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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Wouldn't it be great if this was the impetus for people going back to raising animals and growing some of their food for themselves? Almost everyone has room for a garden, even if it's just a window sill for some fresh herbs. And raising even some of your own food can save you a ton of money.

Or you can take advantage of the rising egg prices to sell them for $9.99/dozen to your neighbors, whatever. Be the neighborhood eggpin. Lead your own fowl empire to dominance over the local Whole Foods.

[–] BradleyUffner 2 points 20 minutes ago

But those come with a free cage, that's extra value!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I can't believe buying chickens actually saved me money, I just did it because I wanted chickens. I expected to pay more per egg (considering food and litter) because I don't have economies of scale like the large producers do.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Conservatives: Thanks Obama!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 hours ago

Your welcome!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Anecdote: My Trumpster in-laws could not stop yacking about "Biden's high eggs prices" just last month. Haven't heard a peep about the price of eggs since Trump came back. Now it's just "God's will."

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 hours ago

Nows your chance to return the favour. Complain to her about how expensive eggs are now under Trump.

[–] DarkFuture 4 points 3 hours ago

Conservatives don't care. They'll go into debt for Daddy Trump. That's what cultists do for a cult leader.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee 5 points 5 hours ago

$4-6/doz in NC.

[–] randon31415 13 points 7 hours ago

It is a banana! How much could it cost? $10?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I was wondering how many of my Denver neighbors were on lemmy. This is not the way I wanted to find them...

[–] AA5B 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Most groceries here don’t post prices online, but …..

Boston Metro West - Amazon Fresh eggs from “Whole Foods”, not the cheapest grocery, $4.49/doz grade a large brown. My regular grocery is much cheaper than “Whole Paycheck” for most things.

No taxes on food here, although Amazon Fresh has a delivery charge.

I imagine the huge disparity of prices is that culling due to bird flu must be regional and our chickens must not be infected yet

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Stamau123 1 points 3 hours ago

I was wondering why they were the only option, figured they were just the ones not hit by bird flu

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 hours ago

Wow. I saw people mentioning this on another thread and I posted that we can get 15 Medium Free Range Eggs in the UK for $3.37. Could find cheaper than that if I shopped around.

[–] ekZepp 25 points 11 hours ago
[–] ZILtoid1991 7 points 9 hours ago

It'll be even more soon...

[–] Vinstaal0 8 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Even worse when you consider this is without tax and the compareisons are made to prices without tax. To be fair the rest of the world doesn't threat their eggs so they need to be refrigerated like these US eggs need to be, which also costs money.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (11 children)

What's the thing with eggs in the US ?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

My understanding is mostly a bird flu but also inflation.

[–] MapleEngineer 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's ok, though. Trump has installed a loyalist who will scrub all mention of bird flu from the USDA website. Problem solved!

Look how well it worked out at the FAA!

[–] RampantParanoia2365 1 points 6 hours ago

"SLOW THE TEATING DOWN, PLEASE."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago (12 children)

Actual inflation or inflation mixed with greedy price increases?

[–] frog_brawler 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (6 children)

What if I told you that the 3-4 corporations that control our food supply increased prices to punish voters for not voting for a Republican in 2020? It's been in the playbook for well over 30 years. Some musicians have even written songs with lyrics that discuss this technique.

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