Do you realize that the New Thing in a lot of produce and food products is Organic? Free-range. No antibiotics. No hormones. Boutique food.
Upscale people. Whole Foods. Fresh Market. Texas tea.
If all eggs are being included in the price of eggs, that'll also include that package of $3.50 free range eggs as well as the regular $1.50 box that most people buy--and much of this is a fairly recent development. There's a lot more variety in the average supermarket these days.
The two dozen jumbo eggs at BJ's went from 2.49 to 3.29 in about three weeks.
“...that’ll also include that package of $3.50 free range eggs as well as the regular $1.50 box that most people buy...”
Thank you, Voice of Sanity!
But, when I was producing “boutique” eggs, I was getting $4.50 a dozen when we sold to the Yuppies on the “posh” side of town. (Fools.)
I never pay more than .39-cents a dozen when I need to buy store-bought eggs. Which is maybe twice a year in the winter months when the girls shut down production. (I have laying hens.)
These figures are totally skewed. There’s more free and cheap food on this planet than anyone realizes. Heck, in the Spring you can practically make a meal each day out of the WEEDS in your lawn if one is so inspired. :)
Very good question. We sell almost as many 3.99/dozen organic eggs as we do $1.39/dz regular white eggs. Our produce 5 years ago was only 5% organic but is now over 30% organic (and our produce year over year sales have increased by nearly 14% because of it too).
The last I heard they always pick the lowest cost item And/or the best seller.
Sorry, plain jane Grade A large are $3.00 a dozen in my neck of the woods at Fred Meyer (kroger).
The price of milk has been rising since the Clinton years.