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Jan 23, 2023 10:51 PM
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkydd/wtf-is-going-on-with-absurd-egg-prices-corporate-greed-group-says
flordelasantillas
Nothing but corporate greed. Bird flu was minimum, there's no shortage. It takes chicks 18-22 weeks to be laying egg chickens.
f00l82
FTC already knew. FTC don't give af.
1eudaemonia
record profits
LateNightBunnyParty
Meanwhile, I'm still selling to my neighbors for the same $3/dozen we've charged since 2018.
violetbob
I have a family, man. I can't keep dealing with all of this shit constantly. All of it. I fuckin can't. I just want to enjoy my family.
violetbob
I want to enjoy my family, enjoy my life and not have to deal with stupid fucking bullshit all the fucking time. Every day is more bullshit.
TwoSeamer
Here I am selling out cage free farm fresh for $5/doz
Nemacol
Good thing we have Anti trust laws to keep competition in the market place. ... ....
Clockworkdancerobot
It's gotten so bad even Canadian brands are jacking prices up.
revenantape
I still get mine at Shopper's for $3.30 on Sundays
unluckyandbored
Record corporate profits combined with massive corporate layoffs. Hey dipshits, if nobody can afford your shit, nobody will buy it!
iwhannafly
Yet Eggland is reporting record profits…I wonder if investors will be getting a fat dividend?
DeepThought42
Thanks Obama
zackscar
Has anyone considered using ivermectin as an egg replacement? Think of the possibilities!
votedmostlikelytobedownvoted
Well now that they are as expensive as the farm fresh eggs they sell up here in the Berkshires at every other corner its time to buy local.
afambelafonte
At my local grocery store the factory farm eggs were more expensive but the local pasture raised eggs were the same price. If you're going
afambelafonte
to pay more for eggs, by the local farm stuff from the grocery store. They taste a whole hell of a lot better anyway.
durandal2
Yeah, I've always bought those brands anyway and now I've been looking around like "what price hike? these are the same as always...."
Akurei00
Exactly the same. "They're SO EXPENSIVE!" Wtf are you talking about?
MrAmalgamate
Corporate Greed seems to be a very common source of problems
DukeDarkwood
Very nearly all problems humans face can be traced to it. Poverty, oppression, even climate change is where it is because of such greed!
funknuckle
They have had to cull 40 million birds last year for bird flu too, not that greed isn’t also involved
VibratingNipples
58 million now
denimdaddy
I raise chickens, feed cost has gone up 30% that can't be the only factor
PantlessThunderGoose42
Several houses on our street were egged last week. (3+ doz used) We suspect it was kids from the wealthy neighborhood across the street.
Pelican3
The free market.
JackieTreehornProductions
They seem to act like buying a few hens is expensive or something. I'm ready to start a neighborhood egg farm.
shyasen
Here in AZ Hickman Farms publicly stated there's no avian flu on their farms. They then said "We're going to increase prices because we can"
csp256
Yes, that's how markets work...
shyasen
That's how greedy corporations manufacturing scarcity work. There's a shortage of buyers willing to pay that here, not an egg shortage here.
shyasen
At Fry's Hickman's 12 count Large eggs are $7.99. Kroger 12 count large eggs are $5.29, 18 count are $7.89. Kroger 18 count go first & fast.
shyasen
Kroger Grade A Large dozen eggs were 1.49 January 2022.
TheChunguskaEvent
we've started buying eggs from our neighbor. she produces one every month
MonsterGood
soThatWasThat
"chicken lady, aaawck! Right out of my body and onto your plate!"
ButterflyHeimlich
A new mother cries; her placenta falls to the floor.
artistandascholar2000
You’re thinking of the other thing.
keyboardarsonist
Cooperations side with the hard R. They will do anything to make the other side look bad. Keep pushing corp profits vs the public cost.
thomn8r
They intend to eggstract as much profit as they can. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
SlappytheDummy
If only consumers would all agree to suddenly stop buying eggs...
blueboy
The prices are never going back to what they were, either, even when they get the bird supply back to what it was.
poochyena
/gallery/FR9SKpj
icer190
They're already going down in my area - they went up because 2.5 million egg producing chickens were euthanized last year.
unluckyandbored
This is the new floor. We're used to it now, so next time they find an excuse it'll get even worse.
poochyena
I'll take you up on that bet. within 1 year from now, egg prices will go down. I'll bet $50. Screenshot this.
blueboy
If throwing down 50 bucks willy nilly were nbd for me I could afford $6 eggs lol
poochyena
https://twitter.com/jmhorp/status/1622805871469400064
DillyWhopperDan
I agree. All it takes is one egg producer to undercut and the rest will fall.
tinyfootprints
I have almost no use for eggs, but I'm still alarmed at the greed.
duktayp
egg prices have gone up + but the shelves are always full of eggs = greed
Cheomesh
Shelves were full of eggs at $1/dozen too so yeah
csp256
. . . there are still eggs on the shelves BECAUSE prices have gone up. That's how cost-push inflation works.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Not here they had to cull 1,000,000 chickens because of bird flu
s721
The correct price always leaves stock, just like correct price of parking always leaves empty spots. Otherwise there's too much or too litle
muchLongerUsername
I can afford them, but I stopped buying them. Don't like 'em THAT much.
twatburglar
I was at the store today and the egg case was empty. They were also priced at $3.66/dz.
iwhannafly
Shelves are empty here in AZ
DarkMagic1516
Is it because they are restocking it or no one is buying these super priced eggs. There is no excuse for this price. if it's this bad it-
DarkMagic1516
should be rationed for now, like 1 carton per customer not 4 times the price.
EyeSpyABreathtakingPerson
I'm gonna go with eggs are not a necessity so they won't stop it from running wild. Completely unrelated, political donations will increase.
Caspergirl
Trader Joe’s has a 2 dozen limit on eggs
FartsSmellBad
Corporations will take any excuse to jack prices. Yes, bird flu is affecting supply. Not remotely to the amount prices are going up.
ontheotherone
And price might not go down after flu is gone…
Deiterhaman
Avian flu wiped out 11% (35M) of the US flock in December. Also Christmas is 2nd highest egg consumption
wurth
I have a coworker who raises chickens, they said the price of feed is to blame. Hearsay I know.
TheCProgrammer
It sounds like they want an excuse to jack the prices up high
TheCProgrammer
Wait you basically said that, apologies
INeverWaitForIt
"But bird flu *might* affect the supply! So we have to protect our future profits by gouging now!" -Corporations/Futures Markets/Banks
nicelyvillainous
It’s why I think argument of “we can’t raise taxes, they’ll just pass it onto consumers” is dumb. If they could make more money by charging
nicelyvillainous
More, they already would be. They set prices based on, if they raise them any more they’ll lose sales, and make less total. 100x$100>50x$150
Bleedingyamato
What does bird flu have to do with price increases?
aswimmingseaman
Where do you think eggs come from?
Bleedingyamato
I would think that chickens confined to a farm would have minimal exposure to wild birds that are the most likely source of flu.
Nonsequiterconcarne24
That's like everything the past year
thomn8r
2 years
poochyena
Why didn't they do that last year? or the year before?
servingmytimeinusersub
So far, my company has locked the prices to keep customers coming in. They did cap at 4 cartons per customer though
GpaSags
Yes they had to euthanize millions of chickens, but not "$7.29 for 18 eggs" millions.
BigPLLL
Getting richer in all the "confusion"
LeapingAChasmInTwoJumps
40 mill culled out of 325 mill. It's a hit but I wouldn't say it's major.
SithElephant
Is that 325M laying birds?
LeapingAChasmInTwoJumps
Yes
LeapingAChasmInTwoJumps
https://unitedegg.com/facts-stats/
Nonsequiterconcarne24
That's still a ton of miserable birds. I'm no vegan but damn.
Nonsequiterconcarne24
I have just confirmed my bathroom is insufficient space for a chicken
SithElephant
Most hens in the US would strongly disagree.
Minneapple23
Republicans in 2016: Capitalism solves everything. Republicans 2023: Make Brandon fix capitalism.
HeywouldJablowme
I often say conservatives are too stupid and indoctrinated to realize what they are really mad at is capitalism
RetrogradeLlama
While blaming him for it being broken by Repubs and simultaneously complaining about his fix.
Syrpynt
It's like the schoolyard bully telling the victim to stop hitting himelf, whilst slapping him with his own hands.
AnythingMuchShorter
They also love to point to problems caused by capitalism and use them as examples of socialism.
poochyena
I'd love to hear how a non-capitalistic system would have prevented the egg shortage.
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
Did you read even the headline?
poochyena
yes
dontrike
HAHAHAHAHAH You think there's an actual shortage
poochyena
yes
poochyena
how much do eggs cost today?
youbetchamom
It's the price. We're talking about the price.
poochyena
this might blow your mind, but price and supply are directly proportional.
youbetchamom
But, even the egg producers that aren't affected by avian flu have raised their prices. It's just more corporate greed.
poochyena
Eggs are eggs. Unless one company is using special mutant chickens, its the same supply.
poochyena
how much do eggs cost today?