Affordable eggs: 成人X站 7 hunts for best prices in Washington
Jan 4, 2025, 2:08 PM | Updated: 2:56 pm
成人X站 7 surveyed big-name grocery stores in Kent and Federal Way to find the cheapest prices.
KING COUNTY, Wash. 鈥� Egg prices are skyrocketing across Washington as the Avian Flu infects millions of laying hens across the country.
Nationally, the American Farm Bureau Federation reported an average price for a dozen eggs at $3.64 in November. The most recent average was tracked at $5.42 by the organizations.
Typically, egg prices rise in the holiday season due to the increased demand from holiday baking affecting the market.
鈥淚n this circumstance, we鈥檙e really talking about avian influenza. That is by far the biggest impact we鈥檙e having on egg prices right now,鈥� Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation told 成人X站 7.
Locally, prices have risen as well. Karla Navarro says the bulk box of five dozen she usually buys doubled in price from around $14 a few months ago to $29.99 when she purchased them today.
鈥淎fter my kids鈥� soccer practices, it鈥檚 something to cook quickly for them. We use them a lot,鈥� Navarro said.鈥淲e still need to buy them at the end of the day.鈥�
Navarro鈥檚 situation speaks to the shock egg prices have on people, with Nelson describing it as one of the foundational food essentials.
鈥淣o matter what the price is, we still see demand for eggs. And so that鈥檚 one of those products that when we go to the grocery store, there鈥檚 a shock factor associated with it.鈥� Nelson said.
成人X站 7 surveyed big-name grocery stores in Kent and Federal Way to find the cheapest prices:
The cheapest price at the stores we went to, WinCo鈥檚 five-dozen pack, was the best price at $21.99. WinCo was one of the only stores that had signs warning of Avian Flu鈥檚 impact on the price of eggs. WinCo also doubled the price for the second or third carton a customer buys, depending on the brand.
鈥淚 think that鈥檚 terrible,鈥� said Tracy Wilson, a WinCo shopper. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 really not fair. It鈥檚 already hard enough right now and that鈥檚 a pretty good and easy staple for kids or needing to feed somebody.鈥�
WinCo did not respond to a request for comment about its pricing by our deadline.
Nelson reports a shimmer of good news鈥攕aying there is a three percent increase in the number of chicks hatched compared to recent years, hopefully, a sign of the pressure easing in the future.
鈥淭hey鈥檝e done a pretty good job getting those chicks in the pipeline聽so that as we鈥檝e seen these impacts, there鈥檚 stock to kind of replace some of the birds that are lost,鈥� Nelson said.
漏2025 Cox Media Group
