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Eggs US – Price – Chart

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643 points throwaway5752 | 10 comments | 05 Feb 25 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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mplanchard ◴[05 Feb 25 16:43 UTC] No.42951168[source]▶
Fresh, local eggs have remained around the same price here. While more expensive than eggs from large producers in normal times, they are now often cheaper.

This is a great reminder of how important it is to support local farmers and small operations, which increase the resilience of the system as a whole.

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whateveracct ◴[05 Feb 25 17:52 UTC] No.42952363[source]▶
If I avoid name brand stuff, my prices generally aren't bad. Like you said, the local eggs have been stable.

Locally sourced chicken also is reasonably priced and often on sale. There was BOGO (mix and match) last week so I got a whole chicken and a 2lb pack of breasts for $12 total. Both beautiful quality. With a bunch of minor cheap produce, herbs, and pasta..that's chicken soup + a chicken one pot meal that'll last us all week. Sometimes those whole chickens are on sale for 99c/lb!

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1. TylerE ◴[05 Feb 25 18:01 UTC] No.42952535[source]▶
That is likely to change. Why should they sell a superior product for less?
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2. mplanchard ◴[05 Feb 25 18:06 UTC] No.42952616[source]▶
Well, if you know your local farmers and buy from them regularly, it doesn't look great if they jack their prices up unnecessarily. They also know that they're competing against the perception that local food is more expensive. In normal times, factory farms can always undercut their prices, so it would make sense for them to use the current situation as an opportunity to get more people to start buying local (due to the prices!) and hope that they will continue to buy local once the prices invert again (due to the quality).
3. hammock ◴[05 Feb 25 18:21 UTC] No.42952856[source]▶
Why not?
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4. TylerE ◴[05 Feb 25 18:45 UTC] No.42953196[source]▶
Because capitalism? Small farmers are already fighting brutal economies of scale.
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5. hammock ◴[05 Feb 25 18:58 UTC] No.42953383{3}[source]▶
If they don't want to charge more though?
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6. TylerE ◴[05 Feb 25 19:20 UTC] No.42953677{4}[source]▶
When their gas prices go up, their equipment goes up, their feed goes up, etc, they won’t have any choice.
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7. whateveracct ◴[05 Feb 25 19:50 UTC] No.42954106[source]▶
This has held true for literally 4 years. And it's not some niche store - it's a Kroger-owned chain!
8. tcmart14 ◴[05 Feb 25 21:34 UTC] No.42955512{5}[source]▶
I wonder though, in specifically this instance, if the price of their feed is going down because of how many chickens have been culled or just flat out died from disease.

But yea, if other cost rise, they will need to rise prices.

9. hammock ◴[05 Feb 25 21:49 UTC] No.42955728{5}[source]▶
Doesn't quite answer the question (of why they should sell at the highest price they can).

Unless you are suggesting that raising prices today is better (normative sense, since you used the word "should") than raising prices when you don't have a choice. In which case, can you explain more your reasoning?

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10. TylerE ◴[05 Feb 25 23:14 UTC] No.42956725{6}[source]▶
gestures vaguely in the direction of the last 10,000 years of well documented human behavior.