Well that $1/egg price will keep people who donāt need them from hoarding (supposedly one of the reasons for shortages)
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I got two dozen at TJs yesterday(they limited 2 dozen per person) and they were $3.49. I sent my husband to Stater Brothers last week and they were 8$.
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A funny - or not so funny - story my mom told this weekend. She was in the grocery store and a woman was ranting about the high price or eggs and how inflation is terrible. My mom said well the egg increase is due to the bird flu. What? The lady didnāt believe my mom. Umm. Yeah. It is. She said āthe bird flu only affects the chickens, not the eggs.ā
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How can one hoard eggs? TP - I understand. Eggs - 
they are perishable!
Maybe they make egg bakes and freeze?
You can freeze eggs tooā¦just crack them, mix them up, put them in some type of freezer container/bag, even an ice cube tray.
I donāt use more than half a dozen eggs a week, so it has not impacted me that much. I guess if you have 4+ people in your household it would be a bigger deal.
I freeze a lot of stuff, but I donāt know if I would like thawed eggs. Do they taste the same? I know tofu is different after you freeze it.
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Frozen eggs are fine for baking. I donāt think they make good scrambled eggs once frozen.
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I make egg bites for me (recipe calls for 8 eggs I think) and Dh makes hard boiled eggs for him. Between us, we could easily use more than a dozen eggs a week since we also use them for baking or even some of our dinners use an egg.
During the āshutdownā of the pandemic when we had five of us at home, 8 was buying the 5 dozen pack at Sams Club. That would last for a while but we were definitely using them before they would have spoiled.
from article above
The actual term my article linked above was āpanic buyingā. But I think of it as minor hoarding. It is very true that one canāt stock up as much on eggs as nonperishables like TP. But eggs do keep a few weeks. I can see how people might have heard about upcoming shortages and bought 3 or 4 dozen instead of the usual weekly dozen. And of course restaurants could have an impact too if they stocked up.
I definitely agree that panic buying is contributing to the shortage. I refuse to pay over $4 for a dozen of eggs. There are plenty of things I can eat that donāt need eggs.
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I just bought a dozen large brown eggs at Whole Foods for $4.15. Seems pretty normal prices for this area.
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Iāve been doing whole foods through Amazon with free delivery (more than I should be to be honest) $4.49 here for regular Brown Eggs- 365 (not organic). Just started ordering from whole foods so not sure what their price normally is.
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Iāll just be glad when theyāre 99 cents a carton. 
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Went to Target today. Not a single egg to be found. But the price stickers ranged from $9 to $13.50 for a dozen.
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$4 at Aldi.
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I just stayed at a harvest host location in NC. $3 dozen for farm fresh eggs. Cheapest Iāve paid in a long time.
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So why are we seeing such large variations in pricing? Like $3 dozen to $12 dozen! Is it because eggs are reduced regionally and where prices are higher there is more bird flu?
I havenāt gone in any store here recently and not found plenty of eggs even if the price is a little higher than normal. Thankful for that but wondering why .
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Just yesterday, I picked up a dozen at at a larger store (Big Y) for $5.99, later in the day I happened to be at a smaller regional store where things are generally more expensive, they had one brand (the regular old ābulkā brand, not egglands best or anything fancy) of large white eggs for $9.99/dozen and another brand (fancier) large brown, for $4.99. I didnāt notice a sale sign, so I just donāt get it. 
In any event, I have 2 dozen eggs now
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