Prices of Produce, Fruit and Other Foods

[Ken]

Around here (Southwest Washington/metro Portland) generic eggs can be had at most grocery stores for about $2/dozen and sometimes less. That doesn't seem high to me.

The free range, organic, etc. stuff is more. But not the generic eggs. The cheapest local eggs I see today are $1.69 a dozen. Fred Meyer is our regional Kroger chain here in the PNW.

https://www.fredmeyer.com/p/fred-meyer- ... 1111060828
https://www.fredmeyer.com/p/fred-meyer- ... 1111060829
https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-de ... 1547&CMPID

etc...

[JohnH]

Price of eggs in our household has gone sky high... hens are molting... I wasn't able to meet the current market price for an extra egg at breakfast today... I may have something up my sleeve if I get the new clothesline with the wheels rigged up though

[R7ehr]

Saturday I paid $7.99 for 18 count. Cheapest around currently.

[Ken]

Saturday I paid $7.99 for 18 count. Cheapest around currently.

Your local Safeway has them advertised for $1.99 a dozen: https://www.safeway.com/weeklyad?storeId=1960

[R7ehr]

Saturday I paid $7.99 for 18 count. Cheapest around currently.

Your local Safeway has them advertised for $1.99 a dozen: https://www.safeway.com/weeklyad?storeId=1960

Huh. I thought that was one of the places I saw that price. I bought them elsewhere and thought it was very expensive . So when I found myself at another store(s?), I looked at the price and saw the same prices.

[Ken]

Saturday I paid $7.99 for 18 count. Cheapest around currently.

Your local Safeway has them advertised for $1.99 a dozen: https://www.safeway.com/weeklyad?storeId=1960

Huh. I thought that was one of the places I saw that price. I bought them elsewhere and thought it was very expensive . So when I found myself at another store(s?), I looked at the price and saw the same prices.

Eggs seem to have a ridiculous range in prices.

I usually buy the 2-dozen "free range" packs from Costco which are usually $4.99 because that is where we usually get groceries. But I see coupon specials for less at the local groceries. I'm guessing they use eggs as a loss leader because it is a price people are attuned to and it gets them into the store. I honestly don't know how the egg industry makes money on $2/dozen eggs.

[mike]

Yes, I wonder how much the big companies will make off of this deal!

If, as an egg producer, you can keep from ever getting bird flu (which is most producers), these big runs have to be really good for profits. However, sales drop off a cliff also, so volume is negatively affected. Heirbyadoption could maybe clue us in here (I sometimes buy eggs from the producer he works for).

So Mike, what happened to the egg market then. I haven't been following...

Prices hung around the $4/dz mark for awhile, dropped off to a low of around $2/dz in early October, but are currently shooting up and are back over $4 this week.

[the-real-steve]

Saturday I paid $7.99 for 18 count. Cheapest around currently.

I'm paying just over $5 for the same thing.