Rising Egg Prices Blamed on Avian Flu Outbreak

If you do the grocery shopping in your house, you have probably noticed that egg prices are going up again. A dozen large eggs on average costs about $2.76. That’s nearly double the cost they were sold for in April and May. It’s being blamed on an outbreak of bird flu.

From CBS News:

The increase can be traced to the avian influenza that struck the Midwest in December. It led to the death of 49-million chickens and turkeys, and left producers scrambling.

In Manhattan, the price for a dozen eggs ranges from $5 to $6. For organic it goes up to $7.59.

For many people eggs are a staple they’re just not willing to do without.

Some consumer experts believe there isn’t a supply issue yet because some people are avoiding the egg aisle at the grocery store.

33 Comments

  • DeClasse' Intellectual

    Price of a half case (15 doz) hovers around $45.00m but this old news
    next, the price of chicken will climb because chicken production will be switched to meet egg demands

    • Milhouse

      When the same story ran last month some idiot claimed that egg prices never come down, and therefore these new prices will be permanent. Be glad he was wrong.

    • replying to milhouse

      Hi! i’m your fellow jew who said prices never go down. btw i was correct in boro park the eggs jumped from 2.49 to 2.99 this past month. so before you call someone an idiot which is against ahavas yisrael check your local neighborhoods not just ch. thanks.

    • Milhouse

      I already proved to you last time that prices, including that of eggs, do go down; why do you repeat your ridiculous claim?

    • replying to milhouse

      Once again, check your local neighborhoods not just ch. in boro park prices NEVER go down.

    • Milhouse

      You are not telling the truth, and you know it. I already posted the numbers last time you made your foolish claim. מדבר שקר תרחק.

    • replying to milhouse

      Wrong again. do you live in boro park? so don’t “claim” till you live there. perhaps your proofs are false?!

    • Milhouse

      Prices go up and down everywhere, including Borough Park. I’ve already posted the numbers, which by definition can’t be false. You are simply lying.

    • replying to milhouse

      Wrong again between eggs grocery ideas and clothes NOTHING went down from 20 years till today in boro park! btw each time you write a comment and someone disagrees with you, you bring all YOUR facts that its “torah min sinai” according to YOU! and you call the other person a lier when the other person brings their true facts! how about for once in your life admit YOU ARE WRONG! its unreal how whatever YOU SAY IS “TRUE ” AND EVERYONE ELSE IS A LIER!

    • Milhouse

      You are lying. Eggs have gone down many times, in borough park as well as everywhere else. I have posted the numbers, and you cannot dispute them. See the last article on this topic for the links.

      You are entitled to your own opinions, but not to your own facts, and the evidence I posted is FACT. Claiming in the face of that evidence that the price of eggs never falls is exactly like claiming that the earth is flat. It’s simply not open to argument.

      I have no idea why “grocery ideas” would cost anything at all. Is there someone who charges money to give you ideas for shopping?!

    • replying to milhouse

      Yes i will dispute the links. because who says the media isnt lieing? its a known FACT media info. lies a lot so why are you believing in them and forcing everyone to believe in lies!? as mentioned in my first reply its a FACT last month i bought eggs it was 2.49 and this month its 2.99 so your going to tell me i’m lieing?! i follow what i see and witness, NOT what the links media or anyone says. your reply to grocery ideas – i never knew grocery ideas are for free?! which supermaket do you shop in?

    • replying to milhouse

      Me i believe what i see. media and links are known for lieing. so why are you imposing their proofs on everyone and believing in them and calling everyone liers?! as mentioned i bought eggs last month for 2.49 and this month 2.99 and trust me it’ll NOT go down and this is a FACT! my money is getting spent faster NOT the media’s proofs will change the FACT! regarding your comment on grocery ideas – i never knew they are for free? which supermaket do you shop in?

    • Milhouse

      What media? The information comes from the BLS. And anyone who actually shops knows that prices always go up and down.

      Yes, as far as I know grocery ideas are free. I have never heard of anyone who charges for them. Indeed I have never heard of anyone who spends his day giving them away. Generally people have to come up with their own. If you are paying for them I really wonder what sort of fool you are.

    • Milhouse

      What really amazes me is the fact that my adversary thinks the price he is paying now somehow shows that prices never go down. He keeps yelling about how high it is now, which nobody disputes, but he somehow thinks this supports his claim. It’s like claiming that today’s temperatures prove that NYC is never cold. How can anybody be that stupid?

  • Milhouse

    The CBS reporter evidently can’t comprehend his/her own writing:

    For many people eggs are a staple they’re just not willing to do without.

    In other words, demand is relatively inelastic, and the price will keep going up. But this is followed immediately by:

    Some consumer experts believe there isn’t a supply issue yet because some people are avoiding the egg aisle at the grocery store.

    In other words many people are willing to do without them, and thus demand is reasonably elastic. Make up your mind!

  • DeClasse' Intellectual

    News Flash: Today this morning at one of the big box chain discount stores (Sam’s) the price of a half case (15 Dozen) eggs in between medium and large was $44.64. and, the Yom Tovim are approaching! but in reality, we are lucky because it is not erev Pesach.
    Remember when a half case was $16.95==put that in your morning fried eggs combo.

  • We are paying all shipments costs

    Eggs are coming from different states to NY so we are paying all shipment costs …. And all states around NY increased their eggs supply ( literally more chicken facilities were built ) to fulfill all demands …..
    Ps . after an avian flu the local farms will remain empty for a year or two and then will grow again ….

  • Milhouse

    For the benefit of anyone interested in facts, unlike my adversary above, here are the facts. As you can see, the retail price of eggs goes up and down all the time, just like gas, produce, and many other staples. The USDA says, “Egg prices are among the most volatile of food prices”. Eggs have been cheaper than they are now, and they have been more expensive, especially in real terms.

  • Go-dis right hand man

    I never paid $5 for a dozen eggs until almost 12 hours ago at a corner store
    Date on carton 8/29/2015
    I thought they overcharged me because I make a lot of money
    Thank you for the helpful story
    Used 8 in matzo balls and got 4 eggs left

  • Milhouse

    In all my life I have never paid so much as a cent for a grocery idea, and can’t imagine ever doing so. Nor have I heard of anyone else paying for one. I’m amazed to hear that in Borough Park they are for sale. Seriously, does anyone know what this person is talking about?

    • replying to milhouse

      Did i say in boro park grocery idea are for sale? thanks for making up on something i didnt even say. btw as mentioned which supermarket you go to that gives grocery items for free? or since you dont spend so in your mind its for free but not in real life. now weather goes up and down, real estate goes up and down but not grocery items or eggs. and the BLS is lieing and you have no right to impose the BLS on everyone. you can believe something wrong yes but not impose on others. me i see i spent 2.49 on eggs last month and this month 2.99. so MY money was spend. the BLS or you can’t tell me i’m lieing!

  • Milhouse

    Did i say in boro park grocery idea are for sale?

    Yes, you did.

    thanks for making up on something i didnt even say.

    Thanks for letting everyone see what a liar you are.

    btw as mentioned which supermarket you go to that gives grocery items for free?

    What are you on about now? What new mishugas is this?

    weather goes up and down, real estate goes up and down but not grocery items or eggs.

    That is simply not true. You are lying.

    he BLS is lieing and you have no right to impose the BLS on everyone

    Yes, I do, because BLS statistics are not opinions, they are established facts, and you literally have no right to dispute them without evidence, which you can’t possibly produce since the BLS is the only available source for such evidence.

    me i see i spent 2.49 on eggs last month and this month 2.99. so MY money was spend.

    Yes, and last week was hot, and this week is hotter, and that doesn’t mean it won’t soon get cooler, or that in six months it won’t be snowing. Prices for agricultural products, including eggs, go up and down all the time. Just a few months ago tomatoes were terribly expensive, but the last few weeks they’ve been cheap. Egg prices, in real terms, peaked about 30 years ago, and then came down; the current surge has not yet reached that level.

    the BLS or you can’t tell me i’m lieing!

    Yes, we can, because you are.

  • replying to milhouse

    please reread YOUR comment 25 “In all my life I have never paid so much as a cent for a grocery idea, and can’t imagine ever doing so. Nor have I heard of anyone else paying for one. I’m amazed to hear that in Borough Park they are for sale.” So who wrote they are for sale me or YOU? thanks for making up on something i didnt even say.and you never pay a cent for it, unless if you never buy grocery items?! but everyone just not YOU buys grocery items and will tell you they go up and NOT come down.”BLS statistics are not opinions, they are established facts, and you literally have no right to dispute them without evidence” my evidence is the grocery or supermarket- i see the eggs are 2.49 last month and this month 2.99! before you are so sure of yourself or BLS what they are saying live in boro park and you’ll see for yourself who’s lieing or not! “Thanks for letting everyone see what a liar you are. ” -what ahavas yisrael you have?! even if a jew is lieing there is a way to speak. and dont tell me BLS statistics agrees that you have the right to speak the way that you are. what is BLS your G-D? heaven help!

    • Milhouse

      So who wrote they are for sale me or YOU?

      You did. Grocery ideas are not for sale, and yet you repeatedly claimed they are. And then you denied claiming it! הרוצה לשקר ירחיק עדותו. Lying about what you yourself wrote on this very page, where anyone can go back and see what you wrote, makes you not just a liar but also an idiot.

      everyone just not YOU buys grocery items and will tell you they go up and NOT come down.

      You lie once again. Everyone knows that the prices of agricultural products, including eggs, are constantly going up and down

      my evidence is the grocery or supermarket- i see the eggs are 2.49 last month and this month 2.99!

      And last month daytime temperatures were in the 70s, and now they’re in the 80s; therefore next month they will be in the 90s, in October they will be in the 100s, and by January we will all have died of heatstroke. Because a month of something going up means it will never fall. And yet 30 years ago eggs were more expensive in real terms than they are today. If prices never fall, how could that happen?

      The charts I linked to give the lie to your claims. The fact that you think you can challenge the BLS just shows how stupid you are.

      Finally, there is nothing in the concept of ahavas yisroel that means I cannot call you what you so plainly are: an idiot and a liar.

    • replying to milhouse

      thank you- There you just prooved my point. the fact 30 years ago the price of eggs then was expensive- how come TODAY they are not that price? so after all the price of eggs went UP and NEVER came DOWN to that price again and that is a TRUE FACT! let me teach you something ahavas yisrael means love your fellow as youself. meaning whatever you wouldnt want someone to do to you, dont do it to someone else. your name calling is not the way a ben or bas melech should speak even if its true and especially when its not!

    • Milhouse

      Um, what? The price of eggs now is lower (in real terms) than it was 30 years ago. And a few months ago, before the flu hit, it was lower still. And you think this shows that the price never came down?! How stupid can a person be and still know how to breathe?

      You have nothing to teach me on any subject, including ahavas yisroel. Your ideas about ahavas yisroel are as false as the “grocery ideas” that you think cost money.

    • replying to milhouse

      Bottom line you want to live with not true and be right, when your 100% wrong. okay, but i disagree and your wrong!

  • Milhouse

    You are not entitled to disagree with established facts.

    BTW, BLS statistics have a din of שטר העשוי בערכאות.