Wow: eggs in America are now insanely expensive
Of course, the Grammys were on this week, and since I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan, I wanted to catch the highlights. Unfortunately, she didn’t win (unfair, obviously, because All Too Well is a brilliant song), but she was interviewed by host Trevor Noah. For example, about how her fans can actually achieve absolutely anything.
They filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster, after all. Host Trevor Noah then asked Taylor Swift whether her fans couldn’t do something about the price of eggs in America, too. Taylor looked as if she didn’t understand, and honestly, neither did I.
Eggs are no longer affordable
Now, it doesn’t help that Taylor Swift immediately got the entire media on her case because she supposedly isn’t grounded anymore (‘when was the last time she went to a supermarket?!’ ‘As if she ever buys her own eggs!’), while I can simply Google it. And hoooly shit, it really is bizarre: eggs in America are currently insanely expensive.
In California, they currently cost well over SEVEN dollars per dozen: $7.37. Just imagine that—bizarre, right? In December, they were still $4.83, and in January last year, just $2.35. A dramatic increase, then—around 313%.
But what’s causing this? Last year, there was a massive outbreak of bird flu, which resulted in millions of chickens dying, and the laws surrounding hygiene and health were also changed in California. That’s why farmers are now struggling to supply enough—just a case of supply and demand. And the ones costing over seven dollars are still the cheapest and often sell out immediately; you can already consider yourself lucky to pay less than ten dollars per dozen. I think I’ll skip that egg for now…
