# Eggceptionality eggspensive eggs - what are the prices like in your town? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719 "2025-01-08T06:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/241 "2025-03-08T13:56:34Z")
We always used them to make żurek or biały barszcz (Polish sour soup, sometimes called “Easter soup”) with them. Plus egg salad and/or eating out of hand, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/242 "2025-03-16T20:49:19Z")
Just came back from a grocery run. A dozen regular eggs were $6.19 Canadian, so about $4.28 US. No limit per customer. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/243 "2025-03-27T12:47:58Z")
A slight diversion but still fits into the title. Is bird flu also affecting the cost of chocolate eggs? > **[Easter egg costs soar by up to 50%, Which?says](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlyq4k0v1lo)** > > The consumer group says many chocolate treats have shot up in price while several have been hit by "shrinkflation". ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/244 "2025-03-27T14:56:33Z")
Not sure about chocolate eggs, but news is reporting chicken egg prices have dropped. You can see that in charts like the one below. However, while the price around here has dropped a bit, they are still way more expensive than $3/dozen like the chart says. Maybe it’s regional, but they are still expensive here. > **[Eggs US - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News](https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eggs-us)** > > Eggs US decreased 2.89 USD/DOZEN or 49.69% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This page includes a chart with historical data for Eggs US. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/245 "2025-03-27T15:08:44Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > while the price around here has dropped a bit, they are still way more expensive than $3/dozen like the chart says. I think that may be a wholesale prices chart. Retail’s going to be higher. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/246 "2025-03-27T15:14:37Z")
We are still in the $7-9/dozen range (at least last weekend). I guess the good news was the store actually had eggs. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/247 "2025-03-27T16:01:03Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Maybe it’s regional, but they are still expensive here. There seems to be regional variability along two vectors: a) Price, and b) Availability I’ve seen anecdotes on other forums that in some places, egg prices have dropped significantly since the week of March 8-15 or thereabouts. But I’ve seen other reports (including my own experience shopping locally) that the high prices have remained stable in recent days. And aside from all that … some places have plenty of expensive eggs. Some places have shortages of expensive eggs. And now some places apparently have plenty of getting-cheaper eggs. Unsure if anyplace is experiencing shortages of getting-cheaper eggs, but I can see it happening if people in a given locale take to stocking up on eggs all at once because they’re the cheapest they’ve been in a few months. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/248 "2025-03-27T16:57:19Z")
When I went shopping today eggs were $4.79/dozen, $7.19/eighteen, and $9.99/thirty. I’m currently out of eggs, and briefly considered picking up a 30-pack (which comes to about $4/dozen, but decided to wait for the next time they/re on sale. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/249 "2025-03-27T17:07:38Z")
Odd to see $4.79/dozen and for me to think “damn, so cheap where @LurkMeister lives!”. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/250 "2025-03-27T17:15:24Z")
These all 700 gm Australian dollar and 2 carton limit Free range organic up to $14.00 Extra large Free range $8.80 Coles Jumbo $6.75 Coles Cage Free **$5.40** \< lowest After exchange those would come **$3.40** US dollar I noticed a dozen eggs being offered as a raffle prize 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/251 "2025-03-27T17:19:43Z")
Just paid between $8 and $9 for an 18-pack at our local grocer. But this local chain store is normally more expensive than many others. I don’t think it’s changed much in the last few months. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/252 "2025-03-27T17:20:01Z")
A few months ago the store was having a sale on eggs - something like $2/dozen, with a limit of four dozen. There was a guy in the dairy section with a mini-pallet of them passing them out. I’m not sure if he was there to make sure no one took more than four dozen, or just to save the time of putting them in the cooler. One thing I noticed was that he opened each package to show that none of the eggs were broken. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/253 "2025-03-27T18:50:07Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > One thing I noticed was that he opened each package to show that none of the eggs were broken. You should also jiggle the eggs to make sure they’re not broken on the bottom. (Usually they’ve been broken long enough to stick.) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/254 "2025-03-27T19:09:51Z")
Holding pretty steady at the Mennonite store: conventional local 5.49, organic 6.99, both for a dozen large. The previous three-dozen-limit sign has disappeared, and there were plenty in the case. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/255 "2025-03-28T06:24:55Z")
Extra-large free-range eggs are $5.04 for 18 here, so $3.36 a dozen. And that’s at probably the most expensive store to buy eggs at in South Africa… ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/256 "2025-03-28T11:03:56Z")
Kwik Trip (local convivence store) had a sign advertising $3.99/dozen. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/257 "2026-04-16T01:46:45Z")
Thought of this thread today. I visit a “surplus” grocery store (that also has fresh items) once a month. Last month I bought a flat of 30 large eggs for $3.99. I was thinking of buying a two flats this time if they were still only $3.99. But they were $2.22 instead. (So $0.89 a dozen.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719.md?page=12)