The Great Egg Heist
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·June 19, 2025samat
Mandatory reading: the one thousand dozen by Jack London
https://shortstoryamerica.com/pdf_classics/london_one_thousa...
throw0101c
Somewhat related, US border officials noticed an increase of eggs smuggled into the US (+116% from Canada):
* https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/us-border-officials-hav...
* http://archive.is/https://thelogic.co/news/canada-us-trade-w...
* https://archive.is/https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-egg-s...
* https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-border-fentanyl-eggs-1.7486...
zahlman
In Toronto, Canada, egg prices (for a generic large dozen white) have gone from about $2 (CAD) in the pandemic nadir to nearly double that today. But they've done so in fairly regular steps, without any fanfare or unusual spikes/drops (and the current price has been steady for a while now, I'd guess about a year).
It's been very strange to me hearing all these reports about egg prices in the US, because all the other meat and dairy items still seem to be cheaper for you guys (I've found myself quite envious in the past).
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mschuster91
> About 1 of every 5 eggs sold in America are laid by a Cal-Maine hen.
Jesus, what a lot of market concentration. Alone the lack of genetic diversity... because there's no way in hell that such a large company doesn't want only the most profitable chicken they can get, and only that kind of chicken.
> What the deputies remembered most about the Warwick farm, though, was the time in 2011 when a fire killed 300,000 hens.
And that is just as harrowing. How the fuck are such large stables even allowed, why does regulation not demand separate stables and enough clearance to prevent the spread of fire?
But it's just chicken, eh, who cares about them...
Mildly related: I have not seen eggs in the Falkland Islands' stores since at least late-April... I know some times early morning people have been able to buy them, but the stock wont last until lunch time. It's been months since I had an omelette, or whatever... true story.
Just to complement, in recent times, there's been points were there is no milk for a month, or more... Toiler paper, flour, bottled water, and a few other items... the one thing I have never seen a shortage of is beer.