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    Did the grocery shopping today and for the first time in a long time, it feels like my grocery store actually had some decent sales/sale prices. Got strawberries (already on the dehydrator) and most of my salad ingredients (lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, celery, etc) all on sale!
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    Quote Originally Posted by happystuff View Post
    Last week eggs were over $3 a dozen at Aldi's. Not sure what to expect this week.
    Today's shopping trip (2/20) had eggs at $5.49 a dozen.
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    I've not checked egg prices lately, but my local store has a permanent looking sign saying to expect shortages and a limit of two dozen eggs per person per day. There are days when the shelves are nearly empty and other times when they are maybe half stocked.
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    On my last outing I didn't pay much attention to eggs, but large Hass avocados were $3.69 each. Not in my budget. A twelve pack of a name brand zero sugar soft drink was 10.99. Packaged coffee seems to go up a dollar or two every few weeks. Beef and chicken actually seem cheaper, but not something I noticed. I buy cod every few weeks and fresh wild caught pacific cod was over twenty dollars a pound at WF and fresh frozen at the supermarket has been running about $12. Subjective, but I think my grocery bill is still creeping up.
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    Egg shelves were empty on my last two outings. They were well stocked with many "Just Egg" plant based alternative cartons. Being mostly vegan I've tried it. It makes half-decent scramble, especially as an omelet or in a sandwich and seems to work for some baking. It's unfortunately pricey and not something I'd buy often.

    I'd expect a lot of produce to be more expensive with tariffs. Large avocados were on sale for $3. That and tomatoes or fresh strawberries might make a good bell weather. It will be a good year to have a garden.
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    Grocery shopping today and came across three small roaster chickens for $3.99 each - snatched them up! Since they are reduced for quick sale, I have cooked them all (1 still in the cp). Have three containers of broth and have picked two already. Will be stocking the freezer after having some tonight. Also got some ground turkey marked down, so it's also being "processed". Grabbed a couple of other sales items to stock up, so I'm pretty happy with today's foray.
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    Lately eggs have been in their usual abundance and well stocked at my stores. I wonder what has changed. I noticed yesterday my can of tuna said processed in Thailand and wondered how tariffs will impact food prices.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    Lately eggs have been in their usual abundance and well stocked at my stores. I wonder what has changed. I noticed yesterday my can of tuna said processed in Thailand and wondered how tariffs will impact food prices.
    What has changed with eggs? You kidding bro? First 100 days of accomplishments coming from the
    White House.

    ….just kidding you

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    So, it really was Biden's fault after all?

    The USDA says nothing has really changed. Maybe it's just some variability in the production system.

    https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3725.pdf
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    The bird flu was to blame here. Eggs are anywhere from $6-10/dozen here.
    Last edited by KayLR; 5-5-25 at 8:34pm.
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