Eggs as loss leaders

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Normally in the week or two before Easter my local grocery stores have
eggs as loss leaders (real cheap), but this year this does not appear
to be the case. Egg prices appear to be high in this area, and I
thought that might be the reason. Then I thought well maybe nobody
boils or decorates Easter eggs anymore because most kids do not like
hard boiled eggs or people worry about diease. So putting them on sale
does not entice anyone to the market.

By the way I was at a supermarket last week, and large eggs were
selling for around $1.50 per dozen. Then I noticed they had brown eggs
for 82 cents per dozen which really amazed me, because usually brown
eggs are more expensive than white eggs. I asked the clerk if they
were mismarked, and he said no. Of course there is no difference
between the two, and I remember as a kid my mother would buy a dozen
eggs and some would be brown, and some would be white.

I looked at the price of large eggs in my supermarket and was shocked.
Normally they run around $1.59 to $1.79 a dozen, and $0.99 to $1.29 when on
sale. The current price is $3.09 a dozen. I hope it's just Easter, but if it
is, I consider it price gouging. Unbelievable. I don't recall there being
any big kills of flocks or anything, I don't think they froze to death,
didn't hear about any hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes that might cause
a shortage otherwise.

Tomorrow starts a new sales week, so I'll see if the price changes.

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"wff_ng_7" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I looked at the price of large eggs in my supermarket and was shocked.
Normally they run around $1.59 to $1.79 a dozen, and $0.99 to $1.29 when
on sale. The current price is $3.09 a dozen. I hope it's just Easter, but
if it is, I consider it price gouging. Unbelievable. I don't recall there
being any big kills of flocks or anything, I don't think they froze to
death, didn't hear about any hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes that
might cause a shortage otherwise.

Tomorrow starts a new sales week, so I'll see if the price changes.

This was discussed a couple of weeks ago in a thread titled:
What's happened to egg prices?

They've been pricier than usual for a couple months now, I think.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

"wff_ng_7" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I looked at the price of large eggs in my supermarket and was shocked.
Normally they run around $1.59 to $1.79 a dozen, and $0.99 to $1.29 when
on sale. The current price is $3.09 a dozen. I hope it's just Easter, but
if it is, I consider it price gouging. Unbelievable. I don't recall there
being any big kills of flocks or anything, I don't think they froze to
death, didn't hear about any hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes that
might cause a shortage otherwise.

Tomorrow starts a new sales week, so I'll see if the price changes.

This was discussed a couple of weeks ago in a thread titled:
What's happened to egg prices?

They've been pricier than usual for a couple months now, I think.

nancy

I'll look up the thread. In any case, this increase to the $3 range was
within the last few weeks or so, and it was in the below $2 range right
before that.

Just checked my last purchase... it was on 2/20, and the price was $1.29 but
in a different supermarket chain (which is always a bit lower than my
regular supermarket).

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wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

wff_ng_7 said:

Nancy Young said:

"wff_ng_7" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I looked at the price of large eggs in my supermarket and was shocked.
Normally they run around $1.59 to $1.79 a dozen, and $0.99 to $1.29 when
on sale. The current price is $3.09 a dozen. I hope it's just Easter, but
if it is, I consider it price gouging. Unbelievable. I don't recall there
being any big kills of flocks or anything, I don't think they froze to
death, didn't hear about any hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes that
might cause a shortage otherwise.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Tomorrow starts a new sales week, so I'll see if the price changes.

Quoted message said:

This was discussed a couple of weeks ago in a thread titled:
What's happened to egg prices?

Quoted message said:

They've been pricier than usual for a couple months now, I think.

Quoted message said:

nancy

I'll look up the thread. In any case, this increase to the $3 range was
within the last few weeks or so, and it was in the below $2 range right
before that.

Just checked my last purchase... it was on 2/20, and the price was $1.29 but
in a different supermarket chain (which is always a bit lower than my
regular supermarket).

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

They're $1.29 in a few places, Seabra had them for "10 cents each" or
$1.20 a dozen, and Walgreens has them for 99 cents this week.
This time of year, the white eggs are pricier because everyone wants
them to decorate for Easter. Brown eggs are cheaper because they are
not as nifty in the decorating department.

Me, I buy about 9-10 dozen for Passover. Prefer white ones because
the brown ones too often have spots that aren't seen when they are
candled.

maxine in ri

maxine in ri said:

Quoted message said:

Just checked my last purchase... it was on 2/20, and the price was $1.29
but
in a different supermarket chain (which is always a bit lower than my
regular supermarket).

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

They're $1.29 in a few places, Seabra had them for "10 cents each" or
$1.20 a dozen, and Walgreens has them for 99 cents this week.
This time of year, the white eggs are pricier because everyone wants
them to decorate for Easter. Brown eggs are cheaper because they are
not as nifty in the decorating department.

I didn't look at the prices of brown eggs because normally they are more
expensive. I hadn't thought of them being cheaper around now.

I looked at today's sales flyer for my local supermaket (Safeway). Eggs are
"on sale" this week. Not that it does me any good. The sale is a buy one,
get one free deal on an 18 pack of large eggs. I don't know what the normal
price is though, so I don't know the final cost per dozen. But it's 3 dozen
eggs total. There is no way I as a single person can use that many eggs
before they go bad. Aside from eating the eggs whole, I also use them for
baking including glazing bread loaves. There are only so many uses in a
household of one.

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wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:16:15 GMT, "wff_ng_7" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Normally in the week or two before Easter my local grocery stores have
eggs as loss leaders (real cheap), but this year this does not appear
to be the case. Egg prices appear to be high in this area, and I
thought that might be the reason. Then I thought well maybe nobody
boils or decorates Easter eggs anymore because most kids do not like
hard boiled eggs or people worry about diease. So putting them on sale
does not entice anyone to the market.

By the way I was at a supermarket last week, and large eggs were
selling for around $1.50 per dozen. Then I noticed they had brown eggs
for 82 cents per dozen which really amazed me, because usually brown
eggs are more expensive than white eggs. I asked the clerk if they
were mismarked, and he said no. Of course there is no difference
between the two, and I remember as a kid my mother would buy a dozen
eggs and some would be brown, and some would be white.

I looked at the price of large eggs in my supermarket and was shocked.
Normally they run around $1.59 to $1.79 a dozen, and $0.99 to $1.29 when on
sale. The current price is $3.09 a dozen. I hope it's just Easter, but if it
is, I consider it price gouging. Unbelievable. I don't recall there being
any big kills of flocks or anything, I don't think they froze to death,
didn't hear about any hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes that might cause
a shortage otherwise.

Tomorrow starts a new sales week, so I'll see if the price changes.

it's all part of the war on easter, sort of a mopping-up operation to
the war on christmas.

your pal,
bill o.

wff_ng_7 said:

maxine in ri said:

Quoted message said:

Just checked my last purchase... it was on 2/20, and the price was $1.29
but
in a different supermarket chain (which is always a bit lower than my
regular supermarket).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

Quoted message said:

They're $1.29 in a few places, Seabra had them for "10 cents each" or
$1.20 a dozen, and Walgreens has them for 99 cents this week.
This time of year, the white eggs are pricier because everyone wants
them to decorate for Easter. Brown eggs are cheaper because they are
not as nifty in the decorating department.

I didn't look at the prices of brown eggs because normally they are more
expensive. I hadn't thought of them being cheaper around now.

I looked at today's sales flyer for my local supermaket (Safeway). Eggs are
"on sale" this week. Not that it does me any good. The sale is a buy one,
get one free deal on an 18 pack of large eggs. I don't know what the normal
price is though, so I don't know the final cost per dozen. But it's 3 dozen
eggs total. There is no way I as a single person can use that many eggs
before they go bad. Aside from eating the eggs whole, I also use them for
baking including glazing bread loaves. There are only so many uses in a
household of one.

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

They do survive quite a while in the fridge. The older they are, the
better for
hard boiling, but they still make a decent fried egg altho the whites
are runnier.
At one egg a day, that's around 5 weeks. Time to do some baking<g>.

maxine in ri

wff_ng_7 said:

maxine in ri said:

Quoted message said:

Just checked my last purchase... it was on 2/20, and the price was $1.29
but
in a different supermarket chain (which is always a bit lower than my
regular supermarket).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

Quoted message said:

They're $1.29 in a few places, Seabra had them for "10 cents each" or
$1.20 a dozen, and Walgreens has them for 99 cents this week.
This time of year, the white eggs are pricier because everyone wants
them to decorate for Easter. Brown eggs are cheaper because they are
not as nifty in the decorating department.

I didn't look at the prices of brown eggs because normally they are more
expensive. I hadn't thought of them being cheaper around now.

I looked at today's sales flyer for my local supermaket (Safeway). Eggs are
"on sale" this week. Not that it does me any good. The sale is a buy one,
get one free deal on an 18 pack of large eggs. I don't know what the normal
price is though, so I don't know the final cost per dozen. But it's 3 dozen
eggs total. There is no way I as a single person can use that many eggs
before they go bad. Aside from eating the eggs whole, I also use them for
baking including glazing bread loaves. There are only so many uses in a
household of one.

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

If they're pretty fresh right when you buy them (and they probably
will be, given the "sale"😉, they will last 6-8 weeks in the
refrigerator, no problem.

N.

Nancy2 said:

If they're pretty fresh right when you buy them (and they probably
will be, given the "sale"😉, they will last 6-8 weeks in the
refrigerator, no problem.

But I'm commitment phobic! I'm not willing to get into a long term
relationship with these eggs. ;-)

The reason I want fresh eggs is because of the way I use them. For eating
eggs themselves, I want them very fresh for two reasons. First, on frying
and poaching, they come out a lot better when the white is still thick. As
they age, it thins out considerably. The second reason is I like eggs
lightly cooked (whether fried, poached, soft boiled, omelet, zabaglione) and
I believe fresher would tend to decrease salmonella problems.

For baking, I have no qualms about "old" eggs. But I don't bake as often as
I'd like (weight control issues!).

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