The survey would determine how many eggs people eat, both directly (omelettes) or indirectly (or as a component, as in cake):
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/183678/per-capita-consum...
And from there the BLS would know how many to put in the basket of goods it uses. Which they have listed in this table:
* https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t02.htm
And here's the data series for the price of eggs:
* https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APU0000708111
* https://fred.stlouisfed.org/tags/series?t=bls%3Beggs
What people put in the the survey would indicate the the "importance of eggs" (in the average case).
The survey would determine how many eggs people eat, both directly (omelettes) or indirectly (or as a component, as in cake):
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/183678/per-capita-consum...
And from there the BLS would know how many to put in the basket of goods it uses. Which they have listed in this table:
* https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t02.htm
And here's the data series for the price of eggs:
* https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APU0000708111
* https://fred.stlouisfed.org/tags/series?t=bls%3Beggs
What people put in the the survey would indicate the the "importance of eggs" (in the average case).