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But the price of eggs is going down, right? Right? Guys? Bueller? Bueller?

• neogodless 2y ago
  https://eggprices.org/national-data https://eggprices.org/national-data I mean, yes. So, fair trade then? I mean who uses money from their stock market investments to buy eggs? Though I suppose if you can preserve them, perhaps it's time to re-balance your portfolio and include them in your asset allocation?
• randerson 2y ago
  NYT has a front page article today about people painting potatoes for Easter to save money. I had to double check that I wasn't on The Onion.
  • mtmail 2y ago
    found it https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/dining/easter-eggs-potatoes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/dining/easter-eggs-potato...
  • neogodless 2y ago
    Interesting! Potatoes are approaching $1/pound. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000712112 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000712112 A medium to large potato weighs roughly 1/2 pound. https://lovingnaturefarm.com/how-much-does-a-potato-weigh/ https://lovingnaturefarm.com/how-much-does-a-potato-weigh/ Eggs are about $0.44 / egg average https://eggprices.org/national-data https://eggprices.org/national-data So depending on where you live, your potato costs more than an egg! (But only because egg prices have gone back down a bit!)
• kerkeslager 2y ago
  The price of eggs at my farmer's market hasn't changed in a year. This was always caused by corporate middlemen--as much as I'd like to blame Trump/Republicans, the egg cartel is the real problem here, and Trump/Republicans are only to blame inasmuch as they don't have the will to break up the monopoly.