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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by M137 to c/[email protected]
 

That's $3 for 15 eggs. Sadly not free-range, only cage-free.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I think I’m more bothered by the fact that it’s 15 eggs rather than a dozen or 18. I’m used to seeing eggs in multiples of six. This is weirding me out.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] M137 14 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This gave me a good laugh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh wow, their chickens don’t pop 6 at a time ehh.

/s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Slacker chickens.

[–] SwordInStone 35 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Boi, do I have an abomination for you

[–] thebigslime 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This seems inconvenient for retailers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It takes up more space than the traditional cuboid

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It wouldn’t if they’d make the sides flat. Hexagons pack nicely. Except the edges I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Solution: hexagonal stores. Hexagons are the bestagons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Delivered in hexagonal truck, trains, and ships.

[–] TheBat 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Baker's... half dozen?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Bonus bysphenols A-Z

[–] M137 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I haven't thought about that, haven't bought eggs for almost a decade so I generally don't look at them. I think it's a brand thing now that I looked at different store sites, some are 6, 12 or 24, others are 10, 15 or 30.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Shrinkflation is brutal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Common sizes in Sweden are 6, 12, 15 and 24.

No idea how 15 made it in there, it is what it is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Ah yeah, right you are

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm a weirdo that likes to make myself 4 eggs at a time. WHERE DO I GET THE LAST EGG??

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Gotta buy 4 packs to even it out

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They sell eggs in packages of 6, 10, 12 and 15 in Tesco here in the UK.

Only 15 confuses me. Why not make it an even number every time?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why 10 and 12? Just pick one...

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At least those are even numbers. 15 doesn't even make sense to me from a packaging perspective. I would think a square 4x4 carton of 16 would be more efficient to pack in a truck than a 3x5 carton of 15.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Why? We generally get 3x6 or 4x6 cartons in my area, which aren't too different from 3x5 dimension-wise. Longer cartons are better IMO since they make better use of fridge space. I would hate a 4x4 carton BTW.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

UK is a mess. Some things are measured in metric, some in imperial, and others are measured in stones and sticks and whatnot.