Re: Eggs and ethics

On 2025-02-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-02-07 9:50 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:

On 2/7/2025 9:12 PM, Ed P wrote:

Waffle House announced they are charging an extra 50 cents per egg
until prices go down.
>
>

Avian flu.  People locally were literally posting pics on Nextdoor
showing empty shelves where cartons of eggs would be.  There were
absolutely NO eggs for sale at one Publix and the same was reported at
Walmart last weekend.  And yes, Waffle House is charging a premium
because egg supply is affected.  They'll probably still be able to sell
waffles.  I think they use a powdered mix and add water to it.

>
>
While Avian flu has been around for a while it seems that outbreaks are
getting bigger and more frequent. When there are birds found with the
virus the whole flock is killed off. Maybe they should cut reduce the
the size of those chicken farms and make more smaller farms. That could
reduce the number of chickens that have to be killed off in an outbreak.

Then eggs would always be more expensive.  Economies of scale favor
farms with a million (literally) chickens on them.

Of course, people who complain about spending a buck on two eggs
will spend around $7 on a Big Mac.

Large eggs were $4.99/dozen at the grocery store yesterday.  Limit
two per customer.  Huh.  They're more expensive than that at Aldi.
My grocery must be using them as a loss leader.

--
Cindy Hamilton