<story><title>Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US</title><url>https://www.semafor.com/article/01/12/2023/eggs-are-60-more-expensive-than-last-year-in-the-us</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>SECProto</author><text>&amp;gt; 15 dozen eggs from Costco Business Center. [...] Just last week it was $110.&lt;p&gt;Might I suggest buying eggs from a normal grocery store or other alternative source? That&amp;#x27;s $7.33 per dozen and unless you have some very unusual situation, a dozen eggs can be had for less than half that price at a grocery store.</text></item><item><author>bigtex</author><text>My wife has a cottage baking business and would buy 15 dozen eggs from Costco Business Center. Already high, a few months back in cost about $45 for the box. Just last week it was $110. She doesn&amp;#x27;t recall but it fairly certain the box was between $20-30 before inflation hit.&lt;p&gt;However she said they had chicken legs that were .49&amp;#x2F;lb which is a great price but hard to reconcile with the narrative that avian flu is the cause for the price increases. Why are broiler chicken cheap but eggs from layer hens not?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>poulsbohemian</author><text>Where? I live in a poor rural area and every grocery store in town (and we ain’t talkin Whole Foods here) has even generic eggs for more than $5&amp;#x2F;dozen. Thank goodness I have my own chickens.</text></comment>
<story><title>Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US</title><url>https://www.semafor.com/article/01/12/2023/eggs-are-60-more-expensive-than-last-year-in-the-us</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>SECProto</author><text>&amp;gt; 15 dozen eggs from Costco Business Center. [...] Just last week it was $110.&lt;p&gt;Might I suggest buying eggs from a normal grocery store or other alternative source? That&amp;#x27;s $7.33 per dozen and unless you have some very unusual situation, a dozen eggs can be had for less than half that price at a grocery store.</text></item><item><author>bigtex</author><text>My wife has a cottage baking business and would buy 15 dozen eggs from Costco Business Center. Already high, a few months back in cost about $45 for the box. Just last week it was $110. She doesn&amp;#x27;t recall but it fairly certain the box was between $20-30 before inflation hit.&lt;p&gt;However she said they had chicken legs that were .49&amp;#x2F;lb which is a great price but hard to reconcile with the narrative that avian flu is the cause for the price increases. Why are broiler chicken cheap but eggs from layer hens not?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jonnycomputer</author><text>&amp;gt;The USDA shows the current price of a dozen large eggs in California cost about $6.72, which is double what it cost in July.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abc7.com&amp;#x2F;egg-prices-in-california-avian-flu-bird-cage-free-eggs&amp;#x2F;12690623&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abc7.com&amp;#x2F;egg-prices-in-california-avian-flu-bird-cag...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>