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[missy1]

Now with the re-call, egg prices will increase.

[smb3]

I noticed the price change weeks before Easter.  At the grocery store, they were $3.69/18 eggs, I asked the cashier if that was a mistake because I couldn't believe price.  At Walmart they are $1.70 for 18 eggs.  The Walmart price has been consistent.  At other grocery store chains, the price has gone up a lot. 

[FlowerBear]

after this latest egg recall that turns out the eggs i have are in, great value from walmart. i am thinking of going back to buying egglands best which is what i had been buying for a long time. decided to go for the walmart eggs due to price. but now i feel it is too dangerous to buy other eggs that are not in the category of egglands best!

[Cakers3]

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@goldensrbest wrote:

Food prices seem to keep going up.

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@goldensrbest  Yes and quantity and quality seem to be going down, too.  Packages are smaller and the taste of some items is sorely lacking now.

[eddyandme]

Guess the increase is due to supply and demand.

Don't mind paying higher prices for eggs if it's because the chickens are fed better and treated in a humane way.  Same goes for meats.  It does make it harder though when the prices of everything keep escalating.

[esmeraldagooch]

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@Bridgegal wrote:

@esmeraldagooch

That is 24 cents an egg.   That sounds like a bargain.   A single apple can cost $2.50.   One lemon $1.00.   Russet potato over $1.00.   I could go on but it just seems like there is a lot of angst about a very cheap food item.

And no, I don't work in the egg industry.   

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@Bridgegal

I used to buy the 5 or 7 dozen boxes because we eat so many eggs,  I hope things settle down soon.

[smb3]

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@FlowerBear wrote:

after this latest egg recall that turns out the eggs i have are in, great value from walmart. i am thinking of going back to buying egglands best which is what i had been buying for a long time. decided to go for the walmart eggs due to price. but now i feel it is too dangerous to buy other eggs that are not in the category of egglands best!

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Check out the egg recall post and it lists the plant# and code # on eggs to look for if they're recalled.  I checked mine from Walmart and they do not have the plant#, etc that are listed on the recalls.  I also don't think the store would put out the eggs that are recalled. 

[SusieQ_2]

It's funny you posted this @KKJ. Not joking funny, but funny to me because I mentioned this very thing to the checker when I bought groceries the other day--and I'm not really one to mention those things to strangers.

I do agree that eggs are still a great value for the nutritional payoff, but when I saw eggs had increased in price about 2 and a half times from when I last bought them (probably two months ago) I was really surprised. We decided that chickens must be on strike.  

[drizzellla]

With 200 million eggs being recalled, I bet the price is going to go up.

[Blahblahvampemer]

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@tockerman wrote:

eggs are not as good for you as they say. I cut eggs out of my diet so glad I did. get some of your own chickens many of my neighbors do and live in a big city. 

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Eggs are about the most perfect food--especially when combined with another protein.  Carbs are the bad thing when eaten with fats or proteins.  I used to eat them rarely, but now I go through 200-300 eggs a year.