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The average price for a dozen eggs is $2.86. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111

MeetingsBrowser 2y ago
TIL eggs in my Texas suburb are 2x the national average.
- AlotOfReading 2y ago
  The cheapest eggs at the store in my California suburb are 2x the nominal average. Looked up the online prices and averaged all the available dozens to find the "price average". It's the square of the nominal average ($8.20)
  - bryanlarsen 2y ago
    California and Hawaii are pretty much the only states that still have expensive eggs: https://pantryandlarder.com/eggspensive https://pantryandlarder.com/eggspensive
  - HDThoreaun 2y ago
    California agg laws ban most eggs produced in the US, which makes them much more expensive.
mat_epice 2y ago
At the moment, yes. For a short while, it was very hard to find eggs for less than $5-6 a dozen due to a supply issue. Since then, some egg prices have fallen back to normal. Some egg producers, however, have decided that this new price is just fine for them, so you can still see that price on the shelf.
- mat_epice 2y ago
  Just as a data point, I saw a $9 dozen of eggs next to a $2.19 dozen of eggs at the grocery store today.
cooper_ganglia 2y ago
That's still quite expensive for a dozen eggs, no? I can buy a carton at my grocery store for $1.54.
tiahura 2y ago
Really? Check https://www.safeway.com/shop/search-results.html?q=12%20eggs https://www.safeway.com/shop/search-results.html?q=12%20eggs for your market. Next, check what a case of Coke costs and come back and tell me sticker shock isn't a thing.
- davidfischer 2y ago
  While I agree with you to an extent, this is not a very good way to check actual in-store prices. Most grocery stores charge a different rate for products that are delivered or even curbsided than they do if you go to the store and buy it yourself. This is true even if you go directly vs. going through an intermediary like DoorDash. I live in coastal CA and the cheapest eggs at my local market are $3.49/dozen. Trader Joes and Costco are closer to $2.20/dozen if you just want plain white eggs. The moment you go organic, the cheapest is Costco at about $4/dozen. Edit: Just to be clear, at Costco you buy 2 dozen rather than 1 and I've divided the price to a single dozen.
  - Thorrez 2y ago
    For other stores the online price might be different from the in-store price. But I think for Safeway, the online price is the same as the in-store price (which is why the webpage says "Shopping at <address>").
    - davidfischer 2y ago
      I can't confirm if the price is the same or not, but their terms[1] specifically mention that the price can be different. > Prices for Offerings you order for delivery or pickup through the Online Grocery Ordering Service may be higher than the prices for such Offerings in our physical stores. Most outlets I've seen (eg. Target) are the same in that they just list a higher price on the website than it costs in-store and they're upfront about this. It takes me 20-25 minutes of in-store picking to shop including checkout for my weekly groceries. Even if that is done by a minimum wage worker (~$17/hr here) that's ~$6-8 of service on top of them bringing it out to the curb. In addition, eggs are usually specially packed in their own bag (frequently with a sticker on the bag labeled "eggs") when they're bought online and curbsided. It seems a bit naive to me to think that all this service would just be included/free. [1] https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/policies-and-disclosures/terms-of-use/default.aspx#section-2-6 https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/policies-and-disclosures... (linked from safeway's footer)

MeetingsBrowser 2y ago

TIL eggs in my Texas suburb are 2x the national average.

AlotOfReading 2y ago
The cheapest eggs at the store in my California suburb are 2x the nominal average. Looked up the online prices and averaged all the available dozens to find the "price average". It's the square of the nominal average ($8.20)
- bryanlarsen 2y ago
  California and Hawaii are pretty much the only states that still have expensive eggs: https://pantryandlarder.com/eggspensive https://pantryandlarder.com/eggspensive
- HDThoreaun 2y ago
  California agg laws ban most eggs produced in the US, which makes them much more expensive.

mat_epice 2y ago

At the moment, yes. For a short while, it was very hard to find eggs for less than $5-6 a dozen due to a supply issue. Since then, some egg prices have fallen back to normal. Some egg producers, however, have decided that this new price is just fine for them, so you can still see that price on the shelf.

mat_epice 2y ago
Just as a data point, I saw a $9 dozen of eggs next to a $2.19 dozen of eggs at the grocery store today.

cooper_ganglia 2y ago

That's still quite expensive for a dozen eggs, no? I can buy a carton at my grocery store for $1.54.

tiahura 2y ago

Really? Check https://www.safeway.com/shop/search-results.html?q=12%20eggs https://www.safeway.com/shop/search-results.html?q=12%20eggs for your market. Next, check what a case of Coke costs and come back and tell me sticker shock isn't a thing.

davidfischer 2y ago
While I agree with you to an extent, this is not a very good way to check actual in-store prices. Most grocery stores charge a different rate for products that are delivered or even curbsided than they do if you go to the store and buy it yourself. This is true even if you go directly vs. going through an intermediary like DoorDash. I live in coastal CA and the cheapest eggs at my local market are $3.49/dozen. Trader Joes and Costco are closer to $2.20/dozen if you just want plain white eggs. The moment you go organic, the cheapest is Costco at about $4/dozen. Edit: Just to be clear, at Costco you buy 2 dozen rather than 1 and I've divided the price to a single dozen.
- Thorrez 2y ago
  For other stores the online price might be different from the in-store price. But I think for Safeway, the online price is the same as the in-store price (which is why the webpage says "Shopping at <address>").
  - davidfischer 2y ago
    I can't confirm if the price is the same or not, but their terms[1] specifically mention that the price can be different. > Prices for Offerings you order for delivery or pickup through the Online Grocery Ordering Service may be higher than the prices for such Offerings in our physical stores. Most outlets I've seen (eg. Target) are the same in that they just list a higher price on the website than it costs in-store and they're upfront about this. It takes me 20-25 minutes of in-store picking to shop including checkout for my weekly groceries. Even if that is done by a minimum wage worker (~$17/hr here) that's ~$6-8 of service on top of them bringing it out to the curb. In addition, eggs are usually specially packed in their own bag (frequently with a sticker on the bag labeled "eggs") when they're bought online and curbsided. It seems a bit naive to me to think that all this service would just be included/free. [1] https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/policies-and-disclosures/terms-of-use/default.aspx#section-2-6 https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/policies-and-disclosures... (linked from safeway's footer)