Summary
Egg prices are projected to rise by 41% in 2025, according to the USDA, following an already steep increase due to a severe bird flu outbreak that reduced egg-laying hen populations.
The current average price per dozen is nearly $5, with some areas seeing prices as high as $10. Restaurants like Waffle House and Denny’s have added surcharges.
Meanwhile, the USDA mistakenly fired key bird flu response workers, sparking criticism.
Trump stated his administration will take action but has offered no specifics.
Laughs in vegan.
Sucks for Americans. I got a dozen extra extra large eggs in Canada for 5$ Canadian…
i don’t have egg prices in my area. the grocery store simply removed the egg section
For those living close to Canada, I wonder if they can cross the border to go grocery shopping.
Nonono. Remeber to declare when passing into to the Reich to get that 25% added.
I managed to find a dozen for $4.97 yesterday. It’s the best I’ve been able to find in some time.
But let’s be honest. 5$ for a dozen eggs is fucking nuts too. They were so much fucking cheaper not all that long ago
… I still remember when eggs were .89 for a dozen. Those were the days.
$5CAD is aboutt $3.50 USD. For jumbo eggs, i would call that aboit right. These are way larger than the “large” eggs most people are used to
I remember, not all that long ago, they were so much cheaper.
Correct. But the eggs I bought were extra-extra-large. If I wanted to get just large or medium I would have paid around 4 or less.
Meanwhile in Trudeau’s socialist nightmare, where eggs are under
kolkhozsupply management, I pay $5.25 USD… for 18 eggs.Which is about what I was paying in Chicago back in '22. I remember Roundy’s (Mariano’s/Kroger’s house brand) 18 Large Brown eggs was USD $4.99 before tax.
As an egg-lover, this is quite the fresh hell.
I normally get extra large eggs, but I just got some extra extra large eggs for 5.25$ Canadian. A dozen.
You really hate chickens buttholes dont you?^^
Time to start putting up those trump ‘i did this’ stickers in supermarkets untill they ban me again.
Why does it feel like I’m reading articles about egg prices virtually every day. I don’t get why anyone cares this much.
I guess it was because the price of eggs was practically a campaigning slogan shared a lot around trump supporters.
…so? As far as I know, the prices are up due to all the bird flu cases which to my understanding has nothing to do with trump.
When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.
- Trump, August 2024.
So why did he act like it did? And all he has done is make the problem worse.
You know how many people still think the price of eggs are because of government over regulation?
That is why you gotta keep saying it. To try and finally get it through to those idiots that they are being lied to every single day.
Sure it is partially due to bird flu. They were going up because of Covid before that.
However, the man in charge who campaigned on reducing egg prices is now slashing the departments that keep these things in check and enacting tariffs on imports that may be needed for egg production. So, he does have responsibility for the prices even if it’s not directly.
Because people are broke and eggs are a cheap source of protein?
*were a cheap source of protein.
It’s because eggs are one of the more universal food items. Their price sort of shows how well the economy is doing so it’s a nice gauge on that sort of thing.
If they find out that you can just not buy eggs and your life doesn’t really change all that much, it’s gonna be crazy for the chicken period enjoyers of the world.
People don’t care about how badly chicken are treated or the amount of feed they require, they just want domething tasty to eat, all for themselves.
USDA mistakenly fired key bird flu response workers
No. No they didn’t.
They fired people to try to free money for more tax breaks for the top 1% with zero concern if these people were needed or useful.
The less eggs you can afford to buy increases the supply for the people who do not need to worry about the price of eggs.
Close: they are enemies of the United States acting out of malice toward the goal of weakening the United States.
We are under attack.
They are enemies of the US, their goal is to weaken it, and we are under attack.
That said, they care about enriching themselves and their loyal buddies more than anything else.
“It’s easier to fool a man than to convince him he’d been fooled.” - Mark Twain
Look at how insanely difficult, if not impossible, our job is at educating these morons on how they’re being taken for a ride by conmen. The longer it goes on the more they’d have to admit they’re wrong about, which makes it even less likely they’ll realize it.
Being a useful idiot is really a sunk-cost fallacy on a life scale.
…even less likely…
Take it back take it back 😭
(An example of a recent morning mood: “Well we weren’t nuked last night!”)
Nuclear weapons? Nah I think it should have happened by now if it was going to. The government needs to selectively kill some of us, because if it killed all of us there would be no one left to enslave.
Thank goodness the Orange turd is right on this in the front lines of tossing paper towels at people!
Clearly the solution is to ban trans people from existing
And as a bonus for banning trans people, they think they’ll go to heaven for being good little bigots for god.
Tofu scramble is pretty good. Firm or extra firm tofu block, slice and crumble into a bowl. 1 tbsp turmeric, 1 tbsp black pepper, 1 tbsp garlic powder, mix. Cook in a pan on medium stirring occasionally, will turn yellow as it heats up. Then add key ingredient black salt (kala namak, a salt with a strong sulfur flavor) to taste. Mix in with your pan fry mix of choice, I like onion/garlic/serrano/mushroom/smoked paprika/chili powder/spinach/tomato and green pepper/cilantro added at the end. Serve with fruit and toast.
Yeah, I am not vegan, but a tofu scramble is vastly preferable to scrambled eggs. So much tastier. Although on could argue you could add all those ingredients to scrambled eggs and it is pretty good too.
Don’t forget a light dust of brewers yeast and a couple of shakes of tobacco or whatever your favorite vinegar based hot sauce is.
Deep fried tofu with peanut sauce is like crack.
Let.me introduce you to Thai food
Oh, I KNOW!
Oh man, if you like that, you’ll really love fried chicken.
There is a local chicken chain that is also like crack:
Oddly enough I think the fried tofu is tastier. The chicken in fried chicken is pretty bland, and the fried tofu has a more consistent texture.
We got chickens when facing an egg crisis here in NZ. Lovely little animals. It’s been nice being able to look after and care for these creatures, knowing they are living the good life whilst consuming their eggs. Much more useful than my dumb dog.
“Knowing they are living the good life whilst consuming their eggs” is something I never thought I would hear. Anyway, are they easy to care for? I am assuming you have a big backyard where you can set them free safely.
they easy to care for?
Food, water, somewhere safe from predators at night, that’s all they really need
you have a big backyard where you can set them free safely
While it’s not ideal, chickens can live and enjoy a shockingly small space for the majority of their day. Most coops come with a small run area intended to be where your chickens live most of the time, being let out to free range for an hour or two in the evenings is a common way of raising chickens safely while gone from home (like when at work)
Personally: my area doesn’t have chicken predators I need to worry about (not for adults, anyway) so we raise the young chicks inside in a brooder area we have set up and when they get full-feathered they’re ready to go outside with the other girls. We made a pen for our goats that the chickens ended up taking over so we bolt a new roost bar in there and the chickens do their pecking order stuff, and we’ve got more eggs than we can handle rn, though they’re scattered throughout our yard lol
Yes, but isn’t the upkeep of chickens pricey? People I know that raise them say it is. I don’t have chickens, so I’m not sure. Maybe it’s different in America?
Bag of food that lasts a week is 12 bucks for me, I have ~14 layers at 4-6 eggs a week for each bird. Water is the other ongoing expense but it barely registers on my bill compared to human use
If eggs were 6/dozen, and prices rose to 10/dozen… that’s already a 40% increase.
so like…
yeah. I’d take that bet.
what even is math
you’re right. it’s actually a 66% increase. Still. point stands. it’s a bet I’d win.
… except it’s not.
$6 * 1.40 = $8.40
So these monsters are screwing us on the price of eggs and the math on the price of eggs!
Uh…I don’t think that’s right. 40% of 6 is 2.4, so it’d be $8.40/dozen
Granted, I agree that $10 a dozen seems very possible at this point
I’m regularly seeing $12+
For me it’s more in the 6-10 range, the cheapest store brand are 5 something. They’re saying wholesale is averaging $8 at this point
Damn, and I thought seeing around $10 here was bad.
It is. They’re $2-3 in pretty much every other country
I remember buying a pack of 18 for $0.30 (pre-covid) and now the same pack cost $9-$10
I switched everyone to oatmeal breakfasts and leftovers in flour tortilla. Haven’t had complaints. I also have done mild( half a jalapeno for flavor) chilaquiles in a torta, or sub sandwich bread, for a savory breakfast.
I use avocado for creamyness and use whatever protein leftovers I have.
Can you buy egg futures? Because that’s one heck of an APR!
Don’t worry, shit is already priced in. Even if it goes up, you still won’t make money.
There going to hit a dollar an egg some places in Seattle at this rate
$0.75 at the Fred Meyers already, it’s already getting ridiculous.
Now the minimum wage will be measured in eggs
