“I look at it and I was like, ‘Wait, what?’” Norma Rojas told KFOR.
Rojas is talking about two receipts from Walmart.
One receipt from April 14th shows the price for a 60-count carton of eggs as $4.74. Another receipt from April 20th shows the price for that same carton as $15.91.
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I don't buy my eggs but the other day I was in the Piggly Wiggly and saw eggs priced at $2.99 a dozen. When we first moved here and before I got my hens, they were priced at 99 cents a dozen. I remember that because I was thinking that with what I put out with the initial cost of the laying hens, the cost of a coop and what I put out in feed, it would be years before I recouped my money.
It got worse after that. About a year ago Lisa lost her taste for eggs so the only use we have for them is my occasional breakfast eggs and what Lisa uses for baking. The neighbors across the road now get a dozen fresh eggs every 5 days now so they don't go to waste and that put me on really good terms with them, so there's that.
Try to find a local that has extra and sells them. It is to everyone's benefit.
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A drive around the countryside will get you fresh eggs for sale. Probably cheaper than what you'd find in the store and much tastier too.
Delete"In this spirit of transparency..." (Gag reflex kicked in.)
ReplyDeleteMaybe the hens were unionized by the AFL-CIO.
ReplyDelete$1.39 for a dozen Jumbo at Kroger yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThis is for the generic ones, not the boutique virtue-signaling assuage-your-conscience ones.
I noticed the same thing a week or so ago when at the grocery store. 1 doz. large white were $1.59 on 10-Mar, $2.19 on 23-APR and they'll probably be more when I go this week. Hold onto your shorts sports fans 'cause the price of ALL meat is going thru the roof, if your grocery store can even get any.
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My local Wallyworld was selling eggs for, get this, .49 cents per dozen, before the lockdown. A gallon of milk was $1.48. Now eggs are $2.49 and milk is $1.69.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that is really price gouging. Butter, which I finally got my wife to prefer over margarine, runs from 1.98-2.99, depending on where you buy it. But you could not get it from anywhere over the last 2 weeks. Now, it is back in the stores again, but the price is $3.98. I bit the bullet and bought 4 pounds and froze 2 of them. Butter is one thing that freezes really well. I also froze a couple of gallons of milk. We always did this when I was growing up, just using a crate on our porch in the winter.
One good thing about this whole freedom robbing exercise, is that people will hopefully get the idea, and will learn to not let themselves run low on staples. I have a cupboard that I use as a pantry, and keep extra items in there, like paper products, a few cases of canned goods, pancake mix, etc.
Although from the hate messages I get from people on social media, I suspect that most of them will just bend over and tell Uncle Sam more please. Mindless sheep, they don't have a clue.
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$1.49 at Kroger and wally but had a Kroger coupon for a free doz so got some. Meanwhile they are out of TP again..I don't get that and meat is almost not there at all.
ReplyDeleteThe price of butter in February was $2.99 in Lakewood. it has been at $3.29 per pound for a couple of months now. Beef and chicken is disappearing and pork is getting there too.
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