Restaurants and grocers are usually willing to absorb a fair amount of price fluctuation in order to avoid alienating customers, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. But the egg-cost crisis is testing this norm.
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This is where government subsidies should come in. Keep prices down and producers afloat. But bird flu is now in dairy cows so people will have it soon. Public health systems are being dismantled so vast people will die so demand will drop. Problem fixed!
When I went to the store last weekend, they had LOTS of eggs, because they had gone up so high in price that people just aren't buying them. I think they'll have to lower the prices eventually because eggs don't last forever. The oldest eggs will be discounted so they can get a new shipment in.
Customers can also alienate restaurants and groceries by shopping at a co-op that sources eggs/produce locally and/or buy farm to table rather than big box grocery stores, shop small and even ethnic groceries.
This. It won’t solve the bird flu crisis, which affects all birds (as it comes from wild birds), but it’s a hit against agro-industrial battery farming, so I support it on principle. Also, people with high cholesterol should be eating fewer eggs anyway.
There’s a terrible irony that the current administration ran on a platform that promised to solve the problem of egg prices, and also promised to destroy the solution: vaccines and regulations.
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- Grains (oatmeal,cereals)
- Fruits
- Protein (bacon,
sausage, yogurt)
- Dairy and alternatives (milk, cheese, almond milk)
- Baked goods (muffins,croissants)
- Vegetarian & vegan options (whole-grain waffles, chia seed pudding)
They're not cheap, of course, but they're cheaper than anywhere else.