I saw this article on news.com.au - Gross supermarket trend has Coles, Woolies and Aldi shoppers fuming
What do you do?
For the record, I never replace broken eggs but instead open a new carton and only buy it if all eggs are unbroken.
Do You Replace Broken Eggs in a Carton?
kyle on 15/11/2024 - 09:24
Last edited 15/11/2024 - 09:32 by 1 other user
Last edited 15/11/2024 - 09:32 by 1 other user
Poll Options
- 16Replace broken eggs with unbroken ones from another carton
- 173Never replace broken eggs and only buy a carton if all eggs are unbroken
- 6Something else (comment below)
Comments
If you're thewing them, that's probably why so many are broken!
If possible I put the faulty carton of eggs to the side so the next person doesn't have to go though it again.
Do You Replace Broken Eggs in a Carton?
Why did they break?
To get to the other side?
I'll eggsplain - they cracked up from telling jokes
eggcellent!
I'll eggsplain - they cracked up from telling
jokesyokesFTFY
I saw a woman the other day swapping out a whole carton… Taking an expensive branded egg and doing a complete swap out for a home brand box, so I am not surprised that people swap out broken eggs.
If i open a box and an egg is broken, I put it back and get another box, OR I find someone and let them know OR I will take it up to the counter and hand it over letting them know it has broken eggs in the box.
How shitty is that? (The woman I mean)
What would be the point of that? An egg is an egg.
And if it's about free range, etc. then she's having the opposite effect by attributing the sale to the cheaper supplier.I think the point was that she was swapping out more expensive eggs for the cheaper ones, the 'pint' for her was to steal a dollar or two. (image the poor bastard who bought the swapped out carton of 'good eggs'). As for egg quality if you've had you're own chooks or bought eggs from someone who has you'd know the difference. :) Happy and healthy chook produce way better eggs that the poor buggers who live miserable lives stick in tiny cage in a dark shed with no room to move.
In that case the woman should be happy to pay for the better treated chickens
@FezMonkey: Indeed. Some people are never happy though and I'm pretty sure stealing eggs doesn't help. :)
if you've had you're own chooks
Can't say I notice a big difference, except for freshness. Freshly laid eggs are impossible to peel when hard-boiled, so you need to rest them for a week or so.
Of course there are other reasons to keep your chickens happy :-)
An egg is an egg.
Yep. There is no processing or anything, it's basically out of the chooks butt and into a carton (maybe a quick wash). I dont get it. I could almost understand swapping, say 85g eggs into a 55g egg box to pay less but get bigger eggs, but they were both similarly sized eggs.
And it cant be about "saving the chickens" and only wanting to eat free range rather than caged eggs, because someone would still be eating the caged eggs.
What would be the point of that? An egg is an egg.
Eggs do come in different sizes, though.
A carton contains both smaller and larger eggs, so a dishonest person could swap them out, taking all the bigger ones and leaving the next person with a carton full of duds.
Would probably trigger the weight sensor at self-serve… maybe?
Did you tell a staff member? I would have.
I'd have taken video of it too…That is theft.
Yes, I said to the staff member… "See that lady over there with the beard and the baggy green cap… She swapping eggs!"
It would make a great You Tube video.
shame they cant seal cartons of eggs with a tamper proof seal…. you get what you get then
Quick bit of shrink wrap?
then after you pay and open the box you realise there's 3 broken eggs so it's tough luck for you?
hence why I said shame
however its a news.com.au article so I bet its happened like 5x and they are trying to create some fake outrage, I've never personally seen any evidence of what the article is describing at any of the three supermarkets listed
people would come back demanding refunds for broken eggs
Taking an expensive branded egg and doing a complete swap out for a home brand box
same.. the person i saw did it with 2 cartons!
imagine buying that expensive branded eggs carton :(
you should have reported to front desk. this is unfair for the person who buys the swapped box thinking they are more better :(
Easy to say 'get a new carton' when eggs are plentiful.
When there is/was a shortage, there'd often be (at least) two cartons with broken eggs in them. I'd simply replace the broken egg/s from one carton with a good one from the other and only leave then (now only one) broken behind. My version of broken is only 'cracked' or slightly and not dripping everywhere or will result in mess if I were to remove it.
Dumping the broken eggs onto the shelves is another issue.
Farmers markets or other local suppliers.
Not always an option - many times I'd go to Coles, Woolies and Aldi (all are located in at my local area) and all would be out only to find a few broken cartons at one of them.
What do they do with the broken cartons though? I combine the good eggs into one remaining carton and then that's one less carton that (presumably) gets thrown away.
I don't leave mess like that article implies, and all the eggs get swapped within the same type/weight etc.
If you had no other options could you show the checkout person and they might take some dollars off to account for the smaller number of usable eggs?
Has anyone done this? I did it for another product when it wasn't sealed properly (well I didn't ask, she offered to discount it)
Checkout people hate people like you
We don't discount, if you don't want it don't buy it. What's to stop people damaging items and asking for discounts
Stop holding up the queue, you're not getting a discount.
There's always plenty of stock of the expensive eggs. Home brand eggs sell out quickly and sometimes only a couple of cartons are left, usually with broken eggs, so I swap out those ones.
Why not just buy the box of expensive eggs, if there's a full one?
Makes sense to switch around when there are broken ones in all remaining boxes, it's good for the store and good for you. But if there's plenty of expensive ones, you're dumping broken ones in a more expensive box and taking more expensive eggs, when you could just buy a full, normal box. It costs the store money.
Same
What do you prefer?
A - supermarket throws out one carton of 12 broken eggs
B - supermarket throws out 12 cartons of eggs with one broken egg each, meaning 132 perfectly fine eggs goes in the bin.C- supermarket gives the unbroken eggs to local food bank or employees.
Ideally, they don't throw it out, but rather donate it to a food bank!
or let the staff take them for pennies
Most do donate them, but they are then 'written' off, and the supplier wears the cost.
So, option B would mean yes, 132 perfectly fine eggs are donated, but the supplier also wears the cost of 12 cartons of produce, not Colesworth.
C - No good eggs are going in the bin, the supermarket workers can swap out the broken eggs.
Or flavour and scramble the eggs then sell them out the front of the store as egg sandwiches. Maybe a bit of bacon, tomato..
I take the carton of eggs to the counter, ask for a discount. I usually get 30-50% off, depending on the mood of the manager. Bought $9 free range from woolies and paid $6 as one broken in there.
Great idea
Post that as a deal… "12 pack of eggs, usually $9, but now $6 @ Colesworth (Requires egg breakage)"
or
"Get a $9 carton of eggs for $6… Big retailers hate this one simple trick…"
Last time in woolies I didn't have to ask. The guy on the checkout checked, saw one was broken and asked if I'd prefer a new carton of eggs, or a 50% discount.
I took the discount.when has a checkout person ever checked out the carton of eggs!?
My local Aldi does this, I have since stopped checking myself :)
I ordered eggs from Uber in the past and the driver didnt even check if the eggs were broken. So I got some broken eggs.
My mother always opened the carton and checked, and wiggled each one around. We were poor though and paying for an egg you can't eat would have been financially devastating.
I thought everyone does this regardless of their finances?
It's not just the cost. There's nothing worse than discovering the last egg is broken when you're halfway through making breakfast.
Oh I know, when you gearing up for waffle time and the last egg is actually broken and spoiled at the bottom.
We do the same. We’ve had a couple of dud eggs in the past.
I swear I saw a facebook group for egg swappers…..
Not the type of eggs you're thinking about
LMAO! Nice one. I very much like.
Only did it once cause I was desperate for eggs, If there are only a few boxes left and majority are broken, I get the same brand and size and replace them.
But ive seen people replace eggs with different brands and sizes, that's messed up.
well yer as JV said, thats called theft
I did read once that if there is a broken egg in the carton then they throw away the whole carton
The thing I find strange is that my local Aldi hardly ever has eggs these days, however the Asian grocer next door where I get all my fruit and veg always has heaps in a range of sizes
Same, it's been WEEKS, no eggs!
That's because eggs are usually $8+ at Asian grocers where I live. Where aldi is around $5.
Supply vs demand
Eggcellent thread.
News.com.au bottom tier trash article made up from what one random goose posted on Facebook, and twisted to be a nationwide egg swapping pandemic.
Standard
This comment wins the thread
Normally I open and check for broken ones and if there are any I just swap for another carton. Unfortunately due to the shortage of eggs at the moment you have to take what you can get so instead of buying half a dozen as normal (I am single) I had to buy eighteen instead.
As I'm off work for a few weeks due to injury I have decided to try different options, including baking, rather than just throwing the unused ones out.
what an eggciting time of our lives
Nope, Check the eggs and if any are broken I put thew carton back and grab different carton and repeat the process.