Eggs

$2.99 actually. We fact checked him in real time

But that also wasn't the first time he brought it up, just the dumbest time.

Let's see if you know which months I've been pegging off of this whole time. Let's use $3.06 retail and $2.99 retail

Give it up, Gristle.

You don't get to make up your own egg prices. You don't get to say "let's use $x and $y".

Unless, of course, you're TRYING to make yourself look like a laughingstock. Do you ENJOY being sloppy, evasive, disingenuous and straight-up dishonest with the numbers?

If you want to be at all persuasive or make a point, then use objective survey data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Or find a more up-to-date reliable source, like I did when I used FinanceBuzz.

Or don't. It's obvious to everyone you lost this argument weeks ago. Bigly. Anyone still peeking at this thread must be amazed at how you keep coming back to demonstrate an endless appetite for ridicule and self-flagellation.

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For some reason, you keep flexing in the mirror on this subject. Trust me, you're only impressing yourself, bud. Most people I know pay attention to the prices of items they purchase regularly.

But hey, maybe that explains why you think eggs are cheaper now? When you don't pay attention to how much you're spending, you could have no idea that you're actually paying more now than you were a year ago. Originally Posted by tommy156

A flex? No.

Admiration? Yes!

You said on post #370 that you never paid more than “$4.59 until Trump came back”. How do you know this?
- do you have a photographic memory?
- do you track purchases in excel, write them down, or save receipts?
- what is the best practice to remember things like this for years?

I also assume that you must have tracked other commodities. Gas, bread, milk, sugar, etc for years as well.
- Can you confirm which items you tracked?
- Or did you simply have the foresight to track only eggs?

Or did you really kind of make the whole egg thing up and you’re kinda sorta guessing because it feels good to pile onto the Dem narrative despite it being old and stale at this point?

I’ll be on the edge of my seat.

Lusty, those are the USDA numbers (retail) for the avg price at the start of last year's rise due to the bird flu and the avg retail rate in September when JV was claiming they were over $1 higher while standing in front of large grade A dozens @ $2.99.

JV promised to get us affordable eggs and that's, as did Trump. They also promised to combat the bird flu but are still far behind.

Current prices coincide more so with supply increases and demand decreases than any major action by the admin. And eggs remain high comparatively. The world didn't start on inauguration day, so the job remains unfinished.

The USDA puts out some great charts, trackers and information every week. Might wanna use em.

See, Forbes uses the USDA data and forecasts, too

The CPI shows egg prices down year-over-year, following a dramatic run-up during 2022 and 2023. But the chart doesn’t tell the whole story. On the shelf, prices have remained historically high compared to what consumers remember as “normal,” and even modest relief doesn’t erase the collective memory of limit signs and $7 cartons.

The latest USDA Egg Market Report backs this up. While advertised retail prices for conventional caged large white eggs dropped 16% to $3.34 per dozen this month, the national average remains elevated. And price movements vary dramatically by region. California’s benchmark for large shell eggs recently fell to $3.49 per dozen—but only after peaking above $10 earlier this year.

Meanwhile, demand for shell eggs in early June was “well below where it has been measured in the past,” according to the USDA’s Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News division. It’s not just economics. There’s a feeling hanging in the air—and it’s not entirely gone even as promotions return

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephan...feels-fragile/

“Remember eggs? We weren’t able to buy another egg for the next 20 years — they were so expensive, right?” Trump recently told reporters at the White House. “Eggs have come down 400%. Everybody has eggs now. They have eggs for breakfast again.”

No one is paying me, let alone at a super premium, to buy their eggs. So Trump's lying his depends off again

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egg-pri...r-price-index/

I think this helps explain the seasonality impact that softens summer demand pretty well.

And they reaffirm where eggs were in May 2024 vs today

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egg-pri...r-price-index/

I think this helps explain the seasonality impact that softens summer demand pretty well.

And they reaffirm where eggs were in May 2024 vs today Originally Posted by HDGristle

Yep.

For those keeping score at home, $4.55 (May 2025) is higher than $2.70 (May 2024). Quite a bit higher, in fact.