I Want Eggs

I did not buy eggs for months and months and months when they were that high. I just won't pay it. And $1.49, while not horrible, they're just not going into my cart until they come down. I remember when I didn't buy ground beef for nearly two years because I did not like the price. I simply refuse to over pay for anything and I will find ways to work around it unless I absolutely need eggs for something.

@porwest That price is very reasonable. I can't imagine not having eggs on hand for baking, breading chicken, etc. I don't need them for like breakfast though.

@NJChicaa You have to what you have to do. Sometimes keeping money means making adjustments. At least for me.

@porwest This is a "normal price" here, in Italy they cost more or less the same, but local quality is better.

@LadyDuck It is certainly different everywhere.

Yeesh. Those prices seem atrocious. I'd never pay that. I mean, that being said, if I lived there and that was closer to the normal price, my price threshold would probably be different.

@porwest Time to make new friends! Lol

@moffittjc I guess so. lol

That would be awesome. Unfortunately, I do not know anyone like that.

@porwest I hope so. I'm not eating as much eggs as I used to, but I still eat them and have several dozen in my fridge.

The last time I waited eggs dropped to 99 cents a dozen, so they do fluctuate. I can wait.

@just4him I love eggs. I don't eat them all that often, probably a couple times a month. But of course they are useful in other dishes too like the spinach lasagna I just made and meatloaf and stuff like that.

I don't go based off of where they got to in price, but what I paid before they got outrageously priced. The average price for a dozen for me was about 89 cents, so regardless of whether they were $5 a dozen at one time, I still have to justify in my mind that paying 100% more for them now at $1.79 is a good deal. It's not. And I can't justify that it is. That's just me. I admit, I am a tightwad, but I also won't give in to the market just because it thinks I have to. I don't, and I won't. lol

@MarieCoyle Oh yes. Prairie Farms is definitely in my neck of the woods. I am about 20 minutes from St. Louis if that helps to narrow down a locale. That being said, I rarely buy Prairie Farms, mainly because of the price. My wife actually prefers the Schnuck's brand when it comes to cottage cheese, and who knows, because of were Schnuck's operates, they MAY contract Prairie Farms to make it for them. But I can't verify that. That being said, the Ruler Foods today had eggs for $1.59 and I still would not buy them for that price.

@porwest We all have our limits on different things we buy. I am that way about some things. Since I do make pretty much everything from scratch, I still need eggs to do that with--and they don't cost me much to barter for. (I love bartering, I wish it would come back in style!) I am also not adverse to trying other versions of old favorite products, never know, I might discover an entire different choice of something that I prefer. Where I live, we have a brand name called Prairie Farms, a dairy company. I never buy their milk or butter, as it's way pricier than other brands. But I will not compromise on their cottage cheese. I have never found a cheaper brand that tastes as good as theirs does. You may have Prairie Farms as you are not terribly far from me. My kids that live close by say the same thing--if they can't find any Prairie Farms cottage cheese, they aren't buying any at all. So we watch for sales on it, and buy a few ahead. Store them unopened in the refrigerator, upside down. Don't ask me why, but when they are stored upside down, they last a long, long time.

@porwest There was a different way to get my attention if you wanted it read a comment. You could have gone to Alice.

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Just a year ago or so I was paying under $1 a dozen, which is where my threshold price comes from. Even at $1.49 it's not terrible. I just don't back down from what I want to pay. lol I am stubborn.

I agree $2.04 for 18 would have been closer to a price I might be willing to pay. $2.04 is essentially $1.36 for a dozen and therefore beats the $1.49 price point. At $1.79 per dozen 18 would have cost me $2.69 and at $1.49 18 would have cost me $2.24, so your price there is cheap compared.

I am sure I will. They will either come down or go on sale somewhere and then when they do I will pounce.

I love eggs. I don't eat them but a couple of times a month, but I almost need them for other dishes like breaded meat, meatloaf, spinach lasagna and stuff like that.

@porwest How much lower than $1.19 can a dozen eggs be?

@TheHorse Just before inflation I was buying a dozen eggs for anywhere between 69 cents and 89 cents. And they were in that range for quite some time.

Well, I don't eat breakfast in the morning, so it works out there. I am just not eating them or using them right now. I did just finish off my last dozen which I got for $1.19, so I am just looking to add them back to the fridge at a price point I am willing to pay.

@porwest hey, $1.79 for a dozen eggs is better than say $3.39. I paid that much yesterday for a dozen jumbo brown eggs. And they weren’t cage free or free range or organic. And these were the cheapest brown eggs at the store.

@lovebuglena But again, I can't justify paying 100% more than I used to. It just makes no economic sense to me at all, and so I just can't do it.

Not for me it isn't. I was paying an average of 89 cents per dozen not that long ago, so in order for me to feel like $1.79 is a good price is to accept that I am willing to pay 100% more for them now than I used to pay for them. I could NEVER in a million years look at something priced 100% higher and ever consider it a good deal. lol

20 cents an egg is an outrage. lol

$1 for a dozen would meet my price threshold. But yes, since we have to eat, food prices impact us the most.

We do have farmer's markets here, but generally they don't sell eggs and even if they do they are way more expensive than any in the regular stores. The eggs they mainly sell in the stores are white, but you can get brown ones if you want to pay more.

Unfortunately I don't know anyone and farm fresh eggs cost three times what they want in the stores. I'm screwed. lol

I don't know if ever losing my taste for eggs is possible. Not sure I want it to happen either. I love eggs.

I hear ya, but that's why they can charge so much. If the market is willing to rest on their laurels and just give in, they can charge whatever they want. I like to believe someone out there is saying, "Oh crap, Jim's not buying eggs. We better lower the price or else." lol

Agreed. It's different everywhere and certainly my threshold price is based on what I was able to typically get them for here.

Where's here?

I thought it was a lousy price for eggs. lol. But I am glad you will enjoy some. I still have not bought any. lol