$2.09 at Aldiā¦and they were jumbo eggs!
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Last Saturday bought 18 eggs for $1.49.
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Yeah, I think at least for EGGS, prices are back down to reasonable!
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Yes, eggs have been the digital specials around here for several months. Usually under $2 dozen and on special about $.99 or $1.49 for 18
I just wish other things would go back down.
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Recently egg prices have been okay in my neck of the woods.
The new āwhat the heck?!ā culprit is frozen pizza.
Iāll use a national brand as an example:
Roma pizza a couple years ago was priced at like $1.50 apiece.
Recently at my local Hy-Vee theyāve been going for like $3.00ā¦ and the little pricing sticker has the audacity to claim āHot Deal! Down $0.79!ā
Down from what, $3.79? lol yeahā¦ great deal.
Brew Pub Lottza Mottza pizzas ā $6.99 a couple years ago, now $8.99 ("Hot Deal! Down $3.00!). Nobody buys them at $11.99, much less $8.99 ā we wait until they have their BLOCKBUSTER DEAL sale at the old $6.99 price, and get like six of them.
Same with Tombstone, Jackāsā¦ prices seem to have doubled almost overnight, not 2.5% per annum.
ETA: The older I become, the more I realize that a short memory would be a blessing in some aspects of life.
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Not as high as previously, but it seems to be that egg prices are on the rise again - are you seeing that? At both Aldi and my local grocery the cheapest was $2.69. Costco 2 dozen container is also creeping back up. Itās fine, itās still a deal protein - but wondering what you all thought?
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I definitely noticed they have trended upwards again. The days of low cost eggs are probably gone for good.
I have been getting some from neighbors and coworkers that are higher quality and a bit cheaper than the store bought. I did but 18 at the store today for cheap by using my reward points.
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I noticed this yesterday too. I think the plain old Safeway dozen was $2.99 yesterday. I was wondering if it was because Easter is coming up and theyāll put them on special in the next few weeks? Hope so.
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Things like eggs and milk tend to cycle, Iāve noticed. I remember when the kids were little, at one point, I paid $4/gallon for walmart brand milk. Today itās $2.64/gallon. But that $4 wasnāt normal. It would rise and fall and rise and fall all the time. Same with eggs. I honestly donāt pay that much attention to them.
Edit: I found this snippet that I posted in Feb 2023 on this thread. The price I see on Walmart.com is almost identical
āI just checked our prices. $3.37 for 18 at Walmart. While itās higher than the $1.60 or whatever it was at some point last year, itās far cheaper than the $7+ it was a few weeks ago!ā
Before the egg shortage, I had seemed to notice that the price was higher in winter. But looking at this article/charts, the price cycling over time has not had a strong seasonal correlation.
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Egg prices seem to vary by store. While prices have crept up again, they are still cheaper at a place like Aldiās or Lidl than the traditional chain supermarkets
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Organic Eggsland were $6.29 this week.
Weāve not eaten many eggs since January so I was surprised to see their prices had shot back up again.
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The chickens are doing very well and apparently laying tons of eggs at our CSA farm. Itās buy two dozen get one free (total cost $10). They are fresh so we need to keep one dozen for a week or so to make peeling hard boiled eggs possible.
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Is there some sort of superglu-like substance lining the inside of the shell that dissipates after a weekā¦ making fresh eggs much harder to peel once boiled?
From Egglands Best:
" WHY ARE SOME HARD-COOKED EGGS DIFFICULT TO PEEL?
Hard-cooked eggs may be difficult to peel if they are very fresh. This is because an egg shrinks inside during storage, which pulls the inner membrane away from the inside of the shell. For this reason, a hard-cooked egg will peel more easily if it has been stored for 1 or 2 weeks before it is cooked."
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On FB I recently saw a method to crack eggs into a bowl and then submerge in boiling water to hard-cook them as a big blob. Obviously this would only work when you need chopped eggs (egg salad, potato salad etc), not deviled eggs. Has anybody tried it?
Sounds like just an overcooked poached egg. I mean it would work, but I feel like the whites donāt get as firm.
I do often poach eggs this way though! With a little vinegar in the water.
Iāve done poached eggs (soft). But this method kept the eggs in a bowl in within the boiling water. I might give it a try for egg salad.
Peel easy eggs every timeā¦ boil water first, drop eggs. When done, ice bath. Peel immediately. perfect every time. No more losing chunks and having the shell stick to the egg.
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Iāve had pretty good luck using the Dash egg cooker then plunging into an ice bath, then waiting a bit and rolling the egg in the sink to loosen before starting the peel. But sometimes Iāll have trouble with the shell of one egg when another from the same carton just slides off. So itās not my technique!