truth to it now
They're literally just doing capitalism, selling at the price that makes them the most money
@@andrewgrasman8951 it’s borderline gouging, not really but enough to where it’s legal. They’re literally taking advantage of a flu that went around a year ago to raise prices. It’s one thing if they come out and say hey we just wanna make money, or say nothing. But to combat the hate they literally said it was cuz of the flu which is not true lol
@@andrewgrasman8951 and?
When we give up our control to government, companies buy that control off them.
the price of chickens is down but the price of eggs is high
This is what happens when people think “regulating cost of any product is government overreach.”
ON GOD
This happens in socialist countries too.
No. That's not only wrong but such a ridiculous copout.
Government shouldn't need to regulate ANY prices. What you shallow idiots don't understand is that they do, in a sense, by creating soft monopolies/corporatocracy through regulatory capture.
They make the price to enter the market as competition excessive. They make the price to operate via taxes, fees, permits, regulations etc more expensive that importing foreign goods.
Government, as usual, is the root of the problem AND the ones gatekeeping the solution (which is to stop doing what they're doing).
I've always had a saying. "Corporations don't want to just make money. They want to make all the money"
That's just capitalism
@@botslike5720 even in socialism it worked that way
This isn't just happening with eggs... its everything. Food in general, rent prices, all big chains/brands. All the big brands and stores had reclrd breaking profits last year but are claiming they need to raise prices still for xyz excuse.
But they can’t possibly afford higher wages…
In my area rent is finally starting to go down
Gas prices as well.
Should be illegal for corporations to own homes.
@@TobyHine wages have gotten higher, just not to the rate of inflation
Used to be in the low $2 per dozen range where I live. Now it's the high $9 range and they're limiting it so that u can only buy 3 dozen before u have to spend $15 per dozen.
Here in south west Michigan, Walmart eggs are eggs are $2.22/dozen so almost back to normal.
That’s why I raise my own laying hens: free eggs for me, and I sell them to the rest of my village for very cheap. It’s a win-win
wheres yo village at i wanna live there
@@AkiEditz45
I live in the Midwestern US in a community of a little over 100 people. Everybody knows everybody and it’s very nice - I could never live in a city again. On clear nights, the stars are absolutely stunning, being hundreds of miles from any big cities. I highly recommend, if ever you get the chance, visiting the countryside.
@@AkiEditz45bro, my city lets you have two hens.
Ya but most people don't have much time to raise it or they just lazy.
@@zarcadioszfraous2192
Looks like they’re gonna be buying expensive eggs then 💀
I live in a village in rural Germany, we have a 84 year old farmer where you get one dozen egg for 2 dollars and the prices haven’t increased since 2021
I have always loved rural villages. how is it like in Germany?
@@DaGrinch1 we dont have wifi, cars and no Smartphones only books horses and trees
I was actually not hurt at all because my family has enough chickens to sell eggs once in a while so we didn't need to buy any eggs at all.
Considering that corporations are reporting record-breaking profits, I would say the number one reason prices are going up on everything is greed.
Price gouging and greed at work. Prices have gone up by about $5
Price gouging is a nonsense term. The objective of a business is to maximize their profits. The real problem is government regulations stifling competition and limiting supply. Higher supply, lower prices.
@@doom9698 Cause it's ALWAYS the governments fault. I'm not saying they're angels, far from it. But maybe, just MAYBE, the rich people aren't actually looking out for us and price gouging is actually a thing? Maybe you're getting fleeced by someone trying to make a quick buck off of the food we need to live?
Have you considered inflation
@@doom9698 just because thats their objective doesnt mean they are wise about it. They know eggs are a staple that people will buy no matter what so there is no incentive to not just price it high af and blame conditions outside their control.
Where you getting $5 increase. I can get 18 for like 3.50 in Washington a not cheap state to live
I started buying my eggs from a farmer's shop and the eggs are significantly cheaper. It's really nice to go there because you can see what a fair price is for the farmers. Milk is more expensive, something farmers complain about is the price they get for milk. Cheese is the roughly same price, so it's probably fair what they ask. Fruit really depends on the fruit. Strawberries are way cheaper, apples roughly the same, raspberries are more expensive. Everything they sell is local and in season. I hope they'll add vegetables at some point.
It is the same in Singapore. Price is almost doubled as compared to pre Covid.
In the Philippines, Onions are as pricey as meats and fish.
And our neighbours onions remains the same.
I guess each country has its own mafia in the agricultural industry.
The same eggs I would get for $0.99 is now $3.98. An increase of about 400%. And our eggs are LOCAL !!!!
So.. its just raising prices for greed??
@@coolkidvt01 At this point, since all the eggs have already been replaced many times over, yes. But, with that said, the farm’s costs have gone up I am sure, feed and fuel, I feel equally confident it’s is not by 4x.
i’m paying 6 dollars! where are you paying only 4??
@@ashleywhispers4331 cub foods in Minnesota, previously these were 1.99. Then increased to 2.49. Now it's 3.99.
Box of eggs a month ago was 11.99 for dozen eggs. Told my wife we are skipping eggs for a couple weeks
i work at aldi and they were $5 for a dozen at their highest. now they’re back down to $3.
Aldi is a great value
Sounds like the oil, electricity and gas prices in the United Kingdom at the moment ngl
He’s like that one kid who asks to many questions
We just need to take a stand together and not buy eggs for a month or two
Good luck because it’s extremely hard to get a boycott to work
@@garrettyankton5411 It's actually not that hard. Eggs are perishable. You just boycott enough to where they are losing product to hurt them back.
It's not like they'll keep prices high forever in hopes that you'll just give in.
I'm already doing it by not even needing eggs for my cooking. Instant boycott on my local ranches
buy local. we sell them here for $4 for 18.
Yup, already boycotting it. Eggs used to be the cheapest source of protein and a breakfast staple to me. Will not buy one till they stop gouging us!
WE START BUYING CHICKENS AND STOP BUYING EGGS THE PRICES WLL DROP
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The cost of corn ,and grain will go up much higher defeating the purpose of buying chicken
Corn is extremely subsidized and oversupplied in America. Doubtful
@@ideallyjekyl5200 it will drop the cost of eggs. Duh. It's called supply and demand. You lower the demand the supplier can't make as much money
We have chickens. Have you seen the price of feed? Even if you free range them, they still need feed.
In my country they passed a law years ago that's just come into effect, prohibiting cage raised eggs, and one of the major supermarket chains are now only accepting free range eggs. So a bunch of egg farmers just gave up and changed their business. Eggs have gone up to almost $0.9 each, from lowest $0.3.
Lucky to find any in a British supermarket at the moment! Tesco,Asda,Aldi all had none last week!
32 count eggs last year cost $4.00 at Walmart. Now it's $25 for the same box.
In the UK that is like £3.00
What? From 4 to 25?
As a Canadian, it's about $3.50 to $4 CAD for a 12 pack of eggs, it's higher than it was, but it is still wayyyyy less than what people have shared in the US.
I'm in the US, Marland, and a dozen eggs is over $7 USD... used to be like $2....
@@ashleyboo89same in Maryland it's 7 bucks
@@ashleyboo89 cali 10$ here
@@ashleyboo89 It's $3.36 for a 12 pack in Texas.
Ohio here, our 12 pack went from ≈$3.60 to $8. Seen another for $18, but not sure how many were in there.
Boss- “no because of inflation.”
It's why I believe at least every other house hold in the US needs two hens
3 is better. 21 eggs average a week. I feed my self, my three children's families and occasionally have enough for friends . They do poo a massive amount but thats great to compost .
Easy fix. If we all agree to strike against buying eggs for a couple months I guarantee the prices will drop dramatically.
But I need them to keep my gainz up
I'm already on it
You gonna tell Pillsbury, Kraft, ConAgra, Barilla, and hundreds of other businesses that rely on eggs to make bread, pasta, sauces, etc to shut down too? 🤔
@@thetinpin No of course not. I'm actually trying to get egg prices over $50 a dozen so only rich white men like me can buy them.
@@cantthinkofagoodname9102 buy from local farms most everywhere has somone that localy sells eggs within 30 mins to a hour of were you live in some places like were I live it's actually cheaper and takes less time to go to our neighbors and buy a couple cartons than to even drive all the way to the store plus along with sticking it to these assholes your also supporting local business
My neighbor raises chickens. Imma steal his shit when he’s not looking.
I think companies learned during the pandemic that demand for a lot of products is not as elastic as they previously thought. Yeah that’s not a good thing. Wealth inequality was bad enough before the pandemic
What?! Greedy corporations are… GREEDY?! That’s unfathomable!
I’m pretty sure the point that was supposed to be taken was that inflation isn’t the main contender of rising prices, as some people believe.
Him: "Hey boss. Why are we still pricing our eggs so high?"
Boss: "Cause we can"
its not wrong. typically you price things as high as the market can handle
@@MrPaxio yeah
"Because we're high 👽"
In my. Area we get eggs for 86 cents for a dozen ☕ america
“No one’s ever shorted the egg market before!”
When I started keeping chickens in 2018, I assumed it would always be more expensive to keep chickens than buy eggs. But then egg prices hit like $6/dz. They've gone back down now, but for a while I was keeping my family and our friends in eggs
Once a price goes up for something like eggs, it almost never goes back down.
My first year of college (2020) I used to buy the 5 dozen boxes from walmart for $7. Now at my local walmart the same box is $22. It’s absolutely absurd.
Thats crazy. My Walmart has 5 dozen eggs for $14, plus we have no sales tax.
Everything prices have gone up in canada, around the end of 2021 it had a slight bump, I went home for Christmas and came back to college and my regular "feed myself for 40 dollars" was now almost 80
Prague, Czechia. I feel like maybe 1 or in some stores 2 crowns per egg since I moved here 6 months ago. So roughly 5-10 cents USD per egg. But quite honestly, before Christmas and Easter, eggs are often sold in special offers for all the baking. In October, I remember eggs being sold 4-5 CZK/egg ($0.20-0.25), now it’s 5-6 ($0.25-0.30) in some stores 7, but before Christmas, I’ve seen special offers with eggs at 3 crowns, and I see them now as well.
I call for a boycott of eggs, for one month, who’s with me?
Solid idea won't do much without a lot of publicity tho
Heyo, if you want eggs and don't wanna pay the outrageous prices at the store, pay the same price for local eggs. I'm certain there's someone with chickens in a 20 mile radius of you who's advertising their eggs.
Buy a chicken. Have your own fresh eggs. Will be cheaper and better for your health in the long run.
@@_khaine I would love to, and I hope to someday, but I live in an apartment right now
If the cause is the greed of corporations, boycotting eggs will have a minimal effect, as they don't just sell eggs. You would have to boycott everything sold by the corporation for one month or more to make a difference in their overall profits.
For example, during the 1 month boycott of eggs, the corporation could easily raise the price of milk, sugar, and coffee and lose no money.
Here in upper Arkansas, a dozen is sold for about $6.
Edit to add: Normal price was around $1.50.
Edit #2: just so people don't get confused, this comment is old. Egg prices have since changed drastically. Please don't mock or insinuate that I am incorrect about the prices. That was over two weeks ago. They're back down to normal now.
Ours in Michigan used to be $1.12 a dozen at Walmart and now they are over $5. It's ridiculous!
And the dude said America is paying more for eggs than canada🤦.
Yall paying 5-6.. we're paying 8-9
Sameish in Ohio.
Shit man thats really high. In my country. During summer we can can get around 30 eggs for a $1.50
8 dollars here the other day in minnesota
The egg prices in Missouri went from $1.50 per dozen to anywhere from $3.00 to $5.00 per dozen.
You will ruffle some feathers in the industry with this short. Pun not intended
If we all could just get together and stop buying for two weeks it would disrupt the industry
nah, eggs will NOT get disrupted.
too many buyers.
it would be a speed bump to them.
1) bakers/bakeries
2) home use
3) restaurants
4) phamaceuticals (idk, they have egg somewhere i think in vaccines)
sorry but eggs are like water, milk, grain, and corn. its a top 15 food source.
Restaurants. When I worked at Cracker Barrel, we would use 15 cases of eggs every week. Sometimes more.
14 days to flatten the curve...
You gonna tell Pillsbury, Kraft, ConAgra, Barilla, and hundreds of other businesses that rely on eggs to make bread, pasta, sauces, etc to shut down too? 🤔
@@thetinpin they probably have their own chicken farms
This might just be one of my "Grandpa, go back to the old folks home" moments, but I swear back in 2017, my CAD Professor in college said that the US was going to have an egg issue soon, so she went out and brought a whole rookery (Whatever the birdhouse for chickens is called) and said she would just make them herself. Guess she got the last laugh.
Yeah, it got all messed up pretty quick. I actually, know the owner of oakdale farms very very well and they had to kill all 3.3 million chickens they had because of an illness. They have about 1.1 million chickens now and should be getting more soon. So prices skyrocketed
I'm so glad I live rural and raise my own chickens! At one point, organic eggs where I live in Texas were $8 a dozen. It's crazy
It's almost like supply and demand is a short term sales tactic and not a viable long term economic model
This is why I have Australorp chickens. They produce 1 to 2 eggs each day. And my food waste is so low because they eat almost anything. I encourage everyone to have chickens. Great pets too, very tame and loving.
Yeah, and they have a better taste.
the chicken on strike ?
In PR egg prices are between $5-$6 a dozen, and 18 egg carton is like $10.
In India for dozen eggs $1
En Humacao están 30 huevos a $10, y de Nada te salve la vida 😉
I see math is not as strong as baseball
A box of 32 or so eggs was arround $5 now its like $27.
@@akashreddy9449 used to be so incredibly cheap now i don't even buy them anymore
supply chains realized that even for the high prices of eggs, consumers are still paying for them, so why decide to drop the price?
Oh no my eggs cost more now…
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In the UK the supermarkets are deliberately reducing orders to make people think there is a shortage and keep prices high.
My local produce stand that sells farm fresh eggs has not raised their prices. Great tasting, free range, organic (what other check-boxes are there?) and its cheaper than the grocery store. Support the little guy.
Same, I bought 2 dozen organic local eggs for $3 each a few weeks ago.
"Organic" is a nonsensical term to apply to eggs. Unless someone is somehow creating synthetic eggs... If it comes from a chicken, it's organic.
@@ObservationofLimits non-organic eggs would be ones where the chicken was pumped full of hormones or antibiotics.
6 years ago I was working my first job as a dairy worker at jewel osco, stacking dozens of eggs on sale for $0.50 each. Only The premium cage free organic no pesticide eggs were $3+
My local butcher is selling eggs at $5 for 2 dozen. The local grocery stores are ~$6/dozen
People need to start realizing that keeping your own chickens is the way.
Peeps (chicks) went from $3 to $15 - 18
If 1 in 3 people had chickens the market would evaporate.
And I’m stuck living in an area with ordinances against owning anything considered a farm animal, and it specifies chickens and the like…
Thats what I said to my employee and she said the area she lives in doesn't allow you to raise chickens so it really depends on where you live
Most suburban and urban areas likely prohibit you from keeping chickens, cows, pigs, horses, goats, donkeys, or other farm animals within their borders. Imagine the chaos if they ever got loose.
Roosters also crow at the ass crack of dawn, which is often too early for most noise ordinances.
Detroit area is at $4-5 per dozen. We used to be at $1.50-2 before COVID. My local egg hobbyists have told me that the grain price is up enough that they had to start charging $2.50 instead of $1.50. The purina feed problem may not be helping, since the formula has created a severe drop in egg production in the chickens.
Here in southern New Mexico, they were just shy of $9.00 an 18ct ($6 per dozen) for the cheaper Walmart brand eggs, and even higher for free range and organic eggs, at their highest… They have settled down at around $4 a dozen, which is still really high in my opinion.
I miss when eggs were a dime apiece…
Actual reason: Economics tells us that we can still go higher because the demand isn't dropping as much
When they are 4.59 a dozen at Aldi, there’s an issue
Wow my eggs cost around $11.49 where I live wtf
Walmart is cheaper 36 eggs for $9
Mine all depends on what carton you get. 4.67 for the cardboard carton, 6.37 for Styrofoam, 8.97 for 2 dozen from the same supplier as the 6.37 Styrofoam guys.
As a cashier, I know the struggles of eggs. In the holiday season of last year, Thanksgiving to New Year's a single 18ct carton of eggs was $10.87.
For whatever reason, in mid-Janurary, my store did a single-day special, which lasted three days, where a 18ct carton of eggs was $4.99.
It was the only store that did this in my entire city, and in those three days, we sold two entire shipments of eggs.
Now, those same 18ct cartons are $7-$8, which isn't good, but it's better than it once was.
Organic eggs used to be about $4/dozen in Madison compared to $1-2.50 for conventional. They went to $3.50 mid pandemic. They’re $5.50 at a local grocery cooperative now and $6 at Whole Foods. I haven’t heard of any bird flu euthanasia on organic egg farms either.
Capitalizing on the opportunity is always the answer
Egg prices locally have gone from $0.77 for 18 eggs to $6.39 for 18 since this time last year.
Here in Tennessee the cheapest I've seen lately are around about $3.88 a dozen-- used to be just $0.99
Yup, used to be able to get a dozen for about 84 cents in Missouri, now it's like 4.28
For an 18 ct it's as much as a family size of bacon. BACON.
WHY WOULD I BUY EGGS FOR CHEAP PROTEIN IF ITS EXPENSIVE AS ACTUAL MEAT.
We're in the Midwest, this shits supposed to be cheap for us
I went to the US after almost 5 years last month. The egg prices really blew me away. More than double what remember them being!
I've had chickens for about 5 years now one's ever been interested enough in them to approach the house until this year. I've had several neighbors asking me to sell them eggs. I'm also a truck driver and from July 2020- July 2022 I had an egg load at least once a month. It's been at least 9 months since I've picked up any eggs.
The government has a mandated price ceiling on food and gas. Which is why food prices stay consistent, but when they do finally raise prices, they rarely go back down.
I remember in 2001, on September 10th gas prices were less than 2 dollars a gallon, on September 12th they were 6 dollars a gallon, and by the 15th they were over 3 dollars a gallon. They haven't been below 2 dollars since. It is not a change in supply and demand, it is a case of how much they can charge before the government steps in and tells them no.
Gas was 1.50 all throughout the southeast during the pandemic... even down to 1.36 someplaces.
That is why I decided not to buy another carton of eggs. People need to stop buying and let those MFs rot on the shelves
I don't even need eggs
I love me some eggs. Guess I won't be having them for a couple of months
I definitely cut down my egg usage by like 60%
I live in a suburb, our neighbors have chickens. We're getting chickens.
In my area they tried to charge us over 5 dollars for a dozen eggs, over double the price. No one bought them like they used to, within a month the prices went down slowly until now where it’s at 3.50.
Just like the price increase, I am over 100% sure they were price gouging. Also bill gates has been buying all the farmland, so I wonder why the groceries became so expensive since then? Very puzzling….
About 2 months ago, our egg prices went up drastically. ($20 for five dozen)
They didn't take into account that Tractor Supply just got their supply of chicks in....
Prices are back down to $10 for the 5 dozen.
Tractor Supply had really good sales though....
In Colorado we have increase in prices because farms are no longer allowed to sell eggs that are not cage free
An eighteen pack of eggs in PA in my town used to be 3.99 or 4.99, present day they are now 8.99-12.99, or even more expensive depending on where you shop
$7.50 a dozen in NY, $10 a dozen for free range brown eggs, $11+ for a carton of 18 regular eggs. Its absolutely insane
Wow. It's not NEARLY that bad in Canada.
@@robertkirchner7981 Yup ny sucks
Yup. Food prices in NY is insane.
It's like that in South Dakota too, the like $9 36 pack I got 2 months ago are almost $20 now
I don't know where you live in ny but I live on ny as well and they are 2.99 a dozen
There is a hungarian meme about a lady screaming that she isnt going to cook for her husband because an egg is 100 forint (around 30 cent) but that was long ago and its still around that price.
In one of Polish supermarket chains, the price of a 20-egg box went up by about a 3rd. from +- 10-11 PLN up to 15-16 PLN. so it went up from about 2.5$ up to 4-5$
A lot of people have forgot that you can make people do the things that you need or want them to do by murdering them and then when new people get put in their place they don’t want to be murdered like the last person so they do the thing correctly. It’s talked about a lot like a lot a lot in history books but people forgot all about that technique.
Eggs over here have gone up to over $20 for a dozen normal sized eggs
Where are you? A dozen jumbo never got over $5 in WV USA
Fucking cap
Seen this in Ohio for $18.
It's around 1.5 dollars here in India for a dozen eggs
I don't believe you
Here in Greece the government just decided to outlaw the ownership of farm animals inside settlements, close to touristic areas and 500 meters from the sea. Also the numbers allowed without being a farmers are 6 chickens 2 goats or sheep and their offsprings until 4 months old and 1 horse mule or donkey. All these while food prices are higher than ever. A liter of milk costs like 2.5€
Yeah, I live next to one of the largest egg distributors in the west, I volunteered to help this dispose of over 60,000 dead birds. Bird flu is a very real problem and it’s effecting egg prices
Every household should have chickens and stop paying these greedy companies
Not everyone lives in an area that can even have chickens, some of us live in cities.
If 1 in three hpuseholds had chickens there wouldn't be an egg industry. And yeah if you live in an apartment it's hard to have a chicken
Feed prices are through the roof. My monthly chicken feed costs have more than doubled. Most chickens aren't laying right now. Egg production decreases when daylight decreases. Unless you have chickens AND the means to preserve dozens of eggs over the winter, so most of the US, you'd still be buying eggs right now.
@@HellenaHanbasquet my chickens are laying rn and the feed is still cheaper than the eggs
Idk what this guy is on about cost for my chickens is nearly double from last year…medicine, feed, ect.
If somebody doesn't stand up and say we are done with greed it's not gonna stop
Grocery stores have eggs between $3.50 and $5/doz. Local farmers selling for about $7
We need to regulate corporations this abuse has gone too far