Eggs

[Resume]

Expect record-high egg prices for most of the year.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/business/egg-prices-avian-flu-outbreak

Shop smart, check the sale papers, get only what you need when you need it. That's how I survived the Trump inflation which was due to his totally inept handling of the C-19 pandemic. Thank FSM Biden was able to weather storm, but Donnie Diapers' next ineptitude will likely be even worse.

 

[johnny karate]

And what is Trump doing about the spike in the price of eggs? He’s hobbled the agencies tasked with responding to the bird flu outbreak causing it.

Gosh, I hope this discussion is deemed rational enough.

 

[The Don]

And what is Trump doing about the spike in the price of eggs? He’s hobbled the agencies tasked with responding to the bird flu outbreak causing it.

Gosh, I hope this discussion is deemed rational enough.

It's OK, if the price of eggs stays high it's a residual effect of the Biden administration's failure to control inflation (despite inflation being well under control for a couple of years) but if it were to drop then it's down to the decisive action of the Trump administration.

 

[mikegriffith1]

Trump voters voted for Trump because the price of eggs was too high.

Uh, I think there was a bit more to it than that. Millions of upper-income people who couldn't care less about the price of eggs voted for Trump, just FYI.

So we need a poll to see how much people think that the price of eggs will decrease after Trump takes office.

I'm just curious: When the price of not only eggs but hundreds of other food items began to rise dramatically just months after Biden took office, and when the inflation rate rose by a whopping 400% during his first year (going from 1.4% under Trump in 2020 to 7.0% in 2021), did you voice any criticism of Biden?

 

[johnny karate]

Uh, I think there was a bit more to it than that. Millions of upper-income people who couldn't care less about the price of eggs voted for Trump, just FYI.

We were told the economy was the number one issue for Trump voters. Trump made the price of eggs a centerpiece for his campaign message about the economy.

But thank you for confirming what was already abundantly clear to most of us: It was never really about the "price of eggs" for Trump voters.

I'm just curious: When the price of not only eggs but hundreds of other food items began to rise dramatically just months after Biden took office, and when the inflation rate rose by a whopping 400% during his first year (going from 1.4% under Trump in 2020 to 7.0% in 2021), did you voice any criticism of Biden?

During Trump's last year in office, when Covid raged through this country unchecked with thousands of people dying everyday, morgues overflowing with dead bodies, and our healthcare system overwhelmed and crippled, did you voice any criticism of Trump?

 

[Safe-Keeper]

During Trump's last year in office, when Covid raged through this country unchecked with thousands of people were dying everyday, morgues overflowing with dead bodies, and our healthcare system overwhelmed and crippled, did you voice any criticism of Trump?

My personal take: When fascists throw out stupid whataboutisms, chances are in the 110-124.6% range that they're not doing so in good faith and that you should probably just call them out for being stupid whataboutisms instead of replying.

 

[shemp]

Eggs may be expensive forever

I wish I had good news about eggs, but alas, I do not. Egg prices are soaring again as the bird flu sweeps the US for the third straight year, cutting into supply. On the other side of the equation, seasonal factors have pushed demand up (all that holiday baking and cold winter weather makes people into egg-heads), and consumers have been buying eggs more than normal for the past couple of years. Those conditions aren't changing anytime soon, especially on the supply side. If I'm searching for a silver lining here, I guess it's that once you scare yourself enough about the potential implications of the bird flu for humans, you're not so worried about the price of eggs. But for now we'll focus on egg prices and the bad news on that front: Supercheap eggs are not on the horizon.

If there's a single product that epitomizes what consumers hate about high prices nowadays, it's eggs. People buy them regularly and therefore know their exact cost. They're ingredients in a lot of foods. And if you're looking for a protein source, they're one of the healthier alternatives out there that won't break the bank. Except they're not so inexpensive anymore.

The cost of a dozen grade-A large eggs hit $4.15 in December, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from $2.51 a year ago. The average price of eggs hasn't been below $3 since June, and it hasn't been below $2 since the start of 2022. Wholesale prices paid by entities such as restaurants, grocery stores, and schools are much steeper: According to the global commodities tracker Expana, wholesale Midwest large eggs are $7.27 a dozen; the five-year average is $2.10. There's a lot of variation depending on where you live and where you shop — eggs can be a loss leader, meaning grocery stores discount them to get people in the door, and big-box stores in particular price them quite low. Citing data from Circana, Expana said the average cost of large eggs among smaller retailers was $5.31 a dozen. They're probably cheaper at Walmart and Costco. If you're in a state with laws about cage-free eggs, you might see higher prices than you would in a state without them. No one knows when prices will come back down. This interminable bird flu might not be an aberration, and other factors, such as the push to move toward cage-free eggs, may keep prices up, too. The acute causes of this price spike — a drop in supply, a jump in demand — point to long-term structural issues that might stick around.

And if you think that Groper Cleveland and RatFark Jr. are going to do anything about bird flu, you've got another think coming.

 

[TellyKNeasuss]

Uh, I think there was a bit more to it than that. Millions of upper-income people who couldn't care less about the price of eggs voted for Trump, just FYI.


I'm just curious: When the price of not only eggs but hundreds of other food items began to rise dramatically just months after Biden took office, and when the inflation rate rose by a whopping 400% during his first year (going from 1.4% under Trump in 2020 to 7.0% in 2021), did you voice any criticism of Biden?

Which of Biden's policies do you think caused the inflation rate to increase? Which of Trump's policies do you think caused inflation to be low?

Inflation was high worldwide, largely caused by supply chain disruptions from the pandemic. The USA has recovered more than most other countries, so apparently no one else had a better solution. And given Trump's inept performance during his first term, why would it be expected that he would have done better? Trump's response to covid was to try to get health agencies to do less testing so that fewer covid cases would be found, so it's likely that his response to high inflation would have been to try to change the way that the inflation rate was calculated to make it seem smaller.

Trump claimed during his campaign that he could lower grocery prices (he also claimed that he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office - how did that work out?), but he doesn't appear to having any plan.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Which of Biden's policies do you think caused the inflation rate to increase? Which of Trump's policies do you think caused inflation to be low?

Inflation was high worldwide, largely caused by supply chain disruptions from the pandemic. The USA has recovered more than most other countries, so apparently no one else had a better solution. And given Trump's inept performance during his first term, why would it be expected that he would have done better? Trump's response to covid was to try to get health agencies to do less testing so that fewer covid cases would be found, so it's likely that his response to high inflation would have been to try to change the way that the inflation rate was calculated to make it seem smaller.

Trump claimed during his campaign that he could lower grocery prices (he also claimed that he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office - how did that work out?), but he doesn't appear to having any plan.

As usual, he's got those famous concepts of plans. And that's all. Washing around in his head like filthy laundry in a washtub.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Global high inflation doesn't compute for Trumpkins, only 'Mericuhhh matters.

 

[Steve]

Global high inflation doesn't compute for Trumpkins, only 'Mericuhhh matters.

That is exactly the blinkered view of Trump an his minions. They have no concept of how much events outside of their own country actually affect them. The isolationism they crave, and will likely get, will quickly prove to not work in their favor.

 

[Norman Alexander]

That is exactly the blinkered view of Trump an his minions. They have no concept of how much events outside of their own country actually affect them. The isolationism they crave, and will likely get, will quickly prove to not work in their favor.

And they have yet to accept that their lord and saviour Trump is even more isolated than they are. He really cares for nothing but himself alone.

 

[The Don]

And they have yet to accept that their lord and saviour Trump is even more isolated than they are. He really cares for nothing but himself alone.

One of my philosophical musings is that everyone only really cares about themselves and their own.

At one end of the spectrum there are people for whom "themselves and their own" is every living creature on the planet and indeed the planet itself. At the other are people for whom "themselves and their own" is just them, personally, right now.

President Trump is, IMO, very definitely towards the second end of that spectrum.

 

[Brainster]

In case anybody wants to really track this, FRED has a monthly report on the average price of a dozen eggs in the US. For December 2024, the average was $4.146. For December 2020 it was $1.466.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Meanwhile, I just paid $8.50 (USD $5.33) for a dozen free range large eggs here in Australia. FWIW.

 

[Tero]

I don't bake so I can wait months to make my quiche. It has no crust.
Mrs T buys some eggs, though. No idea of the last price. We have one of the monster chicken factories somewhere in the far end of my county. They don't kill them there. No idea of the eggs.

 

[Norman Alexander]

In case anybody wants to really track this, FRED has a monthly report on the average price of a dozen eggs in the US. For December 2024, the average was $4.146. For December 2020 it was $1.466.

When was the last time any MAGAnuts ever bought food to cook at home themselves? They keep the fast-food industry thriving.

 

[Resume]

When was the last time any MAGAnuts ever bought food to cook at home themselves? They keep the fast-food industry thriving.

It is no surprise that maga weirdos have any concept of the bird flu and it's effect on hen stocks, and the inablity of any govt entity to do anything to amelioate it. What is baffling is their inability to shop smart and buy eggs on sale; I've never paid over $3.00 a dozen since the start of this mess, which makes me believe that maga weirdos are either lying, or willfully stupid.

 

[TellyKNeasuss]

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[johnny karate]

In case anybody wants to really track this, FRED has a monthly report on the average price of a dozen eggs in the US. For December 2024, the average was $4.146. For December 2020 it was $1.466.

In case anybody wants to really track this, FRED has a monthly report on the average price of a dozen eggs in the US. For December 2024, the average was $4.146. For December 2020 it was $1.466.

And all you had to do to get those wonderfully cheap eggs was brave exposure to a contagious virus that was spreading like wildfire and killing thousands of people a day. Good times.