Prices should not greatly increase during the pandemic
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52208)
Staten Island, New York
April 3, 2020 4:35pm CST
I only eat brown eggs. I prefer jumbo ones. Don't care if they are cage-free or organic. Regular ones are fine by me so long as they are brown.
Last week I bought a carton of regular jumbo brown eggs and paid $2.99 for them at my local Russian grocery store. A few weeks before that they were $2.29. Usually they are less than that. Even the white ones were $2.99.
Vine tomatoes were being sold for $5.99 per pound a few weeks before but thankfully have dropped to $3.49. It is not cheap but a bit more affordable.
During this pandemic stores should not be greatly raising prices. If anything they should have sales to help those that are currently out of work.
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12 responses
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Apr 20
I wonder how much they cost here. I have not bought any so not sure.
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@Moon24 (22394)
• Serbia
3 Apr 20
@lovebuglena i also don't buy or wear a mask because is hard to find them so i give up.
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@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
3 Apr 20
Prices here fluctuate depending on which store I shop at. Hopefully prices won't skyrocket anywhere
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Apr 20
It is not good to pray on others during this time.
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@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Apr 20
I'm just curious but is there any particular reason why you prefer brown eggs?
@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 20
@lovebuglena Fair enough. We don't need reasons for everything we do.
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
8 Apr 20
@JudyEv I wonder... does the taste of the eggs vary between white and brown regular eggs?
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Apr 20
I wish I knew the answer to that. Just drawn to brown eggs for some reason.
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Apr 20
This shouldn't be happening.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
3 Apr 20
Our stores haven't raised prices yet. But I can see it happening.
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Apr 20
Hopefully, it won't happen.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Apr 20
The consumer will pay for increased business costs of nightly extreme cleaning and increased pay for employees. It's not like it is all profit.
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Apr 20
Even if it is not all profit not everyone can afford to pay high prices for groceries, especially those that are out of work right now because of this pandemic.
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@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
3 Apr 20
You are absolutely right. I wonder if they are having trouble getting stocked?
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Apr 20
My Russian store is pretty stocked all the time with some exceptions.
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Apr 20
Yep. And it is not right.
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@akanetuk (2132)
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4 Apr 20
Yes their response should be sympathy, but on the other hand because of restriction distribution prices has gone up also affecting them. Everyone is in this
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Apr 20
Yeah. Everyone is suffering from this it seems. But it doesn't make it easier on the consumer who may be struggling financially to pay for groceries.
