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RockRaven

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16. Price gouging.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2023, 05:05 PM

Jan 2023

Several big egg producers have had zero bird flu themselves but have doubled their prices (and reaped massive profit gains), because they can. They can because supply has been pinched by other producers' bird flu outbreaks. They claim it is morally correct, and a duty, to maximize their profits, so they do.

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Why Are Eggs So Expensive, and WTF Do I Cook Instead? [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 OP

Will calling someone an "egg head" become a compliment? rubbersole Jan 2023 #1

I also heard that people were using eggs more now for protein because meat was so expensive, vsrazdem Jan 2023 #2

On NPR today, they said more people around the world are middle class now and eat a better FSogol Jan 2023 #4

Thanks. Yep the birds are sick and it's spreading quickly underpants Jan 2023 #3

I'm a yuuuuge legume fan. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #5

Been using red lentils a lot, super simple to make. JudyM Jan 2023 #6

I love lentils, and not just in soup (which is always delicious, BTW). Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #41

Me too! I use them for garlicky spinach soup, dal, & Armenian lentil soup w/dried apricots, mostly. JudyM Jan 2023 #47

Those sound delicious! A few more ideas: Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #54

Those all look good. I need to use fresh herbs like this more often, that'd make a difference, too. JudyM Jan 2023 #57

Yes, cannellini and also Great Northern beans. And Navy beans. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #59

My favorites are red lentils and Lima beans. tblue37 Jan 2023 #49

What's your favorite Lima bean recipe? JudyM Jan 2023 #55

I just cook them, add a little butter, and snarf them down unadorned. tblue37 Jan 2023 #56

Oh, butter! Yeah, that'd do it. JudyM Jan 2023 #58

BTW, Lima beans are great in soups & stews. I just had chicken soup I had lots of tblue37 Jan 2023 #62

13 Fresh Lima Bean Recipes Celerity Jan 2023 #63

I need to get back into limas. I love them, but we tend to have edamame in the freezer instead. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #60

I wish we could find edamame. It's like Karma13612 Jan 2023 #66

Oh wow, I'm surprised. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #73

Yea, the west coast is waaaaay Karma13612 Jan 2023 #77

I love beans... but they have a lot of carbs. Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #10

Just so long as no one lights a match. BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #12

Very true! Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #30

Gas problem goes away once the microbe population in your gut readjusts to the new environment. hunter Jan 2023 #44

I suggest looking up old recipes from the WWII era Hekate Jan 2023 #7

The media sure are obsessed with eggs, aren't they? gratuitous Jan 2023 #8

So are DUers apparently BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #13

DU always mirrors media coverage gratuitous Jan 2023 #15

Yeah & frustrating that stories about eggs don't LEAD w/the avian flu themaguffin Jan 2023 #23

I am so lucky! chillfactor Jan 2023 #9

Eggs are still CHEAP food. Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #11

Wow! That's really cheap Karma13612 Jan 2023 #17

My Trader Joe's has cage free eggs 2.65/dozen. Natural grocers 2.99 (but niyad Jan 2023 #65

They're up to $6 a dozen where I live. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #19

$3.39 Here ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #26

Yeah, it's weird. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #28

SOFL two dozen organic eggs for $4.29 each obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #31

Sure...a percentage prices have gone up a lot... Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #40

Eggs are 7 dollars a dozen here. onecaliberal Jan 2023 #22

Here's a tip. If you don't absolutely need them louis-t Jan 2023 #14

Avian flu is the main reason. This wave started early last year and Hortensis Jan 2023 #43

Price gouging. RockRaven Jan 2023 #16

I suggest you educate yourself Amishman Jan 2023 #37

I suggest YOU educate yourself. Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer in the country has RockRaven Jan 2023 #38

so my neighbor down the road... druidity33 Jan 2023 #39

That's so sad renate Jan 2023 #52

He's had issues with foxes and... druidity33 Jan 2023 #53

Try again. Amishman Jan 2023 #48

I remember "back in the olden days" the following were goods we could afford when broke. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #18

Are you factoring the CPI increase of the "back in the olden days" prices? brooklynite Jan 2023 #24

That $1.50 sandwich in 1970 would be over $11 in today's dollars. tritsofme Jan 2023 #35

And in 1970 I was making $1.60 an hour Retrograde Jan 2023 #46

I've always bought the higher priced organic eggs Catherine Vincent Jan 2023 #20

Flax seed with a little water... druidity33 Jan 2023 #21

We have been researching many eggless recipes. phylny Jan 2023 #33

Did a Costco run in The Woodlands TX last night. bluesbassman Jan 2023 #25

Did that at Costco on Monday shanti Jan 2023 #34

Doesn't Bother Me Much DET Jan 2023 #27

Current price - Northern Virginia Harris Teeter onenote Jan 2023 #29

To answer the question, "WTF do I cook instead?" raccoon Jan 2023 #32

a 10 pack of basic large eggs here at the ICA near us in inner Stockholm is around $2.22 atm Celerity Jan 2023 #36

Unintended budget-busting eggstravagance. My husband eats Hortensis Jan 2023 #61

Group hug coming your way! Karma13612 Jan 2023 #67

Ah, feels good, thanks. Wishing you an abundance of edamame. Hortensis Jan 2023 #70

I remember those days of Karma13612 Jan 2023 #76

Lol. We know. In L.A. we lived 3-1/2 blocks from a Trader Joe's. Hortensis Jan 2023 #79

Spot on! 🙋‍♀️👍 Same to you 👏🙋‍♀️ Karma13612 Jan 2023 #80

There are huge chicken confinement "egg factories" in Iowa. Sogo Jan 2023 #42

Eggs I can afford, but what about the price of dog food? hunter Jan 2023 #45

may i suggest the working poor group here on du dembotoz Jan 2023 #50

I would hesitate to start that kind of a wedge DFW Jan 2023 #69

no wedge that is where the stuff already is dembotoz Jan 2023 #71

Frugal and energy efficient living I could definitely get behind. DFW Jan 2023 #72

I like eggs, but not enough to pay $7 a dozen. GoodRaisin Jan 2023 #51

In Germany, for top end, free-range eggs DFW Jan 2023 #64

$2.69 per dozen for brown eggs at Ruler Foods. Emile Jan 2023 #68

You can make a poor man's chocolate cake. boston bean Jan 2023 #74

I get them at Sam's for under 4. It is still Demsrule86 Jan 2023 #75

Hadn't noticed egg prices here, but wow did gas prices jump. Beartracks Jan 2023 #78

I go throughh 4 dozen eggs a week. Its still a cheap non-legume protein SYFROYH Jan 2023 #81