Good Lord, the price of eggs!

auntymabel

You should save a bit on loo roll!

nuatha

sonastin wrote: »

(sign says £3.50 per tray - how many eggs are in a tray?!),

A tray is 30 eggs.

anguk

worried_jim wrote: »

I pay £2.98 for 30 eggs at Tesco.
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/#/shelves/eggs_in_tesco.html
Can't see what the fuss is about.

The same eggs are £1.25 for a pack of 15, you could buy 2 packs and it would only cost you £2.50 for your 30 eggs. Buying the bigger pack is not necessarily cheaper.

I used to buy my eggs from a localish farm but it's been a while since I've been past there so I'm not sure of the prices now but they were always very good. The local butchers sells eggs, they're dearer than the supermarket and have a sign saying "fresh farm eggs" so I initially thought they were free range but when I had a peek at the stamps on them I realised they were caged. I bet a lot of people buy them assuming they're free range.

catkins

Me and OH eat a lot of eggs. We used to buy them at a local farm where you could see all the chickens running around but sadly the owner died and the farm has been sold and they no longer have chickens.

I will only buy free range and preferably organic. I will always find the extra money as not only could I not bear to buy eggs from battery hens but the taste is so different.

jackieb

The taste is different.

My husband used to work in Russia and he said the yolks of the eggs over there were the palest he'd ever seen. What makes the yolks yellow - is it just the type of feed they get?

Gigervamp

We've recently put the price of our eggs up to £1.50 for half a dozen. Our customers have said they'd willingly pay more as our girls eggs are really good. Really hard shells and lovely golden yolks. I think our customers also like the mix of egg colours and sizes, they range from very pale pinky white, blues, greens, tan and dark brown.

PasturesNew

I'd definitely rather buy eggs when I want them... than have the responsibility and p00 shovelling to grow my own.

If they get more expensive, I'd simply eat less of them. Simples.

Bronnie

It looks like there's worse to come to be honest. We buy eggs wholesale for catering from a reputable local family business type supplier.

Last year we were paying about £27.50 for a case of large good quality barn eggs. (30 dozen Large eggs ). The price for the same is currently £35 and yesterday we were warned by the supplier that prices were likely to be rising to between £40 and £45 in the near future. :eek:

sistercas

i am lucky enough to live near several farms, so i buy their eggs , free range as i can see them running about dont know if they are organic , they are £1.10 for 6, lovely golden yolks , and i know they havent been sat in a warehouse for ages too

i buy my milk from local farms too

pauletruth

grade 2 eggs should not be sold via a shop. gade 2 indiates that there are faults with the eggs. whilst most are nothing more than an odd shape others could be more at risk of causing ill health.

those that are buying smallholder eggs foe a quid your getting a bargin. it costs more than that to produce them. the yellow of the egg is no idication of quality it can be made yellower by simply giving flaked maize.