Price of eggs

farmgirlsuz
farmgirlsuz Posts: 351 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I rarely look at the cost of the food I put in my cart, if I need something I get it. Tonight I picked up a dozen eggs. When the heck did they jump to $2.08?!?!?!? Is this the going price these days?:ohwell:
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  • jenifr818
    jenifr818 Posts: 805 Member
    Depends where you live. I have a store called Aldi's that I go to, eggs are .69 cents a dozen. Milk was $1.99/gallon last time too :happy: Not every place has them though ... they're mostly in the southeast and midwest. The local grocery store has eggs for 1.48/dozen, and that's more than my broke butt is willing to pay!
  • farmgirlsuz
    farmgirlsuz Posts: 351 Member
    I live in Iowa-Aldi's is just down the street from me actually. This was at Hy-Vee though and I didn't fell like making the trip anywhere else at 5:30 at night. I really should get back into the day off shopping trip with a LIST and coupons in hand!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I pay ~$4/dozen for eggs from a local farm where the chickens are pastured and able to forage. Delicious.

    #EggSnob
  • jigsaw_me
    jigsaw_me Posts: 616 Member
    I bought a dozen normal (as in not free range / organic or anything else) eggs from the local SUPERMARKET the other day and it cost me $6.99.
  • jenifr818
    jenifr818 Posts: 805 Member
    I bought a dozen normal (as in not free range / organic or anything else) eggs from the local SUPERMARKET the other day and it cost me $6.99.

    For that price, those eggs better cook themselves AND jump in your mouth by themselves. Holy crap!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Be glad you live on the continent. Eggs on my island at $4 a dozen, but being Canadian eggs, they apologized for the high price.
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    I think the price of most staple food items has risen. It's also highly annoying when you see all the frozen pizza/ready meals lining the freezers for £1-1.50 a pop. I'm not food bashing btw I just think it's a bit messed up.
  • dcr5452WECHANGED
    dcr5452WECHANGED Posts: 121 Member
    I get all my eggs for free by contributing food that my friend gives to his hens for their feed. Any produce I have that is starting to turn- any scraps-apple peel carrot peel, onion ends etc.-all of it goes to them and the eggs are the best tasting I've ever had by far.
  • vwbug86
    vwbug86 Posts: 283 Member
    In Western Ohio a dozen eggs will run you about $1.70 I pay a little over two for 1 1/2 dozen.
  • MyFoodGod
    MyFoodGod Posts: 184 Member
    Still a better deal than a candy bar, beer, or other food vices.
  • tannyb
    tannyb Posts: 131 Member
    Yep about $4 here in Canada. But everything costs a lot here.
  • fruttibiscotti
    fruttibiscotti Posts: 986 Member
    I'm a self confessed egg snob too. I go for the pastured eggs. You pay through the nose for them (5$ per dozen) but they are so good, and healthy. The yolks are bright orange!
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    I have my own hens~9 of them. My eggs are free.
  • discoveredamber
    discoveredamber Posts: 379 Member
    Here they are 2.89 for 18 eggs. About 1.98 for a dozen.
  • jigsaw_me
    jigsaw_me Posts: 616 Member
    I bought a dozen normal (as in not free range / organic or anything else) eggs from the local SUPERMARKET the other day and it cost me $6.99.

    For that price, those eggs better cook themselves AND jump in your mouth by themselves. Holy crap!

    That was my thoughts too - but unfortunately I REALLY NEEDED them that day. Normally I buy them "on special" at $3.99. (Still not cheap).
  • Stephanie198907
    Stephanie198907 Posts: 163 Member
    I'm a self confessed egg snob too. I go for the pastured eggs. You pay through the nose for them (5$ per dozen) but they are so good, and healthy. The yolks are bright orange!

    this.

    I pay $4.99 for the pastured raised eggs. They really do cook/taste better.
  • JazmineYoli
    JazmineYoli Posts: 547 Member
    My local farm eggs are $5.50, but they are the best most delicious eggs. I will never buy grocery store eggs again.
  • CMB1979
    CMB1979 Posts: 588 Member
    I pay about $2.50 for 10 eggs and about $8/gallon for milk. Nothing is organic. But of course, I live in South Korea. "Free range" organic eggs are about $7 for 10 (if you can find them). Low-heat organic milk is about $16/gallon - but of course, nothing as large as a gallon is sold here.
  • gina_nz_
    gina_nz_ Posts: 74 Member
    I only eat free range

    around $3.50 per half dozen in NZ, so $2.86 US
  • VictoryGarden
    VictoryGarden Posts: 194 Member
    I have a backyard flock of 10 hens, They're free range during the day, although this time of year there isn't much to forage here in WI. A 50# sack of feed is $15, which lasts 2 weeks. During that time I average 84 eggs. That's roughly 18 cents per egg, or $2.16 per dozen. not counting any other input costs such as coop bedding, lighting, electricity, egg cartons, or even the cost of the coop and raising the hens to a point where they start laying.

    The coop itself was over $600 to build, so breaking even will take a long time.

    I charge $2 per dozen, but will need to increase that with next year's chicks to $3 just to even think of breaking even..
  • rgugs13
    rgugs13 Posts: 197 Member
    Eggs were somewhere around $4 for a dozen regular, factory farmed eggs where I was in Alaska this fall. When they went on special and it was 2 dozen for $6 I ate eggs every day for a week and a half because it was the cheapest food available.

    And owning chickens doesn't mean your eggs are free, exactly, since you had to spend money for the coop, hay for bedding, feed, water, and electricity for heat lamps if it gets too cold in the winter. You just get really awesome eggs that overtime will cost less than store bought!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I have a backyard flock of 10 hens, They're free range during the day, although this time of year there isn't much to forage here in WI. A 50# sack of feed is $15, which lasts 2 weeks. During that time I average 84 eggs. That's roughly 18 cents per egg, or $2.16 per dozen. not counting any other input costs such as coop bedding, lighting, electricity, egg cartons, or even the cost of the coop and raising the hens to a point where they start laying.

    The coop itself was over $600 to build, so breaking even will take a long time.

    I charge $2 per dozen, but will need to increase that with next year's chicks to $3 just to even think of breaking even..

    I wish the HOA didn't prohibit this...but admit it would be kind of odd in the subdivision.

    And while I like a good bargain, you're not charging enough for your eggs. $4, at least.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    I can get 6 for $.75, or a dozen for around $1.50-$2!
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    I have a backyard flock of 10 hens, They're free range during the day, although this time of year there isn't much to forage here in WI. A 50# sack of feed is $15, which lasts 2 weeks. During that time I average 84 eggs. That's roughly 18 cents per egg, or $2.16 per dozen. not counting any other input costs such as coop bedding, lighting, electricity, egg cartons, or even the cost of the coop and raising the hens to a point where they start laying.

    The coop itself was over $600 to build, so breaking even will take a long time.

    I charge $2 per dozen, but will need to increase that with next year's chicks to $3 just to even think of breaking even..

    I wish the HOA didn't prohibit this...but admit it would be kind of odd in the subdivision.

    And while I like a good bargain, you're not charging enough for your eggs. $4, at least.

    Agreed; I'd be willing to spend that much on eggs if they were coming from a local farmer!
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    I have a backyard flock of 10 hens, They're free range during the day, although this time of year there isn't much to forage here in WI. A 50# sack of feed is $15, which lasts 2 weeks. During that time I average 84 eggs. That's roughly 18 cents per egg, or $2.16 per dozen. not counting any other input costs such as coop bedding, lighting, electricity, egg cartons, or even the cost of the coop and raising the hens to a point where they start laying.

    The coop itself was over $600 to build, so breaking even will take a long time.

    I charge $2 per dozen, but will need to increase that with next year's chicks to $3 just to even think of breaking even..

    I wish the HOA didn't prohibit this...but admit it would be kind of odd in the subdivision.

    And while I like a good bargain, you're not charging enough for your eggs. $4, at least.

    Agreed; I'd be willing to spend that much on eggs if they were coming from a local farmer!

    I also agree, I pay $5 for the local free range ones I get. Every time I crack one in the pan I'm still surprised at the colour and taste difference.
  • riccoismydog
    riccoismydog Posts: 319 Member
    Come to Canada, eggs where I buy them, the cheapest I can get them are 3.99. I don't know why food costs so darn much here. I mean, we have chickens. I'm not talking special free range or whatever.

    Omega's or free range....4.99 plus a dozen. That is it. I'm moving to the states.
  • mungowungo
    mungowungo Posts: 327 Member
    I currently have two chooks in the backyard (built the coop myself from reject wood from the local sawmill and recycled bits of this and that - I think the only thing I paid for was the nails and roofing screws - and a roast dinner to the friend who helped me dig the holes for the footings and put the roof on [can't stand heights].

    The chooks eat layer pellets (about $15 for a 20 kilo bag) enough to keep two chickens very happy for quite a while plus kitchen scraps and leftovers.

    And every day I collect two beautiful fresh eggs.

    But yes I've noticed the prices at the local shop - absolutely ridiculous.
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    I pay ~$4/dozen for eggs from a local farm where the chickens are pastured and able to forage. Delicious.

    #EggSnob

    I am an EggSnob also and we get local eggs that are free range.........chickens are running all around. We are charged only $2.50 a dozen
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    $3.50/dozen at my neighbour for completely free-range, organic, same-day-as-laid fresh, etc.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Come to Canada, eggs where I buy them, the cheapest I can get them are 3.99.

    That's not a "Canada" thing, that's a "where you are" thing. Generic eggs are half that price in our local stores.

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