Hint: It’s not the birds.
Profit margins rise 600% at nation’s largest egg producer. It seems like large egg producers should be praying for bird flu rather than controlling it.
Crony capitalism and lack of antitrust enforcement will do that. We really need a “Strategic Egg Reserve” that can release product into the market to keep the monopolists honest.
intercst
Or we just come out and tell everyone that eggs cause cancer.
A few decades ago the self-appointed food experts told everyone that eggs cause heart disease. I rolled my eyes since that was clearly ridiculous – eggs are a natural food eaten since before humans evolved.
Wendy
A bit tricky for a perishable item…
If the target is already yellow/orange, they’ll never know what hit them…
Have no idea if it’s related, but the shelves on two supermarkets here (different chains) are devoid of any free range, organic, or other eggs - except for the house brand/mass produced. And there are big signs “apologizing” saying that “the quality of other eggs is not up to their standards” and they hope to be in resupply “soon.”
Sure. Like egg prices are important or something.
I was just in my regular haunt and the egg section was full of all those types and in several sizes. Although I’m not sure I can see any difference between Jumbo and XLarge and Large - they all look the same to me.
JimA
There are standards:
Medium eggs must be a minimum of 21 ounces per dozen. Large eggs must be a minimum of 24 ounces per dozen. Extra-large eggs must be a minimum of 27 ounces per dozen. Jumbo eggs must be a minimum of 30 ounces per dozen.
I sure notice …
The Jumbo ones are better for throwing.
Me, too. I’m next door to Goofy in N.C. and we, as yet, have no shortage of eggs of all types (for what it’s worth).
Pete
Can you actually tell from looking at them? It’s only a quarter of an ounce per egg.
JimA
Powdered eggs.
I noticed that even Home Dept is selling them now.
intercst
I don’t know about eggs, but just because something has been around forever doesn’t mean it can’t be bad for you.
DB2
“Sure. Like egg prices are important or something.”
I’m expecting TIG to fix that IMMEDIATELY.
Even before he ends war in Ukraine, I expect grocery prices to plummet. Gonna be real disappointed if they don’t.
A Man is only as good as his word, right ???
We must all admit, he does lay a lot of eggs. Of course, they are all hollow (no content). So, no surprise there.
I am more worried about the toilet paper.
Yes. I am a regular consumer of jumbo and when we end up with extra large because they were out of jumbo, I think of them as miniature.
I am going to have to look much more closely the next time I buy eggs.
JimA
With some practice, one can also learn to do pretty well picking out the double yolker jumbos. They are longer.