Food Shortage & Price Explosion Thread

[Casey Jones]

I'm sure that's taken out of context.

Probably a Mockingbird Network stooge was yammering about egg prices, implying - for the camera - how it's all Orange Man's fault; and Trump, being trumpy, lashed out.

 

[CiscoKid]

Paid $2.99 for a dozen medium eggs yesterday, got two dozen. No doubt in my mind some gouging going on...a lot of much higher priced eggs too.

The price of eggs is dropping dramatically. Coincidentally, these price drops began shortly after the Trump administration announced that they were going to open investigations into price fixing by the nation's largest egg producers.

 

[Casey Jones]

The price of eggs is dropping dramatically. Coincidentally, these price drops began shortly after the Trump administration announced that they were going to open investigations into price fixing by the nation's largest egg producers.

Stopped the wholesale slaughter of animals in egg-producing operations, too.

Another gift from our Pubic Healf Ossifers.

The evil, misanthropic WASTE from the people controlling Dementia Joe...coupled to the central theme of his misAdministration, that of SEXUAL DEVIANCE...ought to put proof to the assertion that homosexuality is strongly correlated with mental disorders, including sociopathy.

 

[Fatrat]

The price of eggs is dropping dramatically. Coincidentally, these price drops began shortly after the Trump administration announced that they were going to open investigations into price fixing by the nation's largest egg producers.

Paid $5.97 a dozen yesterday, most stores a dozen is close to 9 dollars, I'm buying steak, it's cheaper.

 

[Casey Jones]

Paid $5.97 a dozen yesterday, most stores a dozen is close to 9 dollars, I'm buying steak, it's cheaper.

Not good steak.

I paid $9.97 for 18 eggs yesterday. The warehouse-style grocer I use, is slow to raise prices, and sometimes slow to drop them. They purchase from a poultry operation not far away, and the eggs are always cheaper, and fine in quality.

I'm back on a diet - intermittent fasting and modified keto - and eggs are a critical part of it.

 

[Fatrat]

You are right, I tend to catch steak on sale but eggs versus ground beef a better comparison... https://www.axios.com/2025/02/12/eggs-beef-cost-bird-flu

 

[Someone_else]

Paid $5.97 a dozen yesterday, most stores a dozen is close to 9 dollars,

My local store had a dozen eggs for $6.49
And 18 for $13.49

NO! I am not joking. YES! I understand fully the arithmetic. Maybe they are just playing a game.

 

[Casey Jones]

My local store had a dozen eggs for $6.49
And 18 for $13.49

NO! I am not joking. YES! I understand fully the arithmetic. Maybe they are just playing a game.

I used to see that a lot. The "Large Economy Size" was more per-unit than the small wasteful size.

Most states now require posting per-unit prices on everything - in small print, but for the math-illiterate, it helps.

Mostly, thinks I, it helps the morons who SET these prices - realize how stupid they look when they goof like that.

 

[Fatrat]

My local store had a dozen eggs for $6.49
And 18 for $13.49

NO! I am not joking. YES! I understand fully the arithmetic. Maybe they are just playing a game.

They catch the same group of people that the Nigerian scammers do...

 

[searcher]

Shakedown at the Snack Counter: The Case for Street Pricing

Attending a baseball game with your kids or taking a flight to visit family is out of reach for millions of Americans. Between rising ticket prices and exorbitant concession costs, families are gouged left and right by billionaire team owners. Despite receiving billions in public funding, the...

groundworkcollaborative.org

 

[Casey Jones]

Simple solution:

Watch a ball game...that your kid is playing. Little League or school games.

Better yet, officiate, or volunteer.

I never, ever, understood the appeal of Spectator Sportsball.

 

[Unca Walt]

I was taken to Ebbets Field to watch the Dodgers beat the Phillies 2 to 1.

But aside from the score (and scoreboard where the Schaeffer Beer sign would show hits and errors) was the astonishing sight of seeing adult running out of the bullpen like children. I had never seen an adult run before. It shocked me. PeeWee Reese, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella... all just running around.

 

[searcher]

Two articles I enjoyed.

How egg prices became the symbol of Poland's successful transition to freedom

The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the dramatic event that marked the fall of European communism. The first sign that freedom was actually

reason.com

These unusual egg alternatives might just get you through the egg shortage

As egg prices climb higher and grocery store shelves go bare, it's becoming more difficult for Americans to find or afford eggs. But worry not! The free

reason.com

 

[CiscoKid]

Paid $5.97 a dozen yesterday, most stores a dozen is close to 9 dollars, I'm buying steak, it's cheaper.

I've got four new pullets getting delivered next week. Not sure which day, but their new quarantine pen is ready for them. They will live there until they acclimate to the place and I make sure they are healthy, then get put in with the rest of the flock.

 

[searcher]

Price check vid.

Shocking prices at Sam's Club.. this is unbelievable​

Apr 28, 2025


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