# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/21 "2025-01-08T16:25:45Z")
$19.99 for five dozen (~$4/dozen), Wyoming. I eat a lot of eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/22 "2025-01-08T16:33:02Z")
Just checked prices near me (Galveston/Houston area) for a dozen regular large eggs. HEB $4.66 Aldi $4.39 Kroger $2.49 ! Maybe I should run to Kroger today and buy some extra before they go up. I currently have 15 eggs in the fridge, so if the avian flu crisis doesn’t last too long, three or four dozen should tide me over. USDA sell-by dates are stupid-short. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/23 "2025-01-08T16:34:56Z")
Around $5 is what we’ve been paying at Publix. I always buy the cage-free though, so possibly there are some cheaper. A co-worker told me she paid $7 last time she bought eggs from Wal-Mart. And then she paid me $4 for a dozen, because my ladies have started to lay again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/24 "2025-01-08T18:10:12Z")
Last weekend, Aldi, near Chicago: $3.79, limit 2! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/25 "2025-01-08T18:12:32Z")
I have no reference point for these prices. What was the normal price of eggs before? $6/doz doesn’t seem like a lot. $0.50 per egg seems like a bargain. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/26 "2025-01-08T18:14:19Z")
$7/dozen at Winco (a low price grocer) near Sacramento. My son reports $3.20 at Winco in Boise. So it seems somewhat regional - maybe egg farms outside CA are not as impacted? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/27 "2025-01-08T18:49:11Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I have no reference point for these prices. What was the normal price of eggs before? $6/doz doesn’t seem like a lot. $0.50 per egg seems like a bargain. A couple years ago the now-$6 eggs were about $2.50 most days most places. So double or maybe a bit more percentage-wise. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/28 "2025-01-08T20:48:22Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > My son reports $3.20 at Winco in Boise. So it seems somewhat regional - maybe egg farms outside CA are not as impacted? CA, like WA, has a cage-free egg mandate. Idaho doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/29 "2025-01-08T20:55:15Z")
In Western PA a dozen eggs at Walmart are about $4.53/dozen. Aldi has them for around $4.39/dozen. Shop N Save has them for $5.89/dozen. This is according to information re: online ordering. Have not been to the store to see what types of eggs are available but plan on shopping this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/30 "2025-01-08T21:05:34Z")
$9 + (+ if you need something fancy like organic). Just north of Boston. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/31 "2025-01-08T21:06:11Z")
I bought a dozen large a couple days ago at $3.99. The usual price for those eggs prior to shortages would be around $2. Central NC. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/32 "2025-01-08T21:06:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > CA, like WA, has a cage-free egg mandate. Idaho doesn’t. I don’t know what that would have to do with the current shortage/price spike. Last month eggs were in the normal price range of around $4/dozen, and the cage free mandate was in place then? ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/33 "2025-01-08T21:08:28Z")
I think Christmas week was the highest at my local vista, CA Kroger store: $39 for four dozen eggs. I don’t buy eggs but a neighboring customer expressed his outrage with a colorful pejorative and about seven exclamation points! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/34 "2025-01-08T21:14:44Z")
The government controls the price of eggs here (Israel), so they the maximum price for a dozen large eggs is $3.84 after tax. Some retail chains sell them for a bit less. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/35 "2025-01-08T21:22:34Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I don’t know what that would have to do with the current shortage/price spike. Well, presumably your baseline price was already higher to begin with. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/36 "2025-01-08T21:30:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [WA] has a cage-free egg mandate. Huh. I was not aware of that. > **[New Washington cage-free egg law takes toll on bakeries](https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/new-washington-cage-free-egg-law-takes-toll-bakeries/XP7L7IBPLRCETP3PQJE5VNBP5I/)** > > Mariana’s Panaderia and Bakery in Everett uses about 600 eggs every day. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/37 "2025-01-08T21:34:33Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I don’t know what that would have to do with the current shortage/price spike. Last month eggs were in the normal price range of around $4/dozen, and the cage free mandate was in place then? Perhaps the issue is that CA’s normal large cage-free supply is now largely offline from the disease, and the rest of the country is struggling to supply enough of those specialty eggs. Whereas a different state without the cage-free mandate can draw replacement eggs from a far larger national pool. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/38 "2025-01-08T21:38:45Z")
Yah, that could be. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/39 "2025-01-08T22:08:57Z")
> [@SailorHG](#): > > Yesterday I bought a box of 15 eggs for 45 SEK. Roughly converts to $3.25 per dozen. Apparently even unionised Swedish hens aren’t as expensive as their US free-market capitalism cousins! Is fifteen the usual quantity of eggs in Sweden? Because, in the US, it’s multiples of six; usually a dozen but sometimes just six eggs, or eighteen or 24. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/40 "2025-01-08T22:11:41Z")
Eggs are free (on coupon) with Kroger delivery! …unfortunately, they’re unavailable today. 😢 [![](https://i.imgur.com/BI4tKPS.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/BI4tKPS.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719.md?page=3)