# 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:** 5
**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 15, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/81 "2025-01-15T16:28:10Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > At Costco today, an 18 pack came out to $3.66 a dozen for standard large white eggs. But you could also buy a crate of 60 eggs for $3.60/doz. Eighteen eggs? In my experience, Costco sells either 24 or 60 eggs. Maybe it’s different where you are. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/82 "2025-01-15T16:34:51Z")
They used to mainly sell the 24 egg plastic packs. Lately I’ve been seeing 18 in a more traditional styrofoam pack. I assume the distribution/supply issues have them using other sources these days to keep some in stock. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/83 "2025-01-16T02:45:18Z")
Check price at store today. $7.42 for a dozen at Winco in Southern California. ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/84 "2025-01-16T15:22:45Z")
I semi-panicked last week when I first read this thread, and bought four dozen at Kroger when they were $2.49/doz. and other stores were over $4.00, thinking that Kroger would soon have their price jump. This morning I checked the price as I went by the egg section (no, I don’t need any more yet) and they were up only a dime to $2.59/doz. After I got home I did an online check, and the other area stores(HEB, Aldi, Walmart) all went up just a bit to the $4.60 - $4.89 range. Maybe Kroger has a secret henhouse? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/85 "2025-01-16T16:01:32Z")
Just got back from Aldi - a doz large: $4.53 At Food Lion, a carton of 18 was $6.49, more or less. I wasn’t buying so I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention. No matter, they’ll be cheaper on Monday, Tuesday at the latest. Right? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/86 "2025-01-16T19:37:40Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > I semi-panicked last week when I first read this thread, and bought four dozen at Kroger when they were $2.49/doz. and other stores were over $4.00, thinking that Kroger would soon have their price jump. This morning I checked the price as I went by the egg section (no, I don’t need any more yet) and they were up only a dime to $2.59/doz. > > After I got home I did an online check, and the other area stores(HEB, Aldi, Walmart) all went up just a bit to the $4.60 - $4.89 range. > > **Maybe Kroger has a secret henhouse ?** Our local-chain grocer that’s been selling the large brown eggs for $3.75/18-pack … as of this past weekend, they were _still_ selling them at that price. The rub: They’re now _always_ out of those dirt-cheap eggs. At least the last few times I’ve been in the store (I go about twice a week). I guess I’d have to be in the store within a few hours of these eggs being stocked, or else forget it. To be clear: The spot on the shelf still shows the $3.75 price for same SKU number for “18 brown eggs - large” – but that spot is virtually always empty now. I actually do think this grocery has what amounts to a “secret henhouse” – a local poultry farmer that’s selling them just enough eggs to serve as an honest loss leader. Mostly honest – I’m sure the store manager knows the eggs will be gone within hours. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/87 "2025-01-19T16:54:43Z")
I’m doing a WallyWorld order, and the news comes on with the update that more and more commercial flocks are being culled because of bird flu. Although the house has enough eggs for the present time, I want to order more “just because.” The box of five dozen is now $36.00. Months ago, it was ten bucks. Sigh. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/88 "2025-01-19T17:00:15Z")
USD $5.99 for Egglands Best Free Range large brown 12 count $7.99 Happy Egg Large Free Range Brown Grade A eggs 18 count $5.09 Meijer Cage Free Extra Large eggs 12 count ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/89 "2025-01-22T12:03:51Z")
Yesterday, in my supermarket in Germany: 10 eggs, minimal legal animal welfare standard (access to barn floor): 1.99 € 10 eggs, higher animal welfare standard (access to outside grassland): 2.39 € 10 eggs, certified organic: 3.29 € 1 USD = 0.96 EUR ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/90 "2025-01-22T17:07:36Z")
A day or three ago I paid $11 for an 18-count carton of (generic, white, large) eggs at Safeway. We don’t use eggs very often so that carton will last us a month, easily. My go-to store, Albertsons is in the process of shutting down and I’ve been forced to switch my allegiance to Safeway. I have no idea what the usual price of an 18-count carton was, so I have no idea how much they’ve gone up in the past few months. We have a couple of discount grocers here, including WinCo, which I suppose I should stop at and see how their prices compare. This is southwest Oregon, on I-5. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/91 "2025-01-22T17:38:25Z")
Update: Eggs were on my list at my last grocery shop a couple of days ago, and things have indeed changed. I didn’t notice any huge increase in prices, but the coolers in the egg section were half empty. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/92 "2025-01-22T17:39:02Z")
$6.79 a dozen ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/93 "2025-01-22T20:12:04Z")
Cover me, I’m going in to buy eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/94 "2025-01-22T20:19:02Z")
I just bought eighteen eggs for $4.49 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/95 "2025-01-22T21:11:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I just bought eighteen eggs for $4.49. If I saw that here, I’d buy four or five cartons. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/96 "2025-01-23T02:16:29Z")
About .35 per eggs either by dozen or 18 count. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/97 "2025-01-23T05:16:39Z")
At Stop and Shop it looked like most eggs were $8.49-$9.99 per dozen but the shelves were empty. Today at Trader Joe’s they are $3.49 but again completely empty, not a single carton. ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/98 "2025-01-26T03:09:00Z")
$4.99 here for a dozen large. ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/99 "2025-01-26T03:51:08Z")
Our regular 12ct eggs are still $5.42, but yesterday we got brown eggs in at a relatively inexpensive $3.92. How long those stay in stock for is anyone’s guess. ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719/100 "2025-01-26T15:54:35Z")
A dozen cage-free were $5.49 yesterday at Publix. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719.md?page=6)