Are there no eggs in America?

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eldritch-charms@reddit

We had rampant bird flu and egg production down. Eggs prices have gone up majorly.

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Most of stores where I live a dozen eggs go for $8 and up per dozen. Weirdly they are cheapest at the bougie grocery store where everything generally is super expensive. There they cost $3.50 a dozen.

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eldritch-charms@reddit

The repacks at my store cost $4, that's the cheapest but I usually pay $7.50 for vital farms because they're only a little bit more than the store brand.

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smarmiebastard@reddit

Vital farms at the Safeway here in WA are $10

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eldritch-charms@reddit

You can get a 60 pack at Costco here for $22 - how much are they there?

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smarmiebastard@reddit

I don’t know. I haven’t seen eggs at my Costco in like 2 months 😭

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Crayshack@reddit

There's been a recent epidemic impacting the poultry farms. It's drastically reduced their egg production.

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ameis314@reddit

Eggs are still like $6/18. Idk why people are acting like they are more than steak

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byebybuy@reddit

You won't find that price anywhere around me except Costco.

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ameis314@reddit

So why not just buy eggs at Costco?

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byebybuy@reddit

Is your stance that eggs are not overpriced?

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crimson_leopard@reddit

Maybe they don't have a membership? Also Costco seems to run out of stock fairly quickly.

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TheBimpo@reddit

Because 5 years ago they were a loss leader and people were accustomed to those prices. I was buying them for $0.79/dozen as recently as 2022.

They're also a staple/commodity that we see the price of every time we shop, so it's a trigger for many when the price goes up.

They're still really cheap, they're just no longer practically free.

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Konigwork@reddit

There’s also a big difference between normal eggs and the “cage free/organic” eggs that are always slightly more expensive.

From what I’ve seen, the specialty ones have gone up disproportionately to the regular ones, and haven’t really started coming down yet

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Sonnyjoon91@reddit

10.99/Dozen here. Steak is 6.99/lb

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auntiecoagulent@reddit

They are $8.99 a dozen here.

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courtd93@reddit

Yeah I saw 9.99 at acme the other dag

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needmoarbass@reddit

You realize there are plenty of more markets with different prices than your stores in your town/city? Of course they are cheaper in the Midwest. Lucky you.

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winksoutloud@reddit

About $11 for 18 eggs where I live

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MmmIceCreamSoBAD@reddit

Bird flu is under control right now. Problem is tens of millions of hens were culled to stop it. So, new hens are literally being raised right now to replace all of them. By the end of this year, beginning of next it'll be normal again.

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IPreferDiamonds@reddit

We have eggs, but There are no Cats in America!

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machagogo@reddit

Are ther no eggs in America? You tbought poultry would be bug business....

What the hell does your media tell you lot?

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TehWildMan_@reddit

Supply in my area is constrained but reasonably available.

Prices have jumped up to $4.50 or so per dozen, though, which has probably discouraged a lot of pruchsse, and many retailers have very tight quantity limits

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Scrappy_The_Crow@reddit

Poultry is big in America, but there was massive culling due to bird flu in the last couple of months of 2024.

As a result, there was a massive drop in the availability of eggs, but at no time did we have "no eggs" available.

The prices went up significantly and there were quantity restrictions imposed by stores, but again, at no time did we have "no eggs" available.

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mmbenney@reddit

I’ve had no issues getting them in my area. I just bought 18 for $7.16.

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_skank_hunt42@reddit

There’s a particularly bad strain of avian flu that is badly affecting the industry. Many birds are infected and many more have had to be culled to help prevent spread of the disease. Unfortunately this means that egg production had dropped substantially from where it usually is. As a consequence eggs are harder to find and way more expensive.

Hopefully this won’t last much longer.

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AustynCunningham@reddit

I will add this varies a ton by location. In the WA/ID area (I’m back and forth) have never had an issue of any store being out of eggs, prices have went up slightly but not terribly. ~$3.29/dozen at most stores.

Was in a health food store downtown where they were $7.99/dozen but beyond that specific store they are still reasonable and well stocked everywhere around here.

That being said I remember when I used to buy 5-dozen eggs at Costco for $9, and that was only 6-years ago.

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saggywitchtits@reddit

I worked at a grocery store back in 2010 and eggs were $0.99 a dozen. The fact it's more thanTRIPLED in fifteen years tells me something.

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Eff-Bee-Exx@reddit

It shouldn’t. While retail prices are still high, the wholesale cost has dropped like a rock. When I checked eggprices.org this afternoon the wholesale average was approaching $3.00/dozen. It’ll take a while for the decrease to filter down to retail buyers, but it looks encouraging.

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GOTaSMALL1@reddit

TIL... There's an egg price tracking website.

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Acc87@reddit

The prices of all base foods are tracked, sugar, flour etc.

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saggywitchtits@reddit

My friend's dad sells his corn futures on the Chicago markets.

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kspence66@reddit

We are about to enter another bird migration season and with it more avian flu outbreaks.

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Current_Poster@reddit

It's been such a crazy year so far- and it's just March- that in a normal year "a bad strain of avian flu is ransacking the poultry industry" would be much more of a headline than it has been.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit

I get them out of my backyard. No problem here

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m00nk3y@reddit

Nope, we have gone through our strategic egg reserve and now we no longer have eggs.

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BakedBrie26@reddit

Plenty of eggs in my grocery stores, but they went up significantly in price.

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Cranberry-Electrical@reddit

It depends on your state?

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MargaritasAndTacos@reddit

Rose?

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Inner_West_Ben@reddit

Drunk

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Anecdotal_Yak@reddit

I can still get a dependable supply from a farmer for $5 a dozen. I eat at least two every day.

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izlude7027@reddit

Costco had plenty today. Trader Joe's didnt.

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Kali-of-Amino@reddit

We're at one of those odd inflection points where the price of the generic eggs have shot up while the name brand eggs have held their price steady, so the generic eggs are now the same price -- or more expensive! -- than the generic eggs.

It's not effecting me, we have chickens. The hen yard is fully fenced, even across the top, for their safety.

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CantHostCantTravel@reddit

You’re “seeing a lot of news” about expensive eggs in the US, but not hearing about the bird flu outbreak causing it?

Your media literacy needs some work.

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tvan184@reddit

I usually shop at Walmart.

The one that I frequent always has plenty of eggs. They are about 75¢ more a dozen.

I use probably two dozen eggs a month so I am paying about $1.50 a month for eggs.

I think I can handle it. I will drink one less Dr Pepper so I will break even.

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Impossible_Jury5483@reddit

There are eggs, they're just very expensive expensive right now compare to the prices we were used to. I've read that American poultry farms/factories don't use the best practices, so combined with the bird flu, it created a deadly combination.

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ExtremeIndividual707@reddit

My mom just brought me two 18 packs from her farm.

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DD-de-AA@reddit

Heard of $17 a dozen in California!

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AnalysisOdd8487@reddit

Gyat dam, is it really that bad in cali? They're like 5$ a dozen here in FL

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DD-de-AA@reddit

can't confirm it, just heard from a friend who just got back from there. We both live in Mexico where eggs are about $2.50 per dozen

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wwhsd@reddit

I think I’ve been paying about $4 a dozen in San Diego. Trader Joe’s hasn’t really raised their prices, they just limit people to purchasing one carton at a time.

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PickleProvider@reddit

Got 3 dozen in my fridge. I think the prices just started coming down again now that supply is back up, but yeah, I haven't had to buy them in a week.

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butt_honcho@reddit

They just dropped by $1/doz where I live. Still more than I'd like to be paying, but it's a step in the right direction.

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amourdesoi@reddit

In Denver (Cherry Hills) the most expensive blue organic free range eggs at Whole Foods are like $8.99

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Electrical_Feature12@reddit

It’s all BS. Local store sell 18 large eggs for $6 and there are racks of them

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Jswazy@reddit

Never saw a shortage where I live. They were more than they were but still cheap compared to overall food

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Hehateme123@reddit

There are plenty of eggs. The American economy is an extreme form of unregulated capitalism where corporations use small crises (bird flu) to increase prices to increase profits. Once Americans are used to and accept these higher prices, profits soar.

If you look at actual egg production data, it fluctuates month to month and the US has no real egg shortage. It’s collusion and price fixing.

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Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit

Bird flu happened which caused a lot of chicken famers to kill THOUSANDS / MILLIONS of chickens. That led to a shortage. But I was at the grocery store today and the eggs were completely stocked.

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justdisa@reddit

Avian flu has caused some trouble.

What is bird flu and how does it affect egg prices?

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BullfrogPersonal@reddit

There are plenty of eggs.

Lots of chickens were culled to prevent the spread of bird flu. This interrupted the egg supply.

It is still winter so chickens don't lay as many eggs.

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BoseSounddock@reddit

We can buy eggs. They’re just overpriced.

There was an e-coli outbreak in our chicken farms that led to the culling of a large amount of chickens which has driven the price of eggs up.

It’ll naturally correct over the next few months and the price of eggs will go down.

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YoungKeys@reddit

I just bought a dozen eggs for $5 at Whole Foods 3 hours ago. The fridges were packed with cartons

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No_Bathroom1296@reddit

It's been 84 years

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PositiveTangerine707@reddit

Would you like to hear this story or not?

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killacali916@reddit

We have chickens and get a lot of eggs

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Splugarth@reddit

Meh. The news has been vastly overdramatized.

That said, the cheapest eggs have gone up in price the most, which is very much a problem for folks with low incomes. The social safety net here is basically “hopes and prayers”.

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fhxueduedidiw@reddit

Prices are a bit higher but they are still available in my area

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FreeFalling369@reddit

A slight temporary decrease but no where near what its been made out to be

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Cword76@reddit

Also, lots of gigantic factory egg farms in the US, most other countries probably have smaller farms, etc. So when bird flu hits, it hits extra hard in the US.

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srirachacoffee1945@reddit

There are eggs, i think, idk, i've never really bought or used eggs much.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Bird flu wiped out our chickens. Eggs got expensive. I have eggs at the moment.

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afunnywold@reddit

Last two dozen eggs I bought had a Strong sulfur smell when boiled and now I don't want to bother splurging for eggs right now...

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GSilky@reddit

Eggs were a loss leader for grocers, now we are having to pay the actual (not really) price of eggs, and it turns out Free Trade wasn't ready for this hiccup. The idea was that even though most people are going to make less money, cheap foreign made stuff will make up the difference. This isn't cheap foreign made stuff, it's a pretty crazy product to bring to market.

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