I know other local markets might have cheaper eggs but this is convenient if you're in Woolies already and with 10% mobile discounts etc. it's a decent deals as they're hardly discounted. Maybe supply is normalising now
you're lucky
I thought there had been an avian influenza outbreak? Hence large numbers of birds sent to the great perch in the sky to stop it spreading. What would they do with all the eggs otherwise?
@easternculture: The "media" and the "government" need to be treated with skepticism, but they're still far more credible than random people posting on the internet.
If a newspaper screws up, their competitors have a field day. If the government is caught lying, the media jumps on it. If a random person on the internet lies, nothing happens.
The way to judge the trustworthiness of any pronouncement is to ask: "what would be the consequence if this person was caught out lying"? That varies from individual to individual, and from organisation to organisation.
Some politicians are habitual liars with no consequence when they do it. Others have cultivated an image of professionalism. Trust the latter, not the former. The same goes for journalists, academics and even government departments. Their trustworthiness varies - but they at least have a track record to be assessed on. Random, anonymous comments on the internet don't have that.
But maybe I'm lying about all that, because there is zero consequence to me if I am.
@axyh: Nice try. Alot of lessons to be learned from covid era. Never trust media or government. If you re watch all the press conferences and news from 2021/2022 you will know what i mean unless your a sheep.
One of my favourite where they are all reading from the same script
@easternculture: Pretty sure the local supermarkets not having any eggs in stock for a while wasn't just some kind of visual illusion on my end. And that the birds being culled weren't imaginary birds.
I'd hazard a guess that the most likely outcome was that many consumers responded to the egg shortage by changing their diet to something else that didn't need eggs. Now that farmers have ramped up production in response to high egg prices, they're finding the consumers that switched away from eggs are still on the same egg-free diet, so demand hasn't returned to soak up the new supply. Hence the heavily discounted eggs now.
The egg shortage wasn't some giant conspiracy. It was just a combination of factors all hitting at once.
The obvious one was the bird flu outbreak. However, in addition to that, consumers had been shifting away from cage eggs and Coles and Woolworths had announced they were phasing them out. Producers were dealing with trying to make that transition, initially scheduled for the end of 2025. No producer is going to invest in cage egg production when it's about to become obsolete, and many were struggling to make the transition to barn-laid eggs.
At the same time, drought led to higher grain prices, causing smaller producers to reduce their flocks or exit the market, and many had lost chickens or seen reduced production due to the heatwave that hit in December 2024.
Then, once shortages started to hit, people would panic buy. Many stores had a steady supply of eggs at the distribution centre, but as soon as they put them on the shelves, they would disappear in an instant.
Things have recovered now as the perfect storm subsides. This has possibly been helped by the postponement of the phase-out of caged eggs. With egg prices skyrocketing, caged eggs became popular again, so Coles has now shifted the phase-out timeline from 2025 to 2030, and Woolworths has gone quiet on its plans altogether, refusing to commit to a timeline, perhaps waiting until legislation kicks in in 2036. This means (for better or for worse) that caged egg producers can ramp up production again, knowing they're not going to lose contracts in the short-term.
This is exactly what happened.
Did covid happen? Is the planet flat?
Did you cook them in your tin foil hat?
Why neg the guy? Was visiting Sydney today and last month and he's absolutely right. Saw 4 dozens of Pace Free Range 600g for $10.
Buy up, buy up. Time to go ham with eggs.
Time to go ham with eggs.
"I DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM-I-AM."
Only label in the shelf with half price yesterdy,no product at all..
Thanks Donald!
Eggs drop to $2.99 now. Not sure of any subsidy. The price dropped real fast. Hope cake price will come down.
Thx. What’s conditions like for the cage free chickens? Serious question, seems good value but id like to try and support humain if possible.
Thousands crammed into a barn, thousands in an outside pen called “free range”.
Shit is that what free range means ?
Nah, it is a bunch of about ten hens in a bright green pastorale scene where they calmly pull grains from stalks of grass, and pull up the occasional worm early in the morning.
It is most definitely not a thousand chooks packed in a bare one acre if they are lucky, surrounded by a high fence where the graphic impact of the phrase “the pecking order” is there for all to see.
Anyone serious about “free range” should 1) have a decent backyard, and 2) keep a half dozen hens in their own movable pen (and let out occasionally) so the cats can’t get at them, and 3) be prepared to have a terrible lawn for the food seeds and scratching.
Technically it means no more than 15 birds per square metre indoors, with birds having access to an outdoor area which has a density of no more then 10,000 birds per hectare.
In terms of general welfare, induced moulting via feed intake restriction is permitted on all eggs that aren't RSPCA approved. Culling of male chicks is permitted regardless of the form of egg production or RSPCA certification:
https://rspca.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/public/Uploads…
Sad but probably close to the truth
Sound like pretty good conditions compared to what Uyghurs get.
Packed wall to wall, may never see the sun in their whole lives.
In woolthorths NT we still paying inflated prices at about $6. Before the avain flue it was $3.50. I stopped buying eggs for a while but people just carry on buying regardless of price, so we're screwed.
i am pretty sure this is for older eggs, dont buy if you dont plan to use them quickly
What's your definition of older eggs? The best before is 27 Nov from my store
then thats fine, usually the ones you need to use a week or 2
clearance for eggs in my woolworths usually has those caveats and for this deal couldnt find anything either.
It's on clearance. Probably changing packaging.
My local woolies did not have this price.
OOS Sydney apart from Town Hall … in person???
Only slightly related, but this egg and bacon wrap recipe has been an absolute HIT in my house lately and I wanted to share: https://youtu.be/-mNnf13pkv4?si=IqItA-MaME7XJhIS
Oh man, that price takes me back! It was a time when a lot of people could buy a home….. I bought a bunch of them instead, outbidding those crestfallen youngin's, now they think about the price of eggs and I don't. Australia's a great country ♥️
Hey @alvian there are plenty at Top Ryde, not just Town Hall so better not to limit to 1 store
Supply generally goes up in warmer months as hens lay more. Of course other factors as discussed above at play here too.
Plenty of them in Rhodes too. Price tag shows $5.90 in the aisle but it scans $3.50 in the checkout.
Woolies website is showing them as being $3.90 in Perth. Still a discount, just not as deep.
Deflation
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There seems to bet a glut of eggs after the shortage earlier in the year. My local grocers are selling for this price or slightly less if you buy multiple.