[KennyBlanken]

A local discount grocery chain near me hasn't had shortages nor have they inflated prices. Store brand eggs are $6 for 18. This is in an area where groceries are normally quite expensive.

Naturally they could have it be a loss leader, but then I would expect them to be curtailing quantities. The shelves are fully stocked every time I'm there.

The other chains, all more expensive, have half or third stocked shelves and a dozen eggs is $7-8 and up.

The egg "shortage" is manufactured bullshit. There's only a handful of major egg producers and they're clearly in collusion.

Just like the shortages that supposedly lasted a while during the pandemic; CEOs were bragging on earnings that they had raised prices more than their costs went up, and they kept them high after costs dropped - they decided to keep them high because people would pay that.

Apparently they don't care that a lot of things folks in poverty / low income buy...aren't discretionary spending.

[reaperman]

In Houston we also have eggs for $0.34/each as you do ... but those same eggs were $0.21 each in January. So perhaps your $6 per 18 is the new raised price? Our cheapest eggs have increased in price by 62% in the past 60 days.

[kjkjadksj]

It depends on the grocers contracts. Trader joes is famously selling eggs at $3.50 a dozen since they negotiated a good price a while ago.