Stealing eggs

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

Anybody see that Inside Edition segment on people now are stealing eggs not whole cartons, but, individual eggs and putting in pockets ?

They're now considered a valuable commodity.

People take a couple from each carton so when a paying customer buys a dozen they get home and they

have 9 or 10.

Looks like they would be scrambled by the time they got out to the car.

lgfan · ‎10-19-2012

@SharkE wrote:
Anybody see that Inside Edition segment on people now are stealing eggs not whole cartons, but, individual eggs and putting in pockets ?

They're now considered a valuable commodity.
People take a couple from each carton so when a paying customer buys a dozen they get home and they
have 9 or 10.

Looks like they would be scrambled by the time they got out to the car.

I always check the egg carton before I put it in my cart to make sure that there aren't any cracked eggs. I will not be short changed.

gizmogal · ‎05-09-2014

I don't worry about stolen eggs, but I do open the egg carton and look over the contents to make sure I'm not buying broken eggs. I think most people do that because broken eggs are more common than eggs completely missing.

Of course, buying eggs at all is left to chance; many locations have no eggs in stock to sell!

happilyretiredgirl · ‎06-17-2020

@lgfan I always check as well, no broken eggs for me 🥚

LizzieInSRQ · ‎12-27-2010

I learned from my mom to open and check the carton for cracked eggs before buying. Ive never failed to do so.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@SharkE. Sounds potentially messy.

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Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

Where are these egg shortages? Must be regional. Not in my neck of the woods (So Joisey) which is farm country & a farmers market or stand just about on every corner.

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lgfan · ‎10-19-2012

@Mz iMac wrote:
Where are these egg shortages? Must be regional. Not in my neck of the woods (So Joisey) which is farm country & a farmers market or stand just about on every corner.

I don't think it has to do with a shortage. It has to do with how expensive eggs have become.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I recently visited Virginia and stayed in a hotel for four days. There was a free breakfast each morning.

I noticed that there was a large bowl of hard boiled eggs already peeled on the buffett table. No one seemed to take them. The bowl was always full. There was a lot of choices.

I finally put two of them into a plastic disposable cup and took them back to my room. My dogs were happy to have an egg each morning.

After I thought about it, I was surprised no one helped themselves to all of them.

I know the price of eggs has gone up, but really, they are not that expensive that people have to steal them.

I always check the carton to make sure the eggs aren't broken before I buy. The store where I shop has a section where they sell reduced goods.

I always check there for bargains. A few times I have found cartons missing an egg or two for $2 to $3. I always pick them up.

We use a lot of eggs at my house. I also have a neighbor who gives me free eggs from his father's small farm. I always save my empty egg boxes for him. It's a good trade off.