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submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by M137@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

That's $3 for 15 eggs. Sadly not free-range, only cage-free.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

Excuse me, but Donald Trump never promised to make äggs cheaper for Americans.

Just eggs.

How is that going anyway?

[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Just found a receipt in my pocket from yesterday. The smallest shittiest eggs are 33.30 Norwegian Kroner for 12 at co-op xtra ($2.95).

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 hours ago

They get even cheaper than this as well - this is on sale at Hemköp for the non-organic brand. If you look at Lidl for the same category, the regular price is approximately the same. To get lower you'd have to buy the 24-pack. If you get it on sale, then you're looking at basically the best price imaginable, probably somewhere below 2 SEK/egg.

[-] wisely@feddit.org 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

This is interesting to see as someone who hasn't been able to afford to travel. One of the cool things since learning German that I have noticed is that I can read a lot of Swedish and Dutch. Those languages kind of look like a combination of English and German with alternative spelling to me now.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 4 hours ago

Yeah I would say there's a spectrum of intelligibility of English - Dutch - Swedish - German.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 points 4 hours ago

Before English standardized, you could be in different parts of what is now england and hear 'egges' and 'eier' depending on which languages influenced things.

[-] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

I do feel the need to point out that the people posting the astronomical egg prices tend to live in the most expensive areas of the country, and don't do themselves any favors in terms of their choice of local grocery store.

Eggs are $4 for 12 at Aldi. While that's a little more than twice what they usually are, it isn't really the biggest deal in the grand scheme of things for an individual consumer.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

15? Wth is this? Insanity.

Eggs come in 6 or 12 packs. That's it.

The other day I saw a place with a pack of 20 for the first time and had to recheck in what planet I was.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 4 hours ago

Come to Japan: 1,2,4,6, and 10 are the common ones (10 is most common at supermarkets). They have flats as well at some stores which I'm guessing are 30 but I don't remember.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

1 and 2? What is this, eggs for ants? 😂

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

In a place where people often eat raw egg, freshness is important. Also, tiny kitchens

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

6-packs are available in the US, but it's mostly 12 and 18-packs. There's also the giant package, which must canonically be a "pallet" of eggs.

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[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 20 points 15 hours ago

If there's anything I miss about reddit it's that if you were looking for a place to post something like this you could just go to r/eggs or r/eggprices and it would typically work

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[-] otto@sh.itjust.works 50 points 18 hours ago

I think I’m more bothered by the fact that it’s 15 eggs rather than a dozen or 18. I’m used to seeing eggs in multiples of six. This is weirding me out.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

They sell eggs in packages of 6, 10, 12 and 15 in Tesco here in the UK.

Only 15 confuses me. Why not make it an even number every time?

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

Common sizes in Sweden are 6, 12, 15 and 24.

No idea how 15 made it in there, it is what it is.

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[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

Ah yeah, right you are

[-] SwordInStone@lemmy.world 29 points 14 hours ago

Boi, do I have an abomination for you

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[-] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago

It's about 5-6000 KRW/30 eggs here in Seoul, provided you go for the cheapest ones, so about $4 per 30.

Everything else is ridiculously expensive though

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