Well, it's not necessarily that people buy the eggs. I think in reality grocery stores act as a monopsonistic purchasing agent and handle suppliers for the peop

Well, it's not necessarily that people buy the eggs. I think in reality grocery stores act as a monopsonistic purchasing agent and handle suppliers for the people. That's that Walmart low price guarantee. I do remember my local store sold out of regular eggs (since the alternative to a price hike is a shortage) and I had to buy a pack of extra fancy ones that were all different colors and tasted unusually rich because they were fed on caviar or something. I tried to make that purchase last longer on principle.