Americans shun Easter eggs as prices skyrocket

[struggle4progress]

By Fabiana Buontempo
Published April 6, 2025, 11:32 a.m. ET

Forget the eggs.

It’s no surprise that the exorbitantly high cost of eggs has Americans considering their other options — for both breakfast consumption and decorating this Easter season.

According to a study by Clarify Capital, over 30% of Americans have stopped buying eggs due to their costs ...

https://nypost.com/2025/04/06/lifestyle/americans-shun-easter-eggs-as-prices-skyrocket-so-theyre-dyeing-these-foods-instead/

[Traildogbob]

1. But

Rabbit eggs are cheaper than chicken ones.

[marybourg]

2. Some are using potatoes.

[Demovictory9]

10. Lol

[niyad]

3. Dollar tree has packs of 30 eggs for 1.25 in so many colours, if I want

to decorate.

[struggle4progress]

4. Donald Trump reveals $5 million visa 'gold card' with his face on it

[Norrrm]

15. He used his standard vocabulary:::: two weeks.

[hlthe2b]

5. I always loved to color/decorate hard boiled eggs, but I can't imagine doing so at $8/dozen or whatever

it is in your area.

I do find it sad, though...

[Srkdqltr]

6. Um... if you hard boil an egg, decorate it, you still have a hard boiled egg to use.

When not looking at it put it in the frig.

[thought crime]

7. More evidence that Trump is the Anti-Christ

[kimbutgar]

8. When my son was little we dyed eggs and hid them.

One egg wasn’t found for a month and we started having a bad smell and found the decayed egg.

After that we only used plastic eggs!

[Jit423]

11. We hide jelly beans. The yellow ones bring the highest points: 5 The red ones: 10 Black : 50 Harder to see.

[kimbutgar]

12. What a great idea!

I might do this when I substitute teach before Easter !

[Demovictory9]

9. My local market..egg area remains empty. Been empty for weeks

[Renew Deal]

13. This is the outcome of Trumps war on Easter

It’s going to take a Democratic president to get people to say Happy Easter again.

[Norrrm]

14. Two years ago, for Easter

[sakabatou]

16. And here I am, wondering who uses real eggs these days.

All I remember is people using reusable hollow eggs, and stuff them with candy.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Maybe hide little single-serving portions of vegan egg substitute ? nt

Or eggplants ?