[Babubhat]

Eggs, bread, banana prices all up 33 percent plus over last week. So much for inflation decreasing . Are they not matching Aldi prices anymore? Ridiculous

[Garywt]

Eggs are increasing all over so you can’t count those. Never knew they tried to match Aldi. Does Aldi even sell those products?

[Babubhat]

Originally Posted by Garywt

Eggs are increasing all over so you can’t count those. Never knew they tried to match Aldi. Does Aldi even sell those products?

Walmart grocery prices higher on those products at 466 store. 466a store has been matching Aldi prices at Trailwinds. Publix egg prices dollars more than Walmart.

[rustyp]

Scab labor rebellion ?

[MSchad]

Heard on the news that Florida leads the nation on price of eggs.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

The "Handsome" brand eggs were the same $5.88 yesterday as they've been for most of the past year.

Factory farm eggs are high because of the avian flu that affects mostly birds that are forced to live in insanely close proximity to each other (tens of thousands in a single farm roost building). Eggs from hens that are raised on small farms, who roam freely within a fox-safe but open enclosure, and a spacious, airy shelter where they can sleep at night and lay their eggs in the morning, are not exposed as frequently to the avian flu as factory farm hens. So their price, while higher on average when the factory farm hens are healthy, don't fluctuate as much.

[Hacker1]

Originally Posted by Babubhat

Eggs, bread, banana prices all up 33 percent plus over last week. So much for inflation decreasing . Are they not matching Aldi prices anymore? Ridiculous

I noticed that bananas were way up today -- .58/lb. Last week we happened to be in Mt. Dora, bananas there were .25.

[Hacker1]

Bananas .25/lb last week at Mt. Dora Walmart.

[Caymus]

...a cheaper source of eggs.

Egg smuggling up 108% at US-Mexico border as prices soar

[DARFAP]

Are these the eggs that cause blood clots?

[mtdjed]

What happened at Walmart neighborhood store?
QUOTE=Babubhat;2180108]Eggs, bread, banana prices all up 33 percent plus over last week. So much for inflation decreasing . Are they not matching Aldi prices anymore? Ridiculous[/QUOTE]

Likely, nothing happened at the Walmart store other than marking up their input cost to yield their planned level of profit amid consistent competitors.

Article in the Daily Sun today discusses reasons for egg price increases. Bird Flu, packaging, feed and likely some supply chain price gouging.

Bird Flus have been around for years and have not been an extended cause of continuing price increases. No farm is going to produce eggs in small quantity without recovering cost and making a profit. Same with all involved in the supply chain. Is it possible that once they find that they can make the same profit for far less work, that there are forces in place to keep that scheme going? You see that in products such as sodas by Coke, Pepsi and others.

Not really caused by too many hens in the henhouse, but rather, too many pigs at the pig trough. Once they get us used to the higher prices, there is not a high incentive to return to the lower price unless there is healthy competition.

[Two Bills]

You have obviously never been in farming.
Producers have never been in control of prices.
Markets and buyers have always controlled the price of meat, eggs etc.
If true costs of production were paid by the market, what is deemed high prices now, would be the norm.
The big boys like their animal farmers like their meat, lean, and with little fat!
I've been there, done that, and got all the T shirts!

[RICH1]

Did you hear , The news Reported Wal Mart is Paying 17.50 an hour to their workers …. Last year 2022 & back to 2021 all the bleeding hearts wanted the minimum wage to increase… Now it’s here, who did they think would pay for it?

[Cobullymom]

This whole thread response is beyond bizarre...Really makes you wonder. The OP is correct that prices are much higher yet claims are that inflation is going down. Eggs are exceptionally high, and yes there is other issues with them. But we can surmize what the real issues are driving costs up in general. Fuel costs, labor costs, labor shortages have all contributed...2 more years.

[Captainpd]

Wow. Only 33%. Buy all you can. Eggs nation wide are up almost 100%. The BS about the bird flu is BS. 60 million bids were killed. 40 million of those were egg laying. They were 320 million total chickens. So less than 15% reduction in egg laying birds. . Nothing but price gouging.