The Current Shortage of Eggs in Supermarkets

TransportPosters on 24/01/2025 - 13:09
Last edited 24/01/2025 - 13:30 by 1 other user

I've been unable to buy eggs in supermarkets around my area for about a month now due to the current problems in the industry (ongoing avian flu problem and transition to non-caged birds). The shelves are simply always bare.

Some of the butchers or fruit and veggie shops have them for a higher price, so check those places.

However, I was recently in a country town and discovered there is a plentiful supply, maybe due to the local suppliers from nearby farms or something. So the next time you're on a road trip and passing through a country town, checkout the local supermarket - you might get lucky! I got 3 x dozen packs of 800g eggs for $5.80 which is larger than the 700g I normally buy.

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  • Russell Dupsumtucka on 24/01/2025 - 13:12
    +30

    800g eggs which is larger than the 700g

    good to know.

    • BargainMe on 24/01/2025 - 13:15
      +7

      Every day is a school day

    • QuickToThePointless on 24/01/2025 - 13:38
      +4

      eggsactly

    • TransportPosters on 24/01/2025 - 13:51

      You cut off the start and end of my sentence to remove the context? Just giving an idea of the good price they were at compared to the 700g which is usually the cheapest, even if still highly inflated.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 24/01/2025 - 13:53
      +9

      It sounds legit on paper but I better get my quant guy on it to run the numbers

      • QuickToThePointless on 24/01/2025 - 14:03
        +2

        don't eggsaggerate, you'll only eggscalate the situation!

    • ShanghaiRocks on 24/01/2025 - 14:24
      +1

      eggcellent!!

  • jv on 24/01/2025 - 13:22
    +4

    No problem at both our nearest Coles stores.

    Seems to be more a problem for Woolies.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 24/01/2025 - 13:55

      Seems to be the case in brisbane from my random visits to 4 different Cole’s/woolies last few weeks

  • jv on 24/01/2025 - 13:23
    +1

    800g eggs which is larger than the 700g

    proof ?

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  • Benoffie on 24/01/2025 - 13:48

    Never an issue in SA.

    • Forfiet on 24/01/2025 - 14:04

      I found it occasionally bare, but more commonly in woolies than coles….. Potatoes though? No decent bags any more :(

      • Benoffie on 24/01/2025 - 23:10

        Look for places that source direct from Virginia/Angle Vale - Drakes, Romeos, Fruit and Veg stores over Colesworth

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 24/01/2025 - 13:55

    3 x dozen packs of 800g eggs for $5.80

    Was it close to best before date or something?

    • TEER3X on 25/01/2025 - 06:43

      They likely mean each

  • Hardlyworkin on 24/01/2025 - 14:01
    +9

    Just grabbed some from my backyard for free. And by free I mean I disregard all the money I've spent spoiling my feathered friends!

    • pegaxs on 24/01/2025 - 15:39
      +3

      I have a friend who has chickens at her house and is forever bringing us over cartons on eggs she cant get through eating because of many they lay… But I have always laughed when she said "and I get all these free eggs!!" and I think about the $5,000+ setup she has and how these chickens live better than what she does :D

      • Protractor on 24/01/2025 - 18:37
        -1

        Don't bite the hand….
        An egg in the hand…
        Never look a gift egg…..
        Don't put all your eggs in…..

        Tell her to put some aside (in a suitable armoury) for next Hallowe'en
        They'll be ripe by then.And at a premium price level.

      • iCandy on 25/01/2025 - 06:37
        +1

        I’d be more worried about the chickens attracting snakes. I have a phobia about snakes.

  • Gdsamp on 24/01/2025 - 14:06
    -1

    Trump will lower egg prices …. Just wait for Greenland annexation

    • DingoBilly on 24/01/2025 - 15:39
      +5

      Just wait till he decides to invade Australia so he can send immigrants and criminals somewhere. Worked for the British a few hundred years ago right?

      • Yummy on 24/01/2025 - 16:31
        -8

        Yanks invade Australia

        Oh please violate us I beg ya. Trump anytime. Grab me by whatever. Maga.

        Better than sticking with Albo'ring.

        • Protractor on 24/01/2025 - 18:38
          -1

          In hindsight Trump is probably the greatest justification alive, for abortion rights…

          • try2bhelpful on 24/01/2025 - 19:20
            -1

            @Protractor: Certainly for retrospective abortions.

            • Protractor on 24/01/2025 - 19:38
              -1

              @try2bhelpful: Word.!

              Yesterday my partner said they thought he was a psycho.
              I'm expecting an upgrade to evil , by the time they get home, after Trumps last 2 days effort.
              And Dutton wants to emulate/imitate him.

  • foxmulder on 24/01/2025 - 14:19

    Wife tried to buy from Costco Auburn 2-3 times but they have no stock. Marsden park one had plenty.

  • Fredfloresjr on 24/01/2025 - 14:23

    Costco Casula

  • boomramada on 24/01/2025 - 14:45

    Well its time to find out chicken or the egg..

  • Clear on 24/01/2025 - 15:12
    -1

    There's always powdered egg.

  • koplik8 on 24/01/2025 - 15:20

    Up here in Darwin, just over two years ago a dozen eggs were around $3.20. Now it's around $5.80!

    • Gdsamp on 24/01/2025 - 15:59
      -1

      Nah bro inflation is down its 2.8% it started with a 6 before this government your experience is wrong

      • miwahni on 25/01/2025 - 02:14
        -1

        Just because inflation rate decreases it doesn't mean prices go down. They just stop rising quite so quickly.

  • EFC94 on 24/01/2025 - 15:50
    +1

    It probably also depends on the time of day you shop as to if you can find some.

  • KaTst3R on 24/01/2025 - 16:17

    Plenty at Asian marts

  • Porker on 24/01/2025 - 16:18
    +1

    What time of day are you going? If at the end, then most-daily provided items would be gone by then.

    I tend to get eggs in the morning and they're generally plentiful then.

  • JimB on 24/01/2025 - 16:42

    Hit and miss for me at the supermarkets.

    However I purchase the cheaper Free range eggs.

    Doesn't seem to be a problem with supplying caged eggs or $10 a dozen eggs.

  • JIMB0 on 25/01/2025 - 02:04

    I bought a couple of dozen the other week. There was plenty.

  • brad1-8tsi on 25/01/2025 - 07:51

    There a plenty of eggs at Harris Farm. The joy I feel every time my missus walks in with a $15 box of eggs cannot be measured.

  • hopper on 25/01/2025 - 08:37

    noticed the same at melbourne West,

  • kallico on 25/01/2025 - 08:58

    Its the suppliers not bowing to woolies demands.

  • gstfree on 25/01/2025 - 09:46

    I can get reasonably priced eggs from Costco Epping 70% of the visit, but not seeing anything in my local Coles for months.

  • cheesecactus on 25/01/2025 - 10:01
    -1

    No issues here in Perth

  • mrkorrupt on 25/01/2025 - 10:36
    +1

    IGA here has heaps, no stock issues and in fact they are cheaper than the big 3

  • dimitryp on 25/01/2025 - 10:59

    All ALDI's in inner-west SYD (i go to 3 diff ones) have had 0 eggs for months now, although i often shop at the end of the day

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