How are the prices of eggs impacting your life?

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There are no eggs. Anywhere.

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I'm going to start using that, I'm in a similar position.

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I barely use eggs, maybe one or two every once in a while to make something but in the morning I'm in a hurry so it's breakfast shakes for me!

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I eat fewer eggs

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Half the time I go to the store there aren’t any eggs. The best ones are 10$ a dozen. The reg ones are $5 a dozen. But again that’s when they’re available in the first place.

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It has certainly been annoying, the shortage perhaps more than the price.

My wife and I were keto before the pandemic. Years of struggling just to be less overweight, and all of a sudden with keto we just dropped pounds easily. She has epilepsy too, so animal protein is a key piece of her nutrition. We were actually able to continue through the pandemic at first, but eventually a combination of outbreaks at meat packing plants, the bird flu, and of course the collusion of the major agricultural corporations, meant that we stopped because it was just too expensive. Even our protein powder went from ~$30 for a 10lb package to now $85 for a 3.4lb package.

So we stopped and gained weight. I tried to get us to start again later, but my wife had a hard time sticking to it and kept on buying more bread and rice. We finally managed to make the switch in December. I entered ketosis, started dropping weight, and was really the best I felt in years... Then we got influenza type A. I tried to stay keto through it but eventually had to stop (could not find any keto cough drops).

Okay so that's all done and finally we can get back on keto. Go to buy some chicken and eggs and.... Out of stock everywhere. And since then when it is in stock it's even more expensive than before.

At this point we've already seen the mega food corporations get slaps on the wrist for colluding on reducing supplies and hiking prices for profit- we usually find out a few years after the fact and the news usually gets buried. If only there were a way to truly hold the CEO's and board members of those companies accountable.

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It's made me a lot more smug about having our own quail.

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They more or less cost the same as before.

But I'm also not from the US

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Outta curiosity what is a Keto cough drop?

I mean I don't think there are any high protein cough drops, but I'm pretty sure you can get sugar free cough drops... You can atleast definitely get sugar free boiled sweets, a couple of type 1 diabetics I know have them, and you get them at the checkouts here as shops are allowed to put sugary snacks at the checkouts.

And in regards to getting proteins that are atleast in stock, lentils and peas/beans are pretty good sources of proteins, I've seen people make some good looking keto friendly naan breads/flat breads using pea protein (IIRC), have you tried anything like that?

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The cumulative price increases are noticeable. Grocery receipts feel like they are $25-50 more expensive for the same stuff.

We buy a dozen eggs every other week, so that specifically isn't impacting us much, but in the store I usually take note, and say damn under my breath when I see the $7+ ones.

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LOL. I came up with inveg back in 2018 after I had to go vegan due to major heart surgery. You're the first person I have ever seen use the term other than me even though "involuntary veganism" has got to be a thing for plenty of people who've had a near death health issue.

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There have been zero eggs for a week now at my grocery store because of the bird flu soooo

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Not eggs specifically but the price of food is out of hand.

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The price of eggs in particular I haven't noticed. I have been vegan for ten years, so I am over here trying to give people tips on how and where to replace eggs with other, cheaper stuff. I do anlot of baking and cooking, so I have tried all the swaps the internet recommended and have a pretty good idea which ones work.

However, the price of food as a whole is going up as well, and I don't expect it to stop anytime soon. I am hoping to set up a 'victory garden' to try to help. If anyone else is looking into this, I recommend looking for an official victory garden guide that would have been issued for your particular area. I found one that was written by an agricultural professor at the University of Ithaca in NY, for example, and it goes over what crops and food preservation methods will work in my area. It will give you important information about temp tolerances, which is about to be more important than ever.

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I've seen some that claim to be low sugar, but still have a lot of carbs. For a keto diet. Protein content would not be relevant, moreso the lack of carbs.

I have not checked recently, but the last time I was keto pea protein was a very expensive option. I forgot to mention in my first comment but I have found a more reasonably priced brand of low-carb whey protein.

Also I've found that I generally don't like substitutions. Trying to find a food that is similar to bread or rice really just makes me want bread or rice more. The most successful part of dieting for me is to change my mentality from "living to eat" to "eating to live" anyways. So ideally I would like eggs for breakfast (tons of different ways to prepare them), chicken breast and vegetables for lunch (tons of options here too as long as you avoid high-carb sauces or vegetables), and a protein smoothie for dinner (low-sugar Orange Juice, vanilla protein powder, peanut butter, and ice).

I have successfully started again, but I've had to use pork and beef instead of chicken. Which is less healthy and more expensive. Fish is also an option, though not being near a coast makes that expensive too. I'm fortunate enough to be able to afford an increased grocery bill without too much hardship, but it's a conscious choice to cut back on saving up for big things like our next car or home improvement projects.

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I have less money and customers are meaner, I guess? That's how literally every new development affects every working class person

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If you can't do full keto, skip rice and use lentils. They have a lot of fibre and protein. They will make you feel full the next day also due to fiber. Some are 20% protein but the ones I can get locally are 30% protein.
For us the brown ones are a substitute for dishes that want ground beef. Like a meatloaf, or chilli. The red ones break down nicely in a thickened soups and stews.

You can get lentil flour from Indian stores, for trying out recipes that ask for wheat flour. Takes some adjusting.

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... how many quail eggs are needed to make a decent sized omelet anyway? A dozen?

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WE EAT EGGS

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I haven't looked at egg prices in over five years. Are they getting more expensive?

I hope they get so expensive that no one buys them anymore.

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How are the prices of eggs impacting your life?