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Egg Prices Plummet
Newsweek ^ | Mar 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM EDT | Chloe Mayer

Posted on 03/11/2025 12:10:24 PM PDT by Olog-hai

New data suggests that soaring egg prices, which became a flashpoint issue during last year's presidential election, may finally be falling.

Figures released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that the average cost of one dozen eggs is now significantly cheaper than in recent days. The economic indicator website Trading Economics shows that a dozen eggs were $5.51 on Tuesday, more than $2 cheaper than β€œan all-time high of $8.17 in March of 2025.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: chloemayer; eggs; freepun; no
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1 posted on 03/11/2025 12:10:24 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Well. Now I’m sure the Democrats will agree: Trump is awesome.


2 posted on 03/11/2025 12:11:31 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Olog-hai

I think they mean March 2024.


3 posted on 03/11/2025 12:12:04 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Olog-hai

Promises made, promises kept.


4 posted on 03/11/2025 12:12:08 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Olog-hai

Sure, the day after I had to sell a kidney to afford some eggs.


5 posted on 03/11/2025 12:13:49 PM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Fledermaus

“I think they mean March 2024.”

It’s Newsweek.
Give ‘em a break for correct spelling.


6 posted on 03/11/2025 12:14:43 PM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: Olog-hai

We got Trump number 3 Million
🀣🀣


7 posted on 03/11/2025 12:20:23 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING 0F AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE oNO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Olog-hai

Oh no... what will the liberals complain about now?


8 posted on 03/11/2025 12:22:25 PM PDT by HamiltonJay (Ho)
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To: HamiltonJay

Now they can afford to throw eggs at a Trump motorcade.


9 posted on 03/11/2025 12:28:52 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Olog-hai

The fruitcakes in the “media” are still claiming they are on the rise.


10 posted on 03/11/2025 12:36:12 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Fight fascist RAT bureaucracy! Damn. DemocRATS are ugliest damn tribe on the planet.)
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To: Olog-hai

At Lidl in Genoa, Italy on Sunday 10 eggs were 2.19 Euros.


11 posted on 03/11/2025 12:41:13 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: HamiltonJay

β€œ Oh no... what will the liberals complain about now?”

Egg prices are too low.


12 posted on 03/11/2025 12:44:09 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Chickens cause global warming.


13 posted on 03/11/2025 1:05:47 PM PDT by RoosterRedux ("Think AI is scary? Imagine a world run by gov't bureaucrats.")
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To: Olog-hai

I think they meant the 1st of this month. I paid about $9 for 18 pack on the 1st and the same eggs are $5.82 today.


14 posted on 03/11/2025 1:13:36 PM PDT by Tammy8 ( )
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To: Olog-hai

They were $7.81 at DG on Saturday. They were the same at Wmt yesterday. Let me see prices falling.


15 posted on 03/11/2025 1:14:12 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: Tammy8

Trump is The Chosen One.


16 posted on 03/11/2025 1:14:44 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
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To: Olog-hai

I think they meant the 1st of this month. I paid about $9 for 18 pack on the 1st and the same eggs are $5.82 today.


17 posted on 03/11/2025 1:17:54 PM PDT by Tammy8 ( )
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To: Sequoyah101
4.89$ a dozen at Wegmans on Sunday. Grade A large. White.

The only reason i know that is because it was on my mother's list when i did her shopping.

18 posted on 03/11/2025 1:22:31 PM PDT by Kudsman (Democrats' brand is FRAUD. Elections, biology, climate, journalism, auto pen, peace, life and God. )
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To: Olog-hai

Well not here yet. I was in the Chattanooga Costco yesterday and they had zero eggs at any price.


19 posted on 03/11/2025 1:42:43 PM PDT by CA_soon_gone
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To: Olog-hai

Mine were free today.

Some of us riders were hanging out at a little grocery store & grill we like in the country and one of the locals popped in to give us eggs for the second day in a row. Fortunately I have saddle bags on my bike.


20 posted on 03/11/2025 2:06:43 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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