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I go to Whole Foods all the time, and yes their own brand of eggs really is that price. The egg inflation scare is being largely exaggerated. IMO what is diffe
by tempsy 4y ago
I go to Whole Foods all the time, and yes their own brand of eggs really is that price.
The egg inflation scare is being largely exaggerated. IMO what is different now vs a few years ago is there's a lot more high end organic pasture raised options. These are $6-$10, but that's not the price of standard conventional eggs.
- busterarm 4y agoTalk to people who raise chickens. Costs for everything from baby chicks to egg-laying hens have tripled pretty much country-wide. H5N1 has hit the US and Europe extremely hard this year and there seems to be no end in sight to this current outbreak.
- tempsy 4y agoOk sure but eggs are still $3 something at whole foods
- busterarm 4y agoWhole Foods is a very large grocer with contractual obligations to buy a certain quantity of eggs. They also have declining foot traffic and price-sensitive customers. At the moment, eggs are probably a loss-leader for them and they're encouraged to still move on volume. If you look at the data in this app as a whole, the stores with the highest egg prices are small chains with low buying-power.