Didn't know the egg shortage was so bad

[vytoland]

"egg shortage" hasn't got this far yet..........eat several every day for breakfast

 

[DWalt]

I havent noticed any shortages here at least yet.I have two dozen in the fridge now.However,just on monday or tuesday?Whataburger announced it was cutting back on hours serving eggs. I may invest in a Nr ten can of powdered eggs if we start havig a shortage here?

Just came back from our closest Whataburger location. They cut back to serving breakfast only between 5AM to 9AM because their egg distributor cannot supply the normal demand. Our usual counter lady said the steady breakfast customers are furious over it. Large house-brand eggs at the local H-E-B store are up to $2.89/dozen today, but they appear to have a good supply. The "Organic" eggs were up to about $6.00.

 

[da gimp]

You're lucky. My wife makes me wear clothes at the table

Caj, I can honestly say she has never made me wear clothes at the table sir.

that joke has probably been told on every construction site since the 1st Egyptian pyramid...............the first guy don't stand a chance......

 

[glowe]

$3.99 a dozen here yesterday. With Minnesota & Iowa laying hen shortages, prices have spiked. Strange that there are still lots of eggs on the shelves.

"The bird flu has caused "perhaps the largest short-term change the U.S. egg market has ever experienced," wrote Maro Ibarburu, a business analyst at Iowa State University's Egg Industry Center, in a recent report.

The egg supply crunch could have longer-term effects, too.

Rebuilding lost egg-laying capacity could take a year or two, Ibarburu said in an interview. "It will be a gradual process … it will take some time."

 

[Twiki357]

The newspaper ad for my local Albertsons has 18 packs of large eggs on sale starting today for $1.99. Only problem is that the store closed for remodeling yesterday.

 

[Razsmom]

Ouch...

Just watch for the inevitable grease splatter while cooking in the clothing optional condition.

You are too funny, DeathGrip!!! I have been there before and it sounds like you have had this experience before...

 

[jag312]

I believe flu vaccine is cultured in eggs. A shortage of eggs now can mean a shortage of flu vaccine this fall.

 

[m1gunner]

Price change yesterday on eggs at my market. Price dropped from 1.75 to 1.25/doz.

Shortage? What shortage?

 

[pawngal]

Rembrandt Foods has been the hardest hit by the Avian flu, it is a local business here and is the 3rd largest egg producer in the country. Most of their egg production is channeled into commercial egg product not directly to the fresh egg retail market. There will be continued price fluctuations and varying supply of fresh eggs over the next 6 months to one year as producers try to meet the needs of both the retail & commercial ends. Small disease free producers will profit greatly. It is the American way.

Incidentally, Rembrandt Foods is owned by Glen Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Lynx and the Minneapolis Star Tribune among other business interests. The feeling here is that Taylor
will spend whatever it takes to get back in production ASAP.

 

[rbrbrb6]

Never noticed an egg shortage here but then there are 9 hens outside that give us 7-8 eggs a day! Several dozen in the frig as I type.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Time to investigate commercial platypus farming perhaps?

 

[Comrad]

There's no shortage of eggs in the markets around here.

I'll eat at home...Guns always allowed...All the bacon you can eat...Clothes are optional...No arguments over "smoking or non-smoking"...Open 24/7.

Careful with that bacon grease spatter when cooking in the all together.

 

[Ματθιας]

XXL Grade AA $4.59 for 18. ABQ Costco.

 

[kantuck]

Sorry! I forgot about the lack of warning labels on bacon.It should be obvious that at minimum an apron or towel would be required

The American Heart assoc has more to say about yer "unlimited bacon" regimen and the story is a hardcore one too! Not a clothes optional hardcore, the other kind.

 

[the ringo kid]

Just came back from our closest Whataburger location. They cut back to serving breakfast only between 5AM to 9AM because their egg distributor cannot supply the normal demand. Our usual counter lady said the steady breakfast customers are furious over it. Large house-brand eggs at the local H-E-B store are up to $2.89/dozen today, but they appear to have a good supply. The "Organic" eggs were up to about $6.00.

I think getting a straight answer about the egg shortage,is like getting a straight answer on the shortage of twenty two ammo.

Maybe they should start buying their eggs from Walmart? maybe not? I wouldnt trust eggs made in china.

 

[zzzippper]

$1.78 a dozen at WM here, as many as you care to buy. I haven't checked at the name brand store.

 

[hoc9sw]

Local grocery chain put a 3-carton limit per customer in place last night. They had been seeing help from a small restaurant coming in to buy several dozen cartons a day. Discovered that the non-chain restaurants could not get any eggs to speak of from suppliers, so were buying out the grocery store stock.

May be regional, but there is certainly a problem.

 

[pawngal]

I think getting a straight answer about the egg shortage,is like getting a straight answer on the shortage of twenty two ammo.

Maybe they should start buying their eggs from Walmart? maybe not? I wouldnt trust eggs made in china.

The straight answer has been posted. Try reading comprehension.
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[DeathGrip]

You are too funny, DeathGrip!!! I have been there before and it sounds like you have had this experience before...

I've been splattered.

On the arms mostly and once on my stomach.

That was enough for me to figure out there are more delicate places that should be protected.

 

[mtgianni]

I was told years ago that most egg production is local, with in 200 miles or so to minimize transportation losses. Regional shortages happen with local buying.