Eggs

[pgwenthold]

Good question.

Maybe people fixated on eggs for a combination of reasons:
- Eggs are in common (daily) use with a (relatively) constant demand (its not like something you buy once and then forget for the next half year)
- 'Brands/types' are less important. an egg is an egg, not like, for example, breakfast cereal where you have dozens of 'types' (bran flakes vs. cherrios) and manufacturers (brand name vs. no name) Yeah, you do have specialties like 'organic' or 'brown' eggs, but its not as important
- Unlike something like gas, you wouldn't expect 'fluctuations' (with occasional decreases depending on the weather, what OPEC does, etc.)
- The regular price is an understandable number (not too high nor too low)

But most likely, someone somewhere fixated on 'eggs' in some speech and the issue just stuck.

No, the reason they fixated on eggs is because egg prices rose at a rate higher than the rate of inflation due to the bird flu epidemic. As a result, they used a 200% increase in egg prices to try to make it look like it was a result of inflation.

 

[Mike!]

While eggs might being getting somewhat cheaper, I've noticed a sharp rise in the price of soda. I buy cheap, store brand orange soda. It's gone up a dollar in the past few weeks, not all at once, but little by little. It had climbed to $4.99 a twelve pack and stabilized there when the first round of inflation during Biden happened. Now, in just the past couple weeks, it went to $5.49, then $5.79, and today, was $5.99, a full dollar higher in comparatively no time.

 

[dirtywick]

But most likely, someone somewhere fixated on 'eggs' in some speech and the issue just stuck.

it started during the election. egg prices were up due to bird flu and gas wasn’t, so it became bidenomics got the price of eggs high instead of gas.

well they brought it up and now it stuck.

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see pgwenthold above

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump: You know, the cost of eggs have come down like 93, 94% since we took office. They are pretty much normally price now… Groceries have come down. It’s all coming down

 

[The Don]

Trump: You know, the cost of eggs have come down like 93, 94% since we took office. They are pretty much normally price now… Groceries have come down. It’s all coming down

We'll add percentages to the very long list of things that Trump doesn't understand.

Unless eggs are less than fifty cents a dozen, he's lying.

Of course if he's saying that 93,94% of the price rise since he came into office has been reversed then that's also a lie - and not the flex he thinks it is.

 

[Stacyhs]

I just paid $8 for 18 medium eggs at Safeway. That's twice what I used to pay.

 

[catsmate]

I just paid $8 for 18 medium eggs at Safeway. That's twice what I used to pay.

Large eggs were (approx) $1.65 for six here yesterday.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Aldi here still doing half a dozen free range for £1.35 for large or £1 medium

 

[GlennB]

Large eggs were (approx) $1.65 for six here yesterday.

It would help a lot if we knew where 'here' is

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Back of this "abandoned" truck.

 

[catsmate]

It would help a lot if we knew where 'here' is

Europe.
Ireland.
Dublin.
Lidl on S.Gt. George's St.
Middle aisle, at the back, right side. I front of the glass floor.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

It might help if someone in the press asked which measure of consumer prices the White House refers to when it talks numbers about groceries. Trump is obviously just a random number generator, but surely it ought to be possible to have a sane conversation with someone on his staff.

 

[sinnikal]

Spain: Eggs €2.80 = $3.18/doz. in regular chain supermarket today, pretty much as same as last week ... and the week before ... Cheaper in Aldi or Lidl. Cheaper still from the farmer 10km away.
27º C as well, nice day.

 

[Darat]

It might help if someone in the press asked which measure of consumer prices the White House refers to when it talks numbers about groceries. Trump is obviously just a random number generator, but surely it ought to be possible to have a sane conversation with someone on his staff.

They have all been sacked.

 

[Resume]

$3.99 a dozen on sale; a buck off regular price.

 

[shemp]

They have all been sacked.

Those responsible for the sacking have themselves also been sacked.

 

[bruto]

Those responsible for the sacking have themselves also been sacked.

Quis custodiet custodies...who will judge the judges...who will sack the sackers? Me me mee! I am the king of kings, the boss of bosses, the cream in your coffee, the eggs in your basket.

Of course the buck stops here, because all your bucks will end up here.

 

[novaphile]

In related news, H5N1 has been spreading across antarctica, killing seals and penguins, and is expected to hit Australia very soon.

'Unprecedented and alarming': Bird flu has morphed to wipe out seals

Australia is surrounded by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. And it is morphing as sea animals and birds bring it ever closer to these shores.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Reformed Offlian]

Those responsible for the sacking have themselves also been sacked.

But what about the moose trained to mix concrete and fill out complicated insurance forms?

 

[Mike!]

In related news, H5N1 has been spreading across antarctica, killing seals and penguins, and is expected to hit Australia very soon.

'Unprecedented and alarming': Bird flu has morphed to wipe out seals

Australia is surrounded by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. And it is morphing as sea animals and birds bring it ever closer to these shores.

www.abc.net.au

There it is, there's the next plague we'll get hit with while are pants are down in honor of Trump and Bobby Jr.

On topic, I bought eggs yesterday, they were down to $4.19 a dozen.