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I get that the point is inflation, but why eggs?

It's because the current avian flu, chicken and egg farms are having to kill a metric fuck ton of their chickens. 😢 Meanwhile spray tan is already vowing to gut the CDC and leave WHO.

When our household was at full bore with the kids home, we could go through three dozen per week. It's not just eating them, it's cooking. Two eggs for a some cake, brownies, etc. one day of french toast (not doing that into the foreseeable future), if I did breakfast with eggs it would take anywhere from 6 to 10.

At our height of consumption we had four teenage boys, one teenage girl and a 10 year old who could out eat anyone at the table.

I'm just fortunate that our kids are mostly grown, but now they're struggling to keep food on their own tables.

I actually kept a small flock of chickens for a while because we would go through so many eggs.

When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. And now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs, so I'm roughly the size of a barge.

Eggs because:

Vance gave a quote bashing the price of eggs, but he cited a number much higher than the sign he was standing next to.

Dems pounced on this, mocking the blatant exaggeration and dismissing any concerns about a cost of living crisis.

It stuck around because it’s emblematic of the overall situation:

Repubs don’t give a shit about facts, just vibes, and wanna paint as dark of a picture as possible.

Dems only care about being correct on paper, and don’t give a shit about listening to the problems of ordinary people or doing anything that could be called “radical”.

About 12 every 2 days on my keto diet. I buy 18packs for like $5

It’s not just inflation. Eggs are experiencing a supply problem due to avian flu.

I don't really eat eggs. I have ducks that lay eggs and if I really want some, I eat what they produce. I might try selling their eggs as a side hustle but a lot of people are grossed out by the concept of eating duck eggs for some reason lol

8-12. They ~~are~~ were inexpensive, versatile protein.

About 14. I'm not particularly price-sensitive about it given the absolute cost is low relative to many food options.

Eggs keep getting cited by people trying to blame their political opponents for increases in food prices because they have increased to about 2.5x from five years ago, which is a bigger increase than most foods. The bulk of the increase is due to the ongoing bird flu outbreak, but that fact doesn't seem to have great distribution among the general public.

I haven't eaten eggs in a decade, they're surprisingly easy to avoid.

Family of four. We probably go through 10 to-12 eggs a day much of the time. Scrambled eggs, French toast, homemade bread, cookies, pancakes, frittatas, huevos rancheros tacos... It adds up. I recently started buying the 18-egg packs because it's more cost-effective.

Don’t forget that most baked goods and other foods rely heavily on the eggs in their recipes. Most food sectors are affected.

It's not inflation, it's bird flu reducing supply.

https://unitedegg.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Facts-and-Stats-Summary.pdf

According to this, as of 2019 -- which is a couple years back, though probably good if you want a pre-avian-flu number -- Americans had a per-capita rate of 279 eggs consumed a year, up 16 percent over the twenty years prior.

EDIT: according to this, numbers are about the same in 2023, dipped a little bit over the past couple years, but looks like there's a pretty low price elasticity of demand.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/183678/per-capita-consumption-of-eggs-in-the-us-since-2000/

In 2023, consumption of eggs in the United States was estimated at 281.3 per person. This figure was projected to reach 284.4 eggs per capita by 2024.

EDIT2: On a non-statistical note, eggs are goddamn delicious.

Zero after I went vegan 3 years ago.

And honestly, when you know your way around a little and stick mostly to whole foods, it gets dirt cheap if you try. 💚

As many as possible. It's one of the perks of my new job, free eggs.

Cause eggs are in fucking everything.

Because eggs are seen as a very reasonable weekly purchase that a consumer can see a price delta in over a short period of time.

I'm vegan BTW

Whatever gets put in pad Thai once a week.

Normally around 6. Ill make scrambled eggs with 3 eggs for breakfast twice a week

zero, vegan

Around 12.

Eggs are incredible nutrition value and I'd still pay 12$ for 12 eggs. In fact I do splurge on local market eggs that come from free range chickens and here they are around 5$ for 12 which is double the factory price but still and an incredible steal.

That's why the great American egg whine of 2024 is so confusing. Min wage in the US is still like 24++ eggs an hour which is an insane thing to complain about. Y'all need financial literacy not cheaper eggs.

Eggs still only 3 something where I am. Don't eat em much but maybe a dozen each month or two.

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I mostly use them for baking. I will probably just switch to substitutes going forward. I can live without eggs.

Corporate farming better get its shit together or consumers are going to learn to live without.

8 per day so 56 per week; please keep them cheap

With cooking and baking, 12+ per week. Which is about USD 5.60 for the XL bio eggs from the farm shop.

Luckily, I am not in the US.

Eggs themselves, not many if at all. The issue is when it comes to baking, while not often, can consume through a whole dozen or more in a single week, specially in the winter. Wanting to find alternatives, I hear applesauce is good.

I eat 3 eggs every morning. 21 a week.

Eggs are too expensive.

Six; 42 a week! Easy way to hit my protein goals everyday and maintain those gains :D

I can eat up to a dozen boiled eggs a day if I'm particularly craving them. They're my fave source of protein!