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Kolzig33189 t1_j1a5bok wrote

Aldi vernon was 4.99 a few days ago. It’s brutal.

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IndicationOver t1_j1ahf05 wrote

I feel like we been talking about egg prices all of 2022

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Kolzig33189 t1_j1ahyel wrote

Kind of makes sense though. Groceries in general keep just skyrocketing without stopping and eggs that used to be 99 cents per dozen at Aldi are now 5x that. Double whammy of avian flu and inflation there

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recuerdamoi t1_j1cipw3 wrote

I thought I was going crazy when I saw that. What up neighbor

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MyGodItsFullOfClowns t1_j1akfr6 wrote

Brookfield Costco. Bought 90 eggs for $17.89, so roughly $.20 per egg.

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tiredmom07 OP t1_j1bbchh wrote

What the heck are you going to do with 90 eggs???

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MyGodItsFullOfClowns t1_j1bpzv5 wrote

Normally it's a 60 pack but for some reason it was 90 last week.

But eggs will last a month in the fridge. For a single person that's 2 or 3 eggs a day, for a couple or a family it's far less.

I eat a 3 egg omelet for breakfast most days so we go through a lot of eggs.

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ct-yankee t1_j1d3q2a wrote

Right on! Well done. We too go through a ridiculous amount of eggs. So, I had a pause when they were nearly $5 at our local aldi a few days ago.

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a_w_taylor t1_j1ac3mj wrote

$6-8 at my local farms

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djln491 t1_j1b5mw3 wrote

And what about eggnog prices! Sheesh can’t a guy enjoy some nog?

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HughWonPDL2018 t1_j1bg7cd wrote

I’ll enjoy the blessed arethusa nog at any price point. This is basically liquid gold.

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mznieves t1_j1bhoqo wrote

Shockingly, $3.49 at the Whole Foods in Avon.

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tiredmom07 OP t1_j1bjtl9 wrote

Omg

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mznieves t1_j1bk49v wrote

The world IS upside down if Whole Foods in cheaper than Aldi.

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gregra193 t1_j1e00p6 wrote

Whole Foods is often cheaper than Stop&Shop recently. Higher quality items for less. Not sure why S&S went so wild on pricing, but I rarely go anymore.

Walmart even has many of the exact same SKUs/products for $1-2 less per item than S&S. East Windsor Walmart has done a bunch of significant rollbacks on produce/veggies in the past few weeks as well.

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The_Dutchess-D t1_j1lgd3q wrote

I came here to comment this too. I compare every week and Whole foods is always the cheapest among the ones I check. Sometimes by HALF.

My husband is allergic to wheat, corn, and cow’s milk dairy, so his breakfast is heavily skewed towards eggs. My kids like them too (hard boiled in lunch box or scrambled at home) we eat a ToN of eggs in this house. Maybe three dozen every ten days. It has always Whole Foods for the best egg prices, this entire past year.

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raynethackery t1_j1axtse wrote

Walmart Manchester

Great Value Large White Eggs, 12 Count $4.12

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volanger t1_j1bqrde wrote

Ngl I'm kinda surprised egg prices are so high. There's like 4 people I know who have their own chicken coups and I see several in the side of the road all the time selling eggs dirt cheap.

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arod0291 t1_j1c1r97 wrote

So I'm out of state right now and don't know the price in my area but I can offer some insight on why they're so high in the first place.

This year had been exceptionally bad with the avian flu. We got a bad strain in recent years and any time a chicken is suspected of having it the shed is culled to prevent further outbreak. This year a record setting 57 million chickens have been culled. To put it in perspective, the previous record was 50 million. The reason chicken (meat) has stayed relatively on par with inflation is because meat chickens are easier to replace than egg-laying chickens.

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Prize-Hedgehog t1_j1a9t9w wrote

Still finding Shop Rite has the best egg prices for cage free. $8.49 for 2 dozen cage free organic at Shop Rite. For the past couple of months they were actually a better price per egg than the regular dozen eggs.

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Sweaty_Conclusion_80 t1_j1ac5ba wrote

Costco is a bit below that. Backyard chickens are super easy and fun.

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Prize-Hedgehog t1_j1ajz1f wrote

Aside from eggs I just don’t necessitate enough bulk to shop at Costco or BJs. Found myself just buying more shit I didn’t need in large quantities lol.

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mynameisnotshamus t1_j1bp3ef wrote

My chickens don’t lay in the winter.

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Sweaty_Conclusion_80 t1_j1c3bwi wrote

Not unusual though!

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mynameisnotshamus t1_j1cpdwl wrote

It’d be unusual if they did.

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tiredmom07 OP t1_j1ahzqa wrote

How much does it cost to feed chickens?

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mynameisnotshamus t1_j1bq3x7 wrote

I go through a $20 / 50lb bag a month with 3-4 birds. The biggest expense is the coop and run which cost about $1000 when I got finished. Very much over built, but also very secure - lots of predators to keep out. Bedding for the coop, I went the most expensive way- hemp. But, I only have to clean the coop out maybe once a year, so it’s worth it. (Approx $50). First year you’ll get about 20 eggs a week from March-October. Slow decline after the first year. You can put a bulb in the coop during winter if you want them to keep laying, but you also deal with freezing eggs, and fire risks. I just think it’s good to give them some time off. Like humans, chickens are born with all of their eggs. If you deplete them quickly, then you have a chicken who doesn’t lay anything, sooner.

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ashlietta t1_j1alws5 wrote

Manchester BJs has Wellesley Farms/Nellie’s 2 dozen free range eggs for $6.99

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djln491 t1_j1b2n98 wrote

Around 4 bucks for egglands best at Walmart Hartford/west Hartford line. For a dozen.

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Vivian326619 t1_j1b5w6s wrote

18 were 9.00 at stop and shop

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RegurgitatedMincer t1_j1bar4t wrote

5.39 a dozen straight from the distributor this week. Wooooof.

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guitar1257 t1_j1bmkkd wrote

Farm around the corner is $6 a dozen. The vo-ag program near me sells them for $3 a dozen

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InsaniteeBicycles t1_j1c1b4q wrote

This was covered on NPR this morning. 2 things driving the price. 1) new Massachusetts law requiring only cage free eggs be sold in the state.
2) bird flu outbreak earlier this year resulted in destruction of 4 million birds on farms. Worst outbreak ever recorded.

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Kodiak01 t1_j1czup1 wrote

Star True Value Hardware in Ellington is still at $5/dozen for local farm eggs.

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ct-yankee t1_j1d40nj wrote

Wallingford Aldi was just under $5 a dozen a few days ago.

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stopexploding t1_j1d8m2r wrote

Can't remember the price, but Egglands Best was less expensive by the dozen than Stop and Shop brand yesterday.

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0cclumency t1_j1d9n24 wrote

Costco New Britain had 2 dozen for $5 last week. Aldi was $4.29 for 1 dozen. I think I’ll be getting all my eggs at Costco for the foreseeable future.

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blueturtle00 t1_j1dzd03 wrote

80-100 for 15 dozen wholesale. Shits insane. Before the pandemic they were 15$ for 15 dozen.

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alisa62 t1_j1eileg wrote

Costco also has two dozen for $7.99…cage free…

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Unscripted_A t1_j1c5me0 wrote

Brookfield BJs…Nellies organic eggs. 2 dozen for $6.99, $3.50 a dozen.

If you have the ability to go to restaurant depot and split some with friends…you can pick up 15 dozen large organic eggs for $48 or 3.20/dozen.

Some brands of organic and cage free eggs are cheaper right now than commodity eggs because of the bird flu

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