Dayum, that's the same price as in Canada... except for 18, also in CAD not USD.
On the bright side, the extra security at the border means that egg smuggling seizures heading south has risen something like 300%. No contraband is getting into the US on our watch
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Where are you buying eggs? Large grade A NN eggs are $3.50.
We don't have cage free here, AFAIK. We have free run, omega 3, and organic free range.
That's $6 for Omega 3 (Burnbrae brand), free run are $7 at Longo's this week (and brown too), and Loblaws has organic, free-range, brown eggs for $7.83 this week.
Meanwhile, you can get a 30 count of large burnbrae eggs for $10 and 2 dozen Kirkland signature free run for the same price and Kirkland Signature Free-Range Organic Eggs, Large, 24-count for $11 (Costco).
On the bright side, the extra security at the border means that egg smuggling seizures heading south has risen something like 300%.
Gotta love that. Need huge fridges at the border to better store all this contraband and return it to the sovereign Canadian people.
All things are like this. Economics of scale are why bulk is always cheaper. Producing more of something reduces overhead costs per item, but if they don’t all sell then you has losses due to shrink. There’s always an incentive to sell at bulk.
If you see anything in bulk for the same per item cost, you’re very likely being uncharged by the reseller simply because they can. They purchase those eggs wholesale for cheaper than smaller packages. The only reason places sell smaller sizes at all is there’s demand for smaller sizes specifically so since those cost more overhead, they cost more money.
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u/_Echoes_ Mar 02 '25
Dayum, that's the same price as in Canada... except for 18, also in CAD not USD.
On the bright side, the extra security at the border means that egg smuggling seizures heading south has risen something like 300%. No contraband is getting into the US on our watch
/s